Articles from April 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in April 2026
Microsoft's 'Windows K2' Project Aims to Match SteamOS Gaming Speed by 2026
Microsoft has kicked off a major internal push to make Windows 11 run games as fast as Valve’s SteamOS, according to a new report. Codenamed “Windows K2,” the initiative reportedly targets...
Excel Copilot Now Edits Your Workbooks by Default – What That Means for Your Data
Microsoft has quietly flipped a switch in its April 2026 Excel update that turns Copilot from a helpful chat assistant into an AI that can directly modify your spreadsheets—and the new editing...
Open Source WSL Makes Dual-Booting Obsolete for Windows 10 and 11 Users
In May 2025, Microsoft took the wraps off a quiet milestone: it open-sourced the core of the Windows Subsystem for Linux. It was the kind of announcement that might slip past casual PC users, but for...
OpenAI Goes Multi-Cloud: AWS Bedrock Deal Breaks Microsoft’s AI Exclusivity
OpenAI is bringing its large language models to Amazon Bedrock, the managed AI service from AWS, effectively ending a years-long preferential relationship with Microsoft Azure. Announced alongside a...
METROV launcher restores the Windows Phone 8.1 Start screen — and 10,000 Android users are already hooked
A new Android launcher called METROV has drawn more than 10,000 downloads in its first year by resurrecting the live-tile interface of Windows Phone 8.1, winning over users who say it finally...
Windows 11's Project K2: What a Faster, Cleaner, and Trustworthy OS Means for You
In the second half of 2025, Microsoft quietly kicked off an internal effort codenamed Project K2—a sweeping quality initiative designed to fix Windows 11's most persistent pain points. First...
Why Microsoft’s Top Engineer Just Said ‘Native Apps Are Back’—and What It Means for Windows 11 Users
David Fowler, a distinguished engineer at Microsoft with deep ties to .NET and ASP.NET Core, posted a two-word message on April 29, 2026 that sent a ripple through the Windows community: “Native...
Panzura Nexus Brings Governed File Data to Microsoft 365 Copilot
On April 29, Panzura released Nexus, a platform that connects its CloudFS global file system to Microsoft 365 Copilot. The launch means employees can now pose natural-language questions against...
Forrester's New AI Agent Puts Premium Research Inside Microsoft Copilot—But Trust Questions Linger
Forrester has placed its entire research library inside Microsoft 365 Copilot and Teams. The new Forrester AI agent, first reported by CX Today, lets licensed clients query the firm’s proprietary...
GitHub Actions Outages Just Drove a Founding User Off the Platform—Here’s What It Means for You
A founding GitHub user and HashiCorp co-founder has publicly quit the platform after tracking a dismal 90.21 percent uptime over a month, marking a sharp escalation in the service’s ongoing...
Microsoft Teams' New 'Unlock Premium' Button Is Causing Chaos for IT — Here's What to Do
Microsoft dropped a small but incendiary change into Teams last week: an “Unlock Premium” button now sits in the app’s title bar, right next to the three-dot settings menu. Within days, the...
XikeStor's $89 USB-C Adapter Finally Delivers Portable 10GbE to Windows 11 – with One Big Catch
A new $89 USB-C network adapter can push data at 9.5 gigabits per second on a Windows 11 laptop, potentially making 10-gigabit networking as portable as a thumb drive. But as the first real-world...