Articles from May 2026
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KB5083769 Blocks psmounterex.sys, Breaking Macrium & Acronis Backup Mounts
System administrators walked into a morning firestorm on April 14, 2026, when Windows security update KB5083769 began landing on machines and silently broke the ability to mount disk-image backups in...
Microsoft and G42's $1 Billion Kenya Data Center Faces Delays Over Payment Guarantees and Power Capacity
Microsoft and G42's $1 billion plan to build a geothermal-powered data center in Kenya—the cornerstone of a new Azure region for East Africa—is facing delays as negotiations over payment...
Microsoft Kenya Azure Region Stalls Over Power and Payment Disputes
Microsoft’s plan to build a new Azure cloud region in Kenya, announced with much fanfare in May 2024 as part of a $1 billion digital investment package, has reportedly stalled over disagreements on...
007 First Light Requires 80GB SSD, DLSS 4.5 Pushes 200+ FPS on RTX 50 Series
IO Interactive has published the official PC system requirements for its upcoming James Bond origin story, 007 First Light, confirming a May 27 global release, an 80GB SSD mandate, full Windows 10...
May 2026 Secure Boot Update Forces Extra Restart, Risks Bricking PCs
Microsoft's long-planned Secure Boot certificate rollover is set to reach ordinary Windows PCs in May 2026, and for many it will mean more than just a routine Patch Tuesday update. Alongside the...
Windows 11 Insiders Get Feature Flags: Toggle Experimental Settings Now
{ "title": "Windows 11 Insiders Get Feature Flags: Experimental Switchboard Explained", "content": "Windows 11 Insiders now wield a new kind of power: the ability to toggle experimental features...
Khadas Mind 2 BIOS Update Triggers 2-Hour BitLocker Recovery Ordeal
A $799 Khadas Mind 2 mini PC turned a five-minute BIOS update into a two-hour scramble for its owner after Windows 11 Pro’s built-in device encryption locked the drive. The user, who shared the...
Controller-First Winhanced Launcher Unifies Xbox, Steam & Epic Libraries on Handheld PCs
Winhanced, a new early-access game launcher, is rapidly gaining traction among Windows handheld gamers frustrated with the clunky controller experience of Microsoft’s Xbox app. Designed exclusively...
Microsoft's OpenAI Bet: Fear of AWS Drove Azure Partnership, Court Emails Show
Unwelcome transparency arrived for Microsoft this week as a trove of internal emails from 2017 to 2019 spilled into public view, courtesy of discovery in Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI. The...
Windows 11 May 2026: Performance Fixes, AI Model Controls & Xbox Mode Test
Microsoft kicked off May 2026 with a flurry of updates that, individually, seem minor but collectively signal a strategic pivot in how the company balances user control, system performance, and...
Microsoft Overhauls Windows 11 Insider Program: Experimental, Beta, and Easier Feature Flags
Microsoft has finally untangled the Windows 11 Insider channel knot. Starting this month, the old Dev and Canary channels merge into a single Experimental track, while Beta and Release Preview remain...
Inriver Secures Microsoft Certified Software Status for AI-Driven PIM Platform on Azure Marketplace
Inriver's AI-powered product information management platform for manufacturers has earned Microsoft Certified Software designation, the company announced May 6, 2026. The certification places the...