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Windows 11 Gaming Performance on Steam Machine Matches SteamOS in Early Tests, but Caveats Abound
Valve’s newly released Windows drivers for its 2026 Steam Machine have prompted a fresh wave of benchmarking, and the numbers are in: Windows 11 holds its own against the custom-tuned SteamOS....
Windows 11’s new recovery tools can fix boot failures and bad updates without a reset — your complete field guide
Microsoft has quietly assembled the most comprehensive repair toolkit in Windows history. The latest Windows 11 releases—headlined by version 24H2 and beyond—now pack over a dozen recovery...
Microsoft Kills Surface Go and Laptop Go, Leaves Only Two Models: What This Means for Buyers
Microsoft has quietly axed the Surface Go and Surface Laptop Go lines, Windows Central reports, ending the era of affordable, smaller Surfaces. The move pares the company’s consumer hardware...
Johns Hopkins Gives Teams Chats a 90-Day Lifespan—Are You Ready for the October 15 Purge?
Johns Hopkins University is about to permanently delete massive amounts of Microsoft Teams chat history. On October 15, 2026, the institution will flip a switch that automatically removes any chat...
LabubaRAT Malware Disguised as NVIDIA Software Gives Hackers Full Control of Windows PCs
A newly documented Windows trojan is masquerading as a legitimate NVIDIA container runtime component, security researchers warned on July 14, 2026. The malware, tracked as LabubaRAT, can execute...
Windows 11 July Update Patches Decade-Old Secure Boot Bootkit Vulnerability
On July 14, 2026, Microsoft rolled out cumulative update KB5101650 for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2. While the patch notes highlight a list of routine fixes, the update also delivered a...
Microsoft Delivers Post-Quantum TLS to Windows, But Activation Is on You
Microsoft’s July 14, 2026 security update shipped hybrid post-quantum key exchange directly into the Windows TLS stack for the first time. Three new cryptographic groups make Windows 11 and Windows...
Windows 11 25H2: The Official Media Creation Tool Gets You a Bootable USB or ISO — Here’s How
Microsoft has refreshed its Windows 11 Media Creation Tool to deliver version 25H2, the 2025 Update, as of July 2026. The tool, available from the official Windows 11 download page, is the simplest...
Microsoft’s Business Surfaces Finally Get Snapdragon X2, With a Privacy Screen That Could Change Enterprise Laptop Buying
On July 15, Microsoft quietly opened orders for the long-awaited Snapdragon X2 configurations of its Surface Laptop for Business and Surface Pro for Business, ending the artificial divide that kept...
Microsoft Azure First Hyperscaler to Deploy 3M's Dust-Resistant Fiber Tech, Aiming to Slash AI Data Center Build Times
Microsoft’s Azure cloud will become the first publicly announced hyperscale platform to deploy 3M’s Expanded Beam Optical (EBO) fiber connectivity technology, a move designed to accelerate the...
Windows Server 29621 Delivers Cloud Recovery, ReFS Boot, and NVMe Over Fabrics in a Single Lab Release
On July 13, Microsoft released Windows Server vNext Insider Preview Build 29621, giving IT teams a single build that bundles four technologies destined for the next Long-Term Servicing Channel...
YOLO26 Now Runs on Intel Integrated Graphics and NPUs: What Windows Developers Need to Know
On July 14, 2026, Ultralytics and Intel announced a partnership that lets YOLO26 computer vision models run directly on Intel CPUs, integrated GPUs, and neural processing units (NPUs) through the...