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Microsoft's new Outlook takes more than 10 seconds to open an email via notifications, while Outlook Classic opens instantly on Windows 11! The funniest part? If I ignore the notification, open Outlook manually, find the email myself, and click it, I can finish faster than the

Windows 11 June 2026 update, which was supposed to make PCs faster, is crashing some PCs with BSODs, breaking OneDrive integration in File Explorer and custom folder icons, and causing other problems. We're seeing reports that Windows 11 KB5094126 is causing boot failures on some PCs, mostly HP enterprise hardware. The worst reports involve BitLocker recovery loops, Black Screen of Death/BSOD failures, Secure Boot signature errors, and error 0xc0430001. Affected models appear to include HP EliteBook 840 G10, HP ProBook 460 G11, HP Engage One Pro G2 AiO POS, HP ZBook, and some Dell Precision systems. The likely trigger is Secure Boot certificate handling + EFI partition space. On older images with a 100MB EFI partition, Windows may fail to update Boot Manager because there isn’t enough space, especially on HP systems where firmware recovery files can bloat EFI. There are also File Explorer cloud integration issues. OneDrive, and in some cases Dropbox or iCloud Drive, may stop

WhatsApp is the worst app on your Windows 11 PC right now, eating 1+ GB of RAM, doing nothing I tested it on low-end, mid-range, and high-end PCs, and the experience is bad everywhere. Before even logging in, WhatsApp was already touching 400MB RAM. After logging in and scrolling through chats, it jumped toward 1.2GB. Idle, it still holds around 600MB. The old native UWP WhatsApp used less than 100MB at idle and felt instant. The new app is basically web whatsapp com inside WebView2. It loads slowly, switches chats slowly, delays message sending, keeps running in the tray, and still gives worse notifications than the old app. Meta has 3 billion WhatsApp users. Windows has 1.6 billion users. There is no excuse for shipping a browser tab as a desktop app. If Meta can build native WhatsApp for macOS and even Apple Watch, it can build a proper native Windows app. Windows users deserve better than this slop!

Windows 11’s June 2026 Patch Tuesday update is out today, and the biggest change is Performance, not AI. Windows 11 KB5094126 finally brings Microsoft’s new Low Latency Profile to everyone. Microsoft calls it a “General Performance” improvement, but the idea is simple: when you open Start, Search, Action Center, or key shell experiences, Windows briefly pushes the CPU to max frequency for 1–3 seconds so the UI responds faster. I tested it earlier, and the difference is most obvious on budget PCs. Start feels snappier, Search opens faster, and those tiny Windows 11 micro-stutters are reduced. The catch: because of Microsoft’s Controlled Feature Rollout, installing today’s update does not guarantee it is enabled yet. You can verify it with HWiNFO by watching CPU frequency spikes while opening Start.

Microsoft is testing a Windows 11 file operation boost that could make bulk delete more than 30% faster. 30% is the baseline improvement, as the real number could go higher (or lower). This is part of a much bigger File Explorer push: faster launch, less flicker, fewer white flashes in dark mode, improved reliability, context menu cleanup, configurable right-click options, and lower memory usage. The new File Explorer experiences will begin rolling out later this year. This is the Windows 11 work I want to see 🥳

Not Microsoft, but OEMs are quietly causing Windows 11 problems, and you need to be careful with their drivers or pre-installed software. Microsoft has spent 2026 cleaning up Windows 11: better update controls, fewer forced restarts, faster File Explorer work, Low Latency Profile, native WinUI work, driver quality improvements, and less pointless Copilot clutter. Then HP shipped BIOS updates that pushed enterprise laptops into BitLocker recovery loops. Dell followed with SupportAssist Remediation 5.5.16.0 causing BSODs roughly every 30 minutes on XPS, Alienware, Latitude, Precision, and other machines. Most users don’t care whose fault it is. If their HP laptop asks for a BitLocker key every reboot, they blame Windows. If their Dell crashes twice an hour, they blame Windows. That’s the real problem with the PC ecosystem. Microsoft can rebuild Windows 11 from the ground up, but OEM firmware, drivers, and bundled “support” tools can still destroy the experience overnight.

Microsoft is finally letting users kill Bing inside Windows 11's Search. I’ve complained about this for years because Windows Search should first behave like a PC search box, not a Bing launcher. If I search for an app, file, or setting on my device, I should not see random web

Microsoft quietly dropped the Copilot+ PC branding from the Surface Laptop Ultra, one of the most powerful Windows 11 AI laptops. Surface Laptop Ultra runs on NVIDIA RTX Spark with up to 128GB unified memory, a 20-core Arm CPU, Blackwell RTX graphics, CUDA support, and up to 1 petaflop of AI compute. That is 1,000 TOPS. For context, Copilot+ PCs launched with a 40 TOPS NPU requirement. This machine is in a completely different class. Yet Microsoft did not publicly frame it around Copilot+ PC branding during the reveal. I think that omission is intentional. Copilot+ PC started as Microsoft’s big AI reset for Windows, but Recall controversy, forced Copilot pushes, web-wrapper AI apps, and confusing hardware rules weakened the brand. NVIDIA wants developers to think local AI, CUDA, 120B models, agent workflows, and workstation-class compute, not taskbar Copilot or Recall drama. This may be Microsoft’s real Windows AI reset. Less sticker branding, and more actual compute.

Microsoft teases a faster and configurable context menu (right-click menu) for Windows 11 after years of complaints! Marcus Ash, who leads Design and Research for Windows and Devices, says Microsoft is working on making context menus faster, simpler by default, and configurable

Microsoft is finally trying to kill Windows 11’s web app slop by encouraging developers to build native apps using WinUI 🥳 At Build 2026, Microsoft pushed developers to build native Windows apps using WinUI, and this matters more than it sounds. For years, Windows has felt slower and messier because too many experiences leaned on web wrappers, React Native, Electron, or WebView2-style layers. Even parts of the Windows 11 Start menu used React Native, including the Recommended section. Now Microsoft says WinUI is the production platform for Windows apps, and it has “no intention” of building another UI framework. It’s even dropping the WinUI 3 branding and calling it just WinUI to make the commitment clearer. The technical work is also real: lower memory usage, fewer bugs, system compositor work, DataGrid, Charting, better WPF/WinForms interop, and AI-assisted migration tools. This is exactly what Windows needs... not more web wrappers pretending to be native apps. A faster,

Microsoft is so back! This is the Surface Dev Box powered by NVIDIA RTX Spark. Microsoft just turned Surface into a serious local AI workstation brand. The new Surface RTX Spark Dev Box is not a regular mini PC. It’s a Windows 11 Pro developer machine built around NVIDIA’s RTX Spark superchip, with a Blackwell RTX GPU, Grace CPU, up to 128GB unified memory, and up to 1 petaflop of AI compute. That means you can run 120B+ parameter models locally with a 1 million token context, fine-tune models that usually need cloud GPU instances, and build agentic workflows without paying for every single cloud call. The stack is also very real: WSL 2 with GPU passthrough, CUDA support, VS Code, GitHub Copilot, Git, Python, Node.js, AI Toolkit for VS Code, Windows ML with TensorRT, Copilot Runtime, and Microsoft Foundry. This is exactly what Windows needed. Not another thin AI PC with an NPU sticker, but a proper desk-side developer box for local-first AI work. Surface finally has a mac

Windows 8 just turned 15, and its placeholder name was.... "modern." Here's a fun bit of history: during development, Microsoft needed a placeholder name for the new Windows 8 experience, so it simply called it “modern,” while the Windows 7-style experience was called “classic.” That internal naming then went completely out of control. The modern shell became “MoSh.” The Start screen was “MoGo.” Settings became “MoSet.” The browser was briefly “MoBro.” And the Photos app team apparently called itself “MoPho.” Windows 8 was announced on June 1, 2011, and 15 years later, it’s still one of Microsoft’s most fascinating experiments. It tried to rebuild Windows around touch, apps, and a new shell before most PC users were ready for it.

Microsoft finally has a real MacBook Pro answer, and it's called Surface Laptop Ultra with NVIDIA RTX Spark (N1X). I’ve always wondered why Surface never went all-in on a true ultra-powerful Windows laptop. Now Microsoft has unveiled Surface Laptop Ultra, and the specs are the most serious I’ve seen on any Surface device. Windows on Arm. NVIDIA RTX Spark. 20-core Grace CPU. Blackwell RTX GPU. Up to 128GB unified memory. 1 petaflop of AI compute. A 15-inch mini-LED PixelSense Ultra display with 2,000 nits peak HDR brightness. This is truly an Ultra and Ultimate experience! This is not another thin productivity laptop. This is Microsoft trying to prove Windows on Arm can be a workstation platform, not just a battery-life story. The NVIDIA partnership is the real shift. CUDA support, native anti-cheat work, Adobe optimization, local AI models, and serious GPU power finally give Windows on Arm the one thing Qualcomm alone could not fully solve: creator and gaming credibility. I

Microsoft says it'll replace the ancient Windows 11 dialog box with a modern rewrite (WinUI) in a major design update. Microsoft confirmed that the company is working through older Windows dialogs and rewriting them in WinUI 3. The file copy dialog is already done internally, and the common file dialog is on the list. That matters because Windows 11 still feels split between two eras. Some parts look modern, while basic dialogs still feel like they were pulled from decades-old Windows code. The good news is this is not just “dark mode.” Microsoft is actually rebuilding these surfaces in WinUI. The concern, of course, is performance. WinUI has not always been fast. But Microsoft says the new Run dialog opens faster than the legacy one, with a 94ms median time-to-show versus 103ms for the old version. That is the right direction. Modern UI is fine, but only if it stays fast.

Microsoft is listening to all your feedback and adding several new options to fully customise the Start menu in Windows 11! This is easily the most important interface update Microsoft has shipped in a long time. You can now turn Pinned, Recent, and All apps on or off separately. Microsoft also renamed Recommended to Recent, which is a much smarter move because people hated the idea of Start pushing “recommendations” at them The best part for me is the new Start menu size controls. You can finally make Start smaller instead of letting it eat half the screen. You can also hide your name and profile picture, which is useful when screen sharing or recording. This does not fully fix Start performance yet. Microsoft still needs the native WinUI 3 version to make it truly fast. But for the first time since Windows 11 launched, Start feels like it is giving desktop users a choice again.

Windows 11 is finally getting one of the best Apple-style audio features. Microsoft told Windows Latest that Shared Audio is rolling out with KB5089573, allowing two Bluetooth headphones, earbuds, or hearing devices to listen to the same PC at once. I tested the new Quick Settings flow, and it’s simple: click Shared audio, pick two supported Bluetooth devices, and Windows starts broadcasting audio to both. You can even control the volume separately for each headset. This is powered by Bluetooth LE Audio, but there’s a catch. Your PC needs LE Audio support, and it must also support “audio broadcast.” Right now, This is a small feature, but it fixes a very real Windows limitation. Two people can finally listen from one PC without hacks.

Windows 11’s hidden CPU boost is now available in the May optional update! I installed KB5089573 (Build 26200.8524) and tested the Low Latency Profile again. For now, this feature does not make your apps launch faster, as that particular change is not included in today's update. However, the Low Latency Profile currently makes OS flyouts load faster. This means the Start menu opens with less lag, and Action Center feels smoother. Plus, right-click menus show less of that annoying rendering delay. On slower PCs, this should matter even more because Windows briefly pushes the CPU harder during shell interactions, then lets it drop back to idle. Some people call this a lazy band-aid, but that misses the point. macOS and Linux already have similar tricks. This is how modern systems make interactions feel instant. The real win comes when Microsoft combines this with native WinUI 3 work and less WebView2 bloat. Windows 11 finally feels like it’s being tuned for responsiveness aga

Microsoft still can’t decide what Copilot should be on Windows 11. Microsoft is testing a new Copilot docking experience, and it feels like Microsoft is quietly going back to the original sidebar idea. Copilot still opens as an app by default, but there’s now a new title bar menu with custom snapping options. You can keep it as a normal app, use picture-in-picture, or dock Copilot to the left or right side of the desktop. When docked, Windows 11 resizes your workspace around Copilot. Your apps move aside, File Explorer adjusts, and Copilot stays pinned to the edge instead of floating like a separate window.

Departing Microsoft exec Yusuf Mehdi vows to reimagine Windows 11 for the agentic era in his last year. Mehdi helped shape Internet Explorer, Xbox, Bing, Surface, Windows 10, and most recently, Microsoft’s aggressive Copilot push. In his departure note, he said he’ll spend the next fiscal year helping “reimagine Windows for the agentic era” and bring the One Copilot vision to life. "I will work through the next fiscal year to help reimagine Windows for the agentic era, grow Microsoft 365 services, and bring our One Copilot vision to life," he said. That is the right long-term bet, but Microsoft has to fix the foundation first. Windows 11 still has performance issues, memory bloat, WebView2-heavy experiences, inconsistent UI, driver problems, and too many Copilot experiments users never asked for. I don’t think users are rejecting AI because they hate the future. They’re rejecting AI because Microsoft tried to bolt it onto an OS that still needs basic polish. Agentic Windo

Microsoft admits the floating Copilot button in Word, Excel and PowerPoint was a mistake, lets you hide it after backlash The company says it is “listening” to feedback and will let you move the Copilot Dynamic Action Button back to the ribbon. This comes after users complained that the button was visually disruptive, appeared even when they didn’t want Copilot, and often interfered with actual work, especially in apps like Excel. "If you want to end up with everyone hating Excel too (and not just Copilot) you have hit on the perfect button for that," a frustrated user wrote. Microsoft says the update will begin rolling out next week across Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on the web, Windows, and Mac. Microsoft is slowly realizing that forcing Copilot into every corner of Office is not the same as making people want to use it.