That didn't quite go as planned: A Cloud Code Coding agent (Cursor) caused a database to be deleted by a company's infrastructure provider. At the same time, the backups were also deleted by the infrastructure provider because they had linked the backups to the database.
Microsoft has announced that it plans to refocus Windows 11 a bit more on reliability and user-friendliness. One of the features currently being tested with Insiders is improved control over update installation. You can postpone updates multiple times using a "calendar." Read details within my German blog post [use build-in translation to switch language].
There has been an issue with Outlook.com for several hours now, affecting North America for certain and likely Europe as well. Regarding the outage: Users are experiencing intermittent difficulties logging in to the Outlook.com service, which is preventing them from accessing their mailboxes. Microsoft has confirmed the issues. In the U.S., there are thousands of outage reports on downdetector.com. Read details within my German blog post [use build-in translation to switch language]. Update: The outage should now be resolved.
Sony has introduced two changes to its PlayStation that may leave some players feeling miffed. For one, the chat feature will now require age verification. This means that minors playing multiplayer games who fall below a certain age threshold will no longer be able to participate in chats or use communication features. Another (apparently unannounced) change is likely to have even more serious consequences. Purchases of games are subject to a 30-day license validation period. Read details within my German blog post [use build-in translation to switch language].
Outages on GitHub are piling up, the GitHub team is frustrated, and Microsoft is piling on with Copilot. Then, on April 23, 2026, am "incident" randomly destroyed GitHub repositories during commit operation. On GitHub there is now a Incident with Pull Requests report. To be clear, mistakes can probably never be completely avoided. But the picture that emerges is a grim one. The question is: Who broke that thing. Answer is: Microsoft is to blame. Read details within my German blog post [use build-in translation to switch language].
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Windows Server contains a telephony vulnerability (CVE-2026-20931) that allows for privilege escalation. Microsoft patched the vulnerability in January 2026, but this has caused issues. ACROS Security recently released a 0patch micropatch to address this telephony vulnerability, CVE-2026-20931, for Windows Server systems without ESU licenses. Read details within my German blog post [use build-in translation to switch language].
For years, Windows users (this actually applies to all Windows versions, such as 10 and 11) have been annoyed by a warning. Windows displays the message "The connection to the File History drive has been disconnected for too long" as a warning. Many users don't know why this happens. Microsoft has published a brief support article on the subject that explains the cause. Read details within my German blog post [use build-in translation to switch language].
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[German]With the April 2026 updates for Windows, Microsoft has given administrators the ability to uninstall the Copilot app. This is possible starting with Windows 11 25H2, provided that update KB5083769 (or one of its subsequent updates) is installed. The policy settings allow administrators to selectively uninstall Microsoft Copilot from devices entirely or for specific users. Read details within my German blog post [use build-in translation to switch language].
[German]Samsung has apparently been rolling out the April 2026 Android security update for several days now. A reader pointed out to me that there are serious issues with Microsoft 365 apps on Android once the update is installed. Microsoft Teams and the Authenticator no longer work. Other Microsoft 365 apps are reportedly affected as well. Disabling the Private DNS option is said to help.
[German]The Microsoft Teams desktop client has been experiencing a bug on both macOS and Windows since the update to build 26072.519.4556.7438 was rolled out. The issue is that right-clicking no longer works in the desktop client. Clipboard operations may need to be performed using the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X, and Ctrl+V.
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