Microsoft rolls out a big Windows 11 Bluetooth upgrade, and AirPods now pair up...
If you've got AirPods, you should consider installing Windows 11's October 2026 Update, as it ships with the Bluetooth upgrade.
Why Windows 11 still won’t let you name a file CON, and Microsoft’s explanation...
CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM1 and LPT1 are still reserved device names in Windows 11 because batch files and scripts depend on them. Microsoft's docs say NUL.txt and even COM¹ are off-limits, but on Windows 11 26H2, File Explorer let us create NUL.txt.
Windows 11’s Bing Wallpaper app now acts like adware, opening Bing when you click...
Microsoft said it would reduce ads in Windows 11, but its popular wallpaper app, was recently updated with adware-like behavior.
Windows 11 will now have three ways to view your photos, because apparently one...
Windows 11's Photos app is being renamed Photo Viewer and now only opens and edits single images, while the web-based OneDrive Photos becomes the new Photos app with a Gallery for PC, OneDrive and iCloud pictures. I tried both on my Insider PC, and counting File Explorer's Gallery, that makes three.
Why Windows 11 still ships with Windows 95’s memory manager hidden inside it
SimCity read memory after freeing it, so Microsoft made Windows 95 detect the game. Years later, Raymond Chen revealed that Microsoft recompiled Windows 95’s heap manager into a compatibility fix called EmulateHeap, and you can still find it in Compatibility Administrator on Windows 11 26H2.
Google now wants Windows 11 users to ditch Edge for Chrome, and gets away...
"Choose Chrome, the browser built by Google" is a new message that pops up when you browse Google.com in Microsoft Edge.
Windows 11 will block ReFS on USB drives, even as Microsoft bets big on...
Microsoft says it won't allow ReFS on USB drives on Windows 11, and it makes you wonder what happened to the big ReFS bet.
Microsoft is killing a pointless extra process that slows Windows 11 app launches, but...
Spotted in Release Preview build 26200.9807, the change routes Edge launches straight to the running browser. We explain how Windows launches single-instance apps today, what Microsoft's developer docs say about the new path, and tested Edge before and after the update.
“Not usable yet”: Windows 11’s new taskbar can’t auto-hide or resize, says Microsoft’s former...
Mikhail Parakhin, former Windows boss, has called out Microsoft for still shipping an "unusable" Windows 11 taskbar experience.
“Up to 20% more responsive”: Windows 11’s big update makes even 8GB RAM PCs...
The numbers come seven months after Microsoft promised to fix Windows 11's memory use, as RAM prices push PC makers back to 8GB laptops. We explain what the 2GB and 200MB figures mean, how Microsoft measured them, and why 8GB still locks you out of Copilot+ features.
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