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Google snatches Windsurf execs in a $2.4B deal, derailing OpenAI’s biggest acquisition yet

In a stunning reversal, Google DeepMind acquires Windsurf’s top talent just weeks after OpenAI’s $3B deal collapsed over IP tensions with Microsoft.

Will IT turn the AI bot battle into a money maker? (And is that even a good idea?)

Cloudflare’s latest maneuver is to give enterprises a choice: they can block genAI bots or charge them. But if you make a money grab now, you might soon regret it.

The fast way to fix a frozen Start menu or taskbar in Windows

Getting unstuck sometimes requires a little key combination magic.

Windows 10 Insider Previews: A guide to the builds

Get the latest info on new preview builds for Windows 10 22H2 as they roll out from Microsoft. Now updated for Build 19045.6156 for the Release Preview Channel, released on July 10, 2025.

Tariff uncertainty hits US PC shipments in Q2

Tariff uncertainty hits US PC shipments in Q2

A slowdown in the US could spread around the globe, though the situation is ‘a moving target.’

EU finalizes General-Purpose AI Code of Practice for enterprises

The code of practice arrives just in time to help enterprises comply with the second wave of EU AI Act rules, which will enter force on August 2.

US Treasury Department sanctions individuals and entities over illegal IT worker scheme

Russians and North Koreans contributed to the scheme to provide illegal remote IT workers to US companies to fund the North Korean regime.

Apple’s succession plans enter the spotlight

What happens when the leaders of a world-beating company are all about the same age?

UK Post Office’s Horizon IT system flaws drove users to consider suicide, inquiry finds

First part of the UK Horizon IT Inquiry Report points finger at Post Office and Fujitsu managers who “should have known that Legacy Horizon was capable of error.”

For Apple, it’s been a long week — and it’s only Tuesday

This week has not been a good year for Apple. And there's still three days to go.