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Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Octavio Jones / AFP via Getty Images; Jonathan Wiggs / The Boston Globe via Getty Images While employees at some tech corporations are demanding their executives cancel government contracts on principle, workers at other companies are begging leadership to protect them from government raids and physical violence. New bombshell reporting from Wired reveals that in the aftermath of the shooting of Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti, it came to light that at least one federal agent had tried to enter Google’s office in Cambridge, Massachusetts last fall. In a response to internal concerns about…

Yahoo is officially back in the search conversation, with Yahoo Scout, a new AI-powered answer engine that wants to take on Google’s AI mode and Perplexity by doing something surprisingly old-school. Instead of hiding links behind buttons or footnotes, Scout puts them front and center and makes clicking links part of the experience. Yahoo Scout enters the AI search race with a different playbook Scout is being pitched as an “answer engine,” not an AI chatbot. Ask it a question, and you get a clear, conversational response, but one that is loaded with visible blue links. Up to nine sources…

If you own a Roku device, such as a Roku TV or streaming stick, you’re probably used to Roku occasionally tweaking the look of the home screen, sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse. Keeping that tradition alive, Roku has once again added something new to the home screen with its latest update, and for anyone subscribed to services like Netflix or HBO Max, it could prove to be pretty useful. The new addition in the spotlight here is a dedicated Subscriptions tab on the home screen. As the name suggests, it pulls together content from the streaming…

Future of AI copilots and agents, impact on white collar workNadella discusses Microsoft’s Copilot evolution: started with GitHub Copilot (code suggestions), expanded to desktop/Windows, and now includes chat, actions, and autonomous agents (foreground/background, local/cloud).He uses coding as the prime knowledge-work example: from next-edit suggestions → chat → actions → full agents.Vision: AI as “infinite minds” for workers—macro delegation (assign big tasks) + micro steering (real-time guidance).Future forms: digital employees/co-workers with identities/credentials (e.g., Agent 365 for permissions, provenance, traceability). Composition: agents integrate across tools (e.g., GitHub + Work/Office data, security logs).Metaphor shift: from “bicycle for the mind” (Jobs) or “information at…

Earlier this month, it was revealed that Apple had selected Google’s Gemini models to power a new version of Siri. Now, a fresh report suggests the company could showcase the revamped assistant as early as next month. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is set to unveil the results of its Gemini partnership in February, most likely in the second half of the month. The company is expected to demo Siri’s new capabilities during an event or media briefing. Gurman notes that the new assistant, expected to be unveiled next month, will be capable of using personal data and understanding…

SMS feels boring, outdated, and mostly just a place where one-time codes and delivery updates go to die. This is why, after a point, your inbox can start to feel like a never-ending mess with bank alerts, spam promos, and, of course, your personal chats. Google Messages does let you pin important conversations to the top, but it only goes so far. Once you scroll past those few pinned chats, you are back in the same cluttered feed, where there is no clear separation between a message from a friend and a random promo. Samsung Messages has a feature called…

Microsoft issues emergency patch for Office zero-day CVE-2026-21509Vulnerability allows attackers to bypass OLE mitigations and execute malwareCISA adds flaw to KEV catalog; exploitation details remain undisclosedMicrosoft has issued an emergency patch to fix a high-severity Office vulnerability that is being exploited in the wild as a zero-day.The bug is described as a security bypass flaw: “Reliance on untrusted inputs in a security decision in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally,” the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) explains.In other words, Office was making security decisions based on information it shouldn’t fully trust, and that was exploited…

Residents of southern Mozambique who live or farm near rivers are accustomed to heading to higher ground during the wet season. But even by local standards, the deluge in January 2026 was remarkable for its scale and severity. In December and January, weeks of intense rain swelled rivers and overwhelmed key reservoirs, sending floodwaters spilling into heavily populated areas along the Limpopo and Incomati rivers. The MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this false-color image (bands 7-2-1) of floodwaters coursing down the two rivers on January 25, 2026 (right). The image on the left, captured by…

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After upgrading to a Microsoft 365 (Office 365) plan, some users encounter unexpected issues in Outlook, such as “File Not Found” errors and calendar sync failures. These problems typically occur because Outlook is still referencing old data files or profile settings that no longer exist after the upgrade. As a result, meetings may stop updating, […] This article Outlook File not found or Calendar sync failure errors [Fix] first appeared on TheWindowsClub.com.