ZDNet | Microsoft's Desktop Analytics is designed to help business users check their app-compatibility levels and mitigate issues involving the latest Windows 10 feature updates.

Computerworld | As usual for a third Tuesday, Microsoft released a round of “optional, non-security” cumulative updates for most Win10 versions. We also saw Monthly Rollup Previews for Win7 and 8.1, with an undocumented “compatibility status” patch. Big open question: What’s happening with the Win7-to-Win10 nag patch, KB 4493132?

ZDNet | Two reports published in the last few months show that malware operators are experimenting with using WAV audio files to hide malicious code.

The Next Web | Close on the heels of making it easy for users to spot phishing scams, Instagram is tightening its grip over third-party access to user data.

How-To Geek | If you switch from iPhone to Android, you don’t have to ditch iCloud services, like iCloud Mail. While Apple doesn’t make it easy to set up, it is possible to sign in and use your iCloud email address on Android.

How-To Geek | Public Wi-Fi is freely available, but it does come with risks. If you enable the hotspot feature on your Android handset instead, you can create a portable Wi-Fi network and connect other devices to the internet.

G Suite Updates | Google is moving the management of custom reporting alerts to the Security rules section of the Admin console.

Microsoft 365 Blog | Yesterday, Microsoft announced the general availability of Desktop Analytics—the cloud-connected service that integrates with System Center Configuration Manager to help IT professionals take a data-driven approach to their management of Windows endpoints.