Articles from 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in 2026
Microsoft Confirms Printer Install Failures on Windows on ARM — Here’s the Workaround
Microsoft has quietly acknowledged a problem that’s been tripping up owners of the newest Windows PCs: some ARM-based devices, including Copilot+ models, can’t install a printer using the...
RealCassette: The Free Windows Plugin That Makes Digital Audio Sound Like Old Tapes
Jan Schulten released RealCassette on July 26, 2026, a free cassette‑tape effect for Windows that arrives both as a 64‑bit VST3 plugin and a standalone application. What sets it apart from other...
Minecraft Java Edition Now Wants 16GB of RAM and a Modern GPU: Your Questions Answered
Microsoft and Mojang have overhauled Minecraft: Java Edition’s system requirements for the first time in over a decade, bumping the recommended memory from 4GB to 16GB and declaring that future...
ASUS GPU Tweak III Gets a Stability Tune-Up: Monitoring Charts, Resolution Crashes, and Fan Curves All Addressed
ASUS shipped GPU Tweak III 2.1.6.0 on July 24, a 112.99 MB maintenance update that zeroes in on four long-standing annoyances: disappearing monitoring graphs, abrupt shutdowns during display...
What Windows Media Center’s Death Teaches Us About Building a Unified Home Theater in 2026
If you’ve ever wished your streaming services, live TV, and personal media library could live in one app, you’re chasing the same dream Microsoft built—and then abandoned—with Windows Media...
OpenTrack’s NeuralNet Update Makes Webcam Head Tracking a Viable Free Upgrade for Sims
A basic USB webcam and a free, open-source Windows utility called OpenTrack can now deliver convincing head tracking for simulator games—no VR headset or infrared camera required. In a hands-on...
ROG Xbox Ally Price Drops to ₹67,990 in India: A Windows Handheld Worth Your Money Now
The ASUS ROG Xbox Ally, a Windows 11 handheld gaming PC built in collaboration with Microsoft, has surfaced at a lower ₹67,990 price point in India — shaving ₹2,000 off its launch price and...
What the Six Greatest CPUs of All Time Teach Us About Building a Windows PC in 2026
A comprehensive new ranking of the most historically significant desktop processors places the Intel Core i7-2600K at the top—even as AMD’s Ryzen 7 5800X3D returns for a 10th Anniversary encore...
Intel Confirms Hyper-Threading Return in 2028 Xeon 8 'Coral Rapids' CPUs
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan confirmed during the company’s second-quarter 2026 earnings call that simultaneous multithreading—sold as Hyper-Threading—will return to its data-center processors with the...
Using Your Phone's Twist-Key Wipe at the Border Just Became a Federal Case
Federal prosecutors in Atlanta have charged a traveler with destroying evidence after he allegedly supplied a code that erased his phone’s contents during a secondary inspection at...
Before New Start Menu, Microsoft Fixes WinUI to Stop Hogging Your PC’s Memory
Microsoft has confirmed that the WinUI framework powering many Windows 11 native apps uses more RAM than it should, and the company is prioritizing memory and performance fixes ahead of a...
56% of U.S. Travelers Now Use Generative AI for Holidays — Here’s What They Still Get Wrong
More than half of active U.S. travelers turned to generative AI for trip planning, booking, or in-destination help over the past year, new research from travel technology analysts Phocuswright...