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The latest Windows Update coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Windows 11 KB5095093: Point-in-Time Restore, 35-Day Pause, and What You Should Do Next
On July 14, 2026, Microsoft released cumulative update KB5095093 for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2, introducing a new Point-in-Time Restore tool, a flexible 35-day update pause, and a raft of...
Windows 11’s New Cloud Rebuild Uses WinRE to Download and Reinstall a Complete OS from Scratch
Microsoft is testing a recovery feature in Windows 11 that can completely wipe a PC’s system drive and reinstall the operating system using only an internet connection. Called Cloud rebuild, the...
Fix Windows Update Errors 0x80073712 and 0x800f0993: A Practical Troubleshooting Guide
If you’ve been staring at a failed Windows 11 update screen showing either 0x80073712 or 0x800f0993, you’re not alone. These two error codes have been cropping up more frequently in community...
Microsoft to IT Admins: Shorten Update Delays Before AI Turns a Patch Gap Into a Breach
Microsoft is telling enterprises that the old habit of delaying Windows updates for weeks or months is no longer safe. The company has issued an urgent warning: artificial intelligence is...
Bad Windows Update? Your Complete Rollback Toolkit for Windows 10 and 11
Microsoft shipped its latest round of security patches on April 9, 2025, and within 48 hours, reports of boot failures, sluggish performance, and broken VPN connections began flooding Reddit and...
Windows 11's Hidden Cloud Rebuild Tool Could Banish Boot Failure Headaches for Good
Microsoft has tucked a powerful new recovery tool into the latest experimental builds of Windows 11. The option, called Cloud Rebuild, lets you reinstall the entire operating system directly from...
Microsoft Patches Critical Shell Crash Bug in Windows 11 24H2, Saving Provisioned Enterprise PCs
Microsoft has shipped an emergency fix for a crippling bug in Windows 11 version 24H2 and preview builds of 25H2 that left newly provisioned enterprise machines with a broken shell—blank Start...
Why Realtek HD Audio Manager Vanished in Windows 11—and What to Use Instead
If you’ve just cleaned-installed Windows 11 or updated drivers and can no longer find the familiar Realtek HD Audio Manager, you are not alone. Microsoft’s multi-year push to modernize Windows...
Google Patches Chrome on Windows to Fix DataTransfer Vulnerability That Could Enable UI Spoofing
Google released an update for Chrome on Windows on June 30, 2026, patching a medium-severity security flaw tracked as CVE-2026-13990. The vulnerability, found in the browser’s DataTransfer API,...
Google Patches Chrome Cast Bug That Could Let Attackers Escape Browser Sandbox
Google on June 30 released a critical security update for its Chrome browser, patching a use-after-free vulnerability in the Cast component that could allow an attacker to break out of the...
Google Patches Chrome Printing UI Spoofing Flaw (CVE-2026-14127) in Version 150.0.7871.47
On June 30, 2026, Google rolled out a stable channel update for Chrome, version 150.0.7871.47, addressing a UI spoofing vulnerability in the browser’s printing component. Tracked as CVE-2026-14127,...
Google Ships Chrome 150 with Emergency Fix for GPU Sandbox Escape Vulnerability
Google pushed an urgent update to the Chrome desktop Stable channel on June 30, 2026, fixing a critical use-after-free flaw in the browser's GPU component that could allow attackers to break out of...