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Microsoft just fixed three perfect-10 bugs in Azure and Teams — five days before Patch Tuesday

Three CVSS 10.0 vulnerabilities in Planetary Computer Pro, Azure SQL Database, and Teams got quietly patched on August 6 — completely outside Microsoft's scheduled August 11 Patch Tuesday.

Priya Nair · 1d ago · 6 min

Software

Microsoft says its AI beat Anthropic's top security model. read the fine print first

the 96% score is real. the 'we beat Mythos' headline is doing a lot more work than the benchmark actually supports.

Priya Nair · 6d ago · 7 min

Gaming

the Xbox outage stopped physical discs from working — and quietly proved you don't really own your games

A 16-hour outage of a licensing service blocked sign-ins and game launches across three Xbox generations. The uncomfortable part: even physical disc games refused to start. Here's what happened and why.

Diego Santos · Jul 30 · 9 min

Software

the other SharePoint bug: a 9.8 that runs code with no login, already exploited and on CISA's list

Everyone focused on the SharePoint privilege-escalation zero-day. CVE-2026-58644 is worse: an unauthenticated deserialization flaw that runs code on the server, actively exploited, with a CISA deadline that's already passed.

Priya Nair · Jul 28 · 9 min

Software

Microsoft called this SharePoint bug 'Moderate.' the NVD says it's a 9.8 — and hackers are already using it

Same vulnerability, two official severity scores that don't agree: Microsoft rates CVE-2026-56164 a 5.3, the National Vulnerability Database a 9.8. It's a zero-day being exploited right now. Here's who's right, and what to do.

Priya Nair · Jul 22 · 7 min

Software

Microsoft quietly gave Windows 10 another year — and the free option takes two minutes

consumer Extended Security Updates now run to October 12, 2027, not 2026. there was no announcement — just a doc edit. and you almost certainly don't need to pay the $30.

Priya Nair · Jul 20 · 5 min

Gaming

Xbox is quietly becoming a publisher that happens to sell a console. I don't think that's the mistake everyone says it is

3,200 jobs cut, four studios let go, Halo shipping on PlayStation, and a 2027 super-console still being funded. everyone's reading that as collapse. I've been staring at it for a week and I think it's a deliberate — and defensible — bet.

Diego Santos · Jul 20 · 9 min