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OLE Automation Breaks Across Enterprise Tools After June Windows Patch

Three decades of Windows plumbing cracked in a routine update, leaving dental clinics, accounting firms, and research labs scrambling for workarounds

By Daniel R. Whitfield·Jun 18, 2026·6 min read
AI

Inside the Quiet Scramble to Scale Indium Phosphide Wafers for AI's Optical Future

Coherent's $650 million Texas expansion reflects a wager that copper's days at hyperscale are numbered - and that photonics supply chains mu

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
AI

Anthropic Tightens the Loop Between Claude Design and Code

The San Francisco AI lab's latest update lets its design assistant read local codebases and hand off work directly to the coding agent - a w

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 7m
Dev

When Microsoft's Emulator Team Rewrote 256 KB of Bloat to Save 64 KB of Data

A veteran engineer's anecdote reveals how Windows developers once fought compiler "optimizations" that quadrupled code size - and why that e

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 7m
AI

Intel Ships Risk Wafers on 18A-P as Foundry Pivot Hinges on Performance Edge

The chipmaker has begun limited production of an enhanced node variant promising nine percent performance gains, betting foundry customers w

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
Policy

iOS Browser Performance Lags by 29 Percent Under WebKit Mandate

Microsoft research shows alternative rendering engines could deliver substantially faster mobile web experiences, yet Apple's compliance fra

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 8m
Dev

A Developer's Close Call Exposes the New Frontiers of Supply Chain Ambush

When a crypto job posting turned out to be a backdoor trap, one engineer's paranoia and a code-scanning assistant uncovered a network reques

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 7m
AI

Anthropic Reverses Course on Agent SDK Billing After Developer Pushback

The AI company paused plans to impose API-style metered fees on automation toolkit users just hours before the change was set to take effect

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Products

Steam Next Fest Demos Reveal Widening Split Between AI Enthusiasts and Skeptics

Nearly one in five participating titles carry generative AI disclosures, exposing a fault line in indie development as player backlash and e

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 7m
Products

Snap Positions $2,195 Spectacles as See-Through Computer, Not AI Glasses

Evan Spiegel draws a line between recording devices and computing overlays as Snap prepares to ship its most expensive wearable yet

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 5m
Policy

The Pentagon Is Letting AI Draft Congressional Reports

US defense officials tout GenAI.mil as a way to slash hundreds of staffing hours on mandated compliance work, raising fresh questions about

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 8m
AI

Lawrence Livermore Bets on Cornelis Omni-Path to Break Nvidia's Grip on HPC Networking

A 952-node DOE cluster sidesteps InfiniBand and Slingshot with revived Intel-era interconnect tech, now delivering 400 Gbps and 91% scaling

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 7m
AI

A Paralyzed Patient Now Works Full-Time With a Brain Implant That Translates Thought Into Speech

Researchers at UC Davis have kept a brain-computer interface running for three years in daily use, achieving 99 percent accuracy in controll

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 8m
Products

Android 17 Brings Floating Windows, Gamepad Layouts and Smarter App Permissions

Google's latest mobile OS introduces multi-window bubbles, foldable-optimized gaming, and granular security controls as it begins rolling ou

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 8m
Policy

Unknown Actors Target Fortinet Sandbox, Three Critical Flaws Exploited in the Wild

At DailyTechWire, we've tracked a weekend surge in attacks against FortiSandbox deployments - all three bugs rated 9.1 on CVSS, all initiall

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 7m
Products

Google's Wearable Gambit: Natural-Language Widgets and Always-On Context

Wear OS 7 lands on three Pixel Watch generations with Gemini-powered automation and a 10-percent battery gain - but Samsung and third-party

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 7m
Startups

SpaceX Bets $60 Billion on Cursor in Fight for AI Developer Tools

The acquisition signals Elon Musk's ambition to control the entire AI stack, from satellites to integrated development environments, as comp

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
Products

Snap Bets $2,195 on Wearable Computing With Fifth-Generation AR Spectacles

CEO Evan Spiegel unveiled lighter, longer-lasting hardware and pitched developers on a multimodal future - while taking a swipe at Meta's co

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 7m
Dev

Why Microsoft's Database Crown Jewel Feels Like an Afterthought

SQL Server still prints billions in revenue and commands a third of the on-prem market, yet the company's Build keynote and leadership moves

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 7m
AI

Hyperscalers Bet the Datacenter on Arm as AI Workloads Rewrite Economics

From AWS to Google Cloud, the industry's largest operators are deploying custom Arm chips to balance performance, power, and agentic AI dema

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 8m
Policy

When 2.28 Million Test Scores Vanish: India's Telegram Ban and the Exam Scandal Behind It

A week-long messaging blackout affects 84 million users as authorities scramble to salvage a medical entrance exam marred by leaks, grading

Priya Nair ·   · 7m
Policy

Sovereign Storage Scales, but Office Habits Prove Stubborn in France's Digital Independence Drive

The French Ministry of Education has onboarded 400,000 accounts to open-source infrastructure, yet users still reach for Microsoft's desktop

Mei-Lin Tan ·   · 8m
Products

Threads Crosses 500 Million Monthly Users as Meta Doubles Down on In-App Communities

The platform added 100 million users in ten months, with engagement surging in Japan and South Korea - but daily active user numbers remain

Mei-Lin Tan ·   · 6m
Startups

When Ambition Meets Payroll: An E-Truck Dream Runs Into Cash Reality

Windrose Technology promised to challenge Tesla in long-haul electric freight, but unpaid wages and stalled US expansion reveal the gap betw

Wei Zhang ·   · 6m
Policy

Britain Draws a Hard Line on Teen Access to Social Platforms

Westminster is moving to ban under-16s from TikTok, Instagram and most major apps, aiming for spring 2027 enforcement - and the regulatory m

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 9m