Articles from 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in 2026
What Windows Media Center’s Death Teaches Us About Building a Unified Home Theater in 2026
If you’ve ever wished your streaming services, live TV, and personal media library could live in one app, you’re chasing the same dream Microsoft built—and then abandoned—with Windows Media...
OpenTrack’s NeuralNet Update Makes Webcam Head Tracking a Viable Free Upgrade for Sims
A basic USB webcam and a free, open-source Windows utility called OpenTrack can now deliver convincing head tracking for simulator games—no VR headset or infrared camera required. In a hands-on...
ROG Xbox Ally Price Drops to ₹67,990 in India: A Windows Handheld Worth Your Money Now
The ASUS ROG Xbox Ally, a Windows 11 handheld gaming PC built in collaboration with Microsoft, has surfaced at a lower ₹67,990 price point in India — shaving ₹2,000 off its launch price and...
What the Six Greatest CPUs of All Time Teach Us About Building a Windows PC in 2026
A comprehensive new ranking of the most historically significant desktop processors places the Intel Core i7-2600K at the top—even as AMD’s Ryzen 7 5800X3D returns for a 10th Anniversary encore...
Intel Confirms Hyper-Threading Return in 2028 Xeon 8 'Coral Rapids' CPUs
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan confirmed during the company’s second-quarter 2026 earnings call that simultaneous multithreading—sold as Hyper-Threading—will return to its data-center processors with the...
Using Your Phone's Twist-Key Wipe at the Border Just Became a Federal Case
Federal prosecutors in Atlanta have charged a traveler with destroying evidence after he allegedly supplied a code that erased his phone’s contents during a secondary inspection at...
Before New Start Menu, Microsoft Fixes WinUI to Stop Hogging Your PC’s Memory
Microsoft has confirmed that the WinUI framework powering many Windows 11 native apps uses more RAM than it should, and the company is prioritizing memory and performance fixes ahead of a...
56% of U.S. Travelers Now Use Generative AI for Holidays — Here’s What They Still Get Wrong
More than half of active U.S. travelers turned to generative AI for trip planning, booking, or in-destination help over the past year, new research from travel technology analysts Phocuswright...
Pakistan's AI Tax Overhaul Hits Execution Phase: 840 Audits Flagged, Billions at Stake – Here's What It Means for You
Pakistan’s Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has moved its artificial intelligence-driven tax reform from policy design to active enforcement, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb announced over the...
AI Amnesia: Why 66% of Users Abandon a Tool—and How Windows Users Can Fight Back
A new analysis from The Deep End newsletter reports that a legal AI tool hemorrhaged 66% of its users within the first week of signup, with day-seven retention collapsing to a bleak 34%. The exodus...
5 Windows Train Wrecks That Quietly Shaped the PC You Use Today
Microsoft Bob, Active Desktop, SideShow, Windows RT, and Windows 10X: five Windows projects that crashed and burned, yet their genetic code is scattered across every Windows 11 PC. The recently...
AMD’s 2029 AM5 Promise Means Zen 7 Could Be Your Last CPU Upgrade Before a Major Platform Shift
At Computex 2026, AMD did something that might change how you think about your next PC: the company guaranteed that its AM5 socket will be supported through at least 2029. That pledge, combined with...