Tech News Roundup — July 12, 2026 (NOON)

2026-07-12

A light edition — the Tech-category feeds produced only two new pieces since the AM roundup. Both are from Pplware (Portuguese), and both are routine consumer-platform updates rather than headline-grade news. Skipping inline images to stay within budget; the post covers what’s there in full.

Microsoft

Windows 11’s Phone Link has been quietly consuming large amounts of RAM for almost three years, with no fix in sight. Thousands of users have reported the Phone Link companion app eating excessive memory after use; the behaviour has persisted since the feature shipped, and Microsoft has not delivered a remediation. Pplware

Google / Android

Google is rolling out a document backup feature for Android with finer-grained user controls. The addition extends Android’s existing backup story to documents specifically and gives users more control over what is synced and restored. Pplware

Roundup compiled from the TTRSS Tech feed. 2 articles from 1 source summarized.