Articles from May 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in May 2026
Windows 11 Low Latency Profile Boosts CPU for Instant Start Menu & Right-Click Response
A new performance feature dubbed Low Latency Profile is emerging in Windows 11 Insider builds, promising to banish the subtle lag that sometimes plagues the Start menu and right-click context menus....
Hanselman Defends Windows 11 'Low Latency Profile' as Genuine Speed Boost, Not a Benchmark Trick
Microsoft engineer Scott Hanselman has pushed back against claims that Windows 11 uses cosmetic tricks to appear faster. On May 9, Hanselman defended the operating system’s Low Latency Profile,...
BitUnlocker PoC Exploits CVE-2025-48804 to Bypass TPM-Only BitLocker, Exposing Boot Chain Weakness
A proof-of-concept attack dubbed BitUnlocker, published in May 2026 by security researcher Alex Ionescu, demonstrates how a single vulnerability can shatter the trust model of TPM-only BitLocker...
Eunoia’s Azure Analytics Specialisation Validates Agentic AI Trust Ahead of May 15 Expo
Eunoia, a data and AI consultancy headquartered in Malta, has secured the Analytics on Microsoft Azure Specialisation from Microsoft. The achievement lands just ahead of the consultancy’s scheduled...
Windows 11 Insider settings now offers direct toggles for announced experimental features, replacing third-party ViVeTool reliance.
Microsoft has quietly added a new Feature flags page to the Windows Insider settings, giving testers direct control over experimental features without third-party tools. The change, spotted in recent...
Unlock Microsoft 365 Copilot’s Hidden Tools: Mode, Pages, Researcher & More
Microsoft has quietly expanded the capabilities of its Microsoft 365 Copilot, equipping licensed users with a suite of lesser-known but powerful tools—Mode Switcher, Copilot Pages, Researcher,...
BNI Multifinance Races to Cloud: Core System Moves to Azure Indonesia Central in 2 Months, 200TB Migrated
PT BNI Multifinance has shifted its entire core multifinance system to Microsoft Azure’s Indonesia Central cloud region, completing a migration of more than 200 terabytes of data in just two...
CVE-2026-43500: High-Severity Linux Kernel Bug Puts Windows WSL Users at Risk of Local Privilege Escalation
A newly disclosed Linux kernel vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-43500 is raising alarms across mixed Windows-Linux environments, particularly for organizations relying on Windows Subsystem for Linux...
Windows Secure Boot cert renewal in 2026 requires one extra restart for trust updates
Microsoft has confirmed that the original Secure Boot certificates, issued in 2011, will begin expiring in June 2026. This means Windows PCs will need a critical update to install fresh trust chains,...
Free Windows 11 Upgrade Post-Win10 EOL: Rufus vs Official Methods Compared
Free Windows 11 upgrades for Windows 10 users are not disappearing when support ends—but the hardware wall remains. Microsoft's long-standing gratis upgrade offer is extended indefinitely, even...
Ingram Micro BMW Giveaway Signals Real Windows 10 Migration Surge
Ingram Micro has drawn a dramatic line under its 10-month Windows 11 Pro: Race to Upgrade campaign by handing the keys of a brand-new BMW iX2 electric SUV to Blue Connections IT, the Australian...
PowerToys 0.99.1 Brings DDC/CI Monitor Controls and Smarter Window Dragging
Microsoft has just released PowerToys version 0.99.1 for Windows 10 and Windows 11, introducing a new system-tray utility called Power Display that puts direct hardware monitor controls at your...