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Microsoft to bring DeepSeek, Nvidia AI models to Windows

Microsoft said on Wednesday, Oct. 7, that open-weight AI models from DeepSeek and Nvidia will run locally on Windows PCs. The company made the announcement at its Windows and Surface event in San Francisco. The plan is part of what…

Microsoft patches RoguePlanet Defender zero-day flaw

Microsoft has released a security update for the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine to address CVE-2026-50656, a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Defender known as RoguePlanet that can grant attackers SYSTEM-level privileges on fully patched Windows machines. The fix arrives roughly a…

Microsoft confirms work on patch for Defender zero-day

Microsoft has formally acknowledged a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine, now tracked as CVE-2026-50656 with a CVSS score of 7.8, and said it is developing a security update to address the flaw. The vulnerability, publicly referred…