Jon Seager, Canonical's VP of Engineering, says developers handed Windows laptops by employers are increasingly running Ubuntu through WSL for AI and machine learning work. Microsoft keeps improving WSL and shipped WSL Containers in 2026, turning Windows 11 into a genuine Linux development platform.

Windows 11 KB5121003 security update is linked to game crashes and other issues on some PCs, the game studio explains.

Windows 11 appears to be heading for a new look where Microsoft would replace most, if not all, of the legacy dialogs or pop-ups.

Windows PCs are now rebooting multiple times to install monthly cumulative updates, and it seems to be affecting users almost every month.

Microsoft accidentally broke Copilot integration in Outlook Classic while trying to integrate more AI-powered features.

Jonathan Blow called open source software embarrassing after VLC took 33 seconds to open an MP3. VideoLAN blamed a Microsoft Defender bug, but VLC's own bug tracker shows slow startups predate this controversy by over a year, with maintainers still split on what's really causing it.

Windows 11's August 2026 Patch Tuesday update is available for everyone and is yet another massive release, patching up to 400 issues.

On January 4, 2024, Microsoft kicked off the "year of AI-powered Windows PCs" by adding a Copilot key to keyboards, and it actually went ahead with the plan. Nearly two years later, all newer...

In an email, Microsoft just warned IT admins against using SMS- or voice-based authentication and urged them to switch to passkeys due to rising AI-assisted phishing and other security threats. Microsoft confirmed that it'll begin...

Microsoft is making Windows 10 less appealing to holdouts by limiting Microsoft 365 and OneDrive, as it wants you to use Windows 11.

Windows 10 KB5120249 is now available as part of the August 2026 Patch Tuesday for PCs enrolled in the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program. In addition to Windows Update, Microsoft has posted direct download...

Windows Latest obtained exclusive images of Lenovo’s upcoming IdeaPad Vibe, a budget laptop rivaling Apple's MacBook Neo. Offered in 7 vibrant colors, the IdeaPad Vibe packs Snapdragon and AMD chips, a sleek thin-bezel design, and a complete port selection including HDMI and USB-A.

Microsoft has raised Windows OEM licensing fees by 7-10% starting in July, on top of a memory shortage already driving PC prices up. The hike doesn't touch standalone Windows 11 licenses, only what OEMs pay to preinstall it, but it's arriving right as Microsoft's own earnings call shows Windows OEM revenue sliding.

Windows Latest tested apps before and after installing Windows 11's August 2026 update, and found CPU frequency spiking to near-max the instant apps launch, a sign Low Latency Profile now covers app opening, not just the Start menu and Search. Apps like the Epic Games Store visibly load faster too.

KB5121003 skips a headline feature this month. Voice Access gets noise-cancelling Voice Isolation, File Explorer sizes finally make sense, Windows Hello works with external fingerprint readers, and dozens of quiet reliability fixes land across the taskbar, Start menu, and networking stack.