Articles from June 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in June 2026
DeepSeek-Powered Copilot Cowork: Microsoft's Cost-Saving Pivot for Agentic AI
Microsoft is preparing to host a fine-tuned version of the open-source DeepSeek model on its own infrastructure to power Copilot Cowork, its AI assistant designed for team collaboration. The move,...
Coreutils for Windows 2026.6.16 Ships Utility-Disable Command and Paste Support
Microsoft has published a servicing release of its nascent Coreutils for Windows project, delivering a utility management command and restoring the long-absent paste tool among other fixes. The...
Windows 10 WHCP Deprecation Begins: Microsoft Forces Hardware Makers to Certify for Windows 11
Microsoft has officially started the deprecation of its Windows Hardware Compatibility Program (WHCP) for Windows 10, a move that will reshape how device manufacturers certify their products....
Build 2026 Reveals Microsoft's Agent-First AI Play: Azure, Copilot, and the Value Chain Converge
Microsoft used its Build 2026 conference in San Francisco to lay the foundation for an AI strategy that encompasses every layer of its business — from the silicon in Azure data centers to the...
How to Diagnose Your Gaming Bottleneck: A Practical Guide to Resolution Scaling, Frame Time, and PresentMon
It’s the question that haunts every PC gamer’s build: “Is my CPU bottlenecking my GPU?” You’ll find endless forum threads, bottleneck calculator websites, and heated arguments on Reddit....
Ubisoft Co-Founder Claude Guillemot Killed in Cessna 421 Crash at Age 69
On June 19, 2026, Claude Guillemot, one of the five brothers who transformed a small French software company into the global video game powerhouse Ubisoft, died when his twin-engine Cessna 421...
Microsoft Splits Windows 11 Paint Into Cloud AI with Credits and Local NPU Power for Copilot+
Windows 11 Paint has evolved from a nostalgic doodling canvas into a sophisticated image editor that now thinks in two completely different ways depending on your hardware. The latest updates deliver...
Windows 11 25H2 turns Notepad into a modern editor with Markdown live preview, tabs, and Copilot AI
Microsoft’s venerable Notepad application is undergoing its most radical transformation yet, graduating from a dead-simple plain-text editor into a surprisingly capable productivity tool. The...
Microsoft Turbocharges Windows 11 Start Menu and Explorer with New Low Latency Profile in KB5094126
Microsoft dropped a cumulative update on June 9, 2026, that might just be the most impactful under-the-hood tweak Windows 11 has received in years. KB5094126, rolling out to both Windows 11 24H2 and...
xAI Unleashes Grok Add-ins for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint in Direct Challenge to Microsoft Copilot
In January 2026, xAI shipped Grok add-ins for Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, embedding Elon Musk’s AI directly into the world’s most popular productivity suite. The launch positions Grok...
Meredith Whittaker Warns Windows Users: AI Chatbots Aren't Friends—They're a Privacy Trojan Horse
Meredith Whittaker, president of the encrypted messaging app Signal, delivered a blunt wake-up call to Windows users during a June 15, 2026 Bloomberg interview: the AI chatbots and autonomous agents...
Image-Line’s FL Studio Mobile UWP App Brings Professional Music Production to Windows 10 Devices
FL Studio Mobile has landed on the Microsoft Store as a full-fledged Universal Windows Platform (UWP) application, bringing Image-Line’s acclaimed music production environment to Windows 10 PCs,...