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Windonws 11’s promise of “just run your favorite Android apps on PC” is a lot less straightforward today — five mobile-first apps that illustrate the gap between phone conveniences and native desktop software are still missing from the Microsoft Store, and the official route for running Android software on Windows has been wound down. Background The Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) once provided a neat bridge between Android apps and Windows 11 by hosting the Amazon Appstore and running...

Windows Update is finally getting less greedy with your disk space, and the changes now appearing in Windows Insider and retail channels promise smaller downloads, faster installs, and smarter background cleanup that should matter most to laptops and low-capacity PCs. Background For years Windows Update has traded storage efficiency for reliability: installers keep rollback data, temporary payloads, and caches so that updates can be recovered or retried if something goes wrong. That...

Microsoft is rolling out a major update to Microsoft Planner in early 2026 that both adds new capabilities and removes several longstanding features — most notably the ability to publish Planner tasks as an iCalendar (iCal/.ics) feed. The change is part of a broader Planner overhaul Microsoft will begin deploying between mid‑January and mid‑February 2026, and it affects Planner in Teams desktop/web, Planner on the web, and related integrations. The removal of iCalendar feed support means...

Winslop’s latest community buzz promises a quick, local route to strip Windows 11 of tthe AI “surface area” and preinstalled baggage — but the release details, safety profile, and real-world trade‑offs deserve careful scrutiny before anyone runs it on a primary machine. Background / Overview Winslop is presented as a small, open‑source “de‑slop” utility authored by the developer known as builtbybel. The project bundles a compact, checkbox-driven GUI that inspects a system for AI-related UI...

Microsoft’s engineering halls are quietly being retooled: across several of its largest teams, employees are being asked to adopt Anthropic’s Claude Code alongside — and in some cases instead of — Microsoft’s own Copilot tooling, a shift that signals both a practical response to which models perform best for a given task and a strategic widening of Microsoft’s multi‑model AI playbook. Background Anthropic and Microsoft announced a far‑reaching commercial and engineering expansion in November...

Microsoft-watchers have spotted a new, internally listed Windows updateate labeled KB5078127 (build reported as 26×00.7628) — but Microsoft has not published any official support documentation yet, and the only public signal so far comes from a Windows analyst’s discovery relayed by Windows Report. Background / Overview Microsoft delivers Windows 11 fixes and feature updates in multiple forms — monthly security rollups, optional preview releases, and occasional out-of-band (OOB) updates when...

Microsoft’s humble Notepad has quietly graduated from a one‑trick, plain‑text scratchpad into a lightweight, Markdown‑aware authoring surface with optional AI-powered writing tools — and the company is doing it in a softly opt‑in way that keeps the old, minimal experience intact while exposing new capabilities to users who want them. Background Notepad has been the archetype of the simplest Windows app for decades: fast, tiny, and reliably plain-text. That identity has been evolving slowly...

Microsoft has warned that the January 13, 2026 cumulative security update for Windows — published as KB5074109 — can leave the classic (Win32) Outlook client unusable for many users, particularly those using POP profiles or storing .pst data files in cloud‑synced folders such as OneDrive; the vendor’s interim advice is blunt: use webmail, move PSTs out of OneDrive, or uninstall the update until a targeted fix is available. Background Microsoft’s January cumulative update (KB5074109) shipped...

When your home generator kicks on, it solves one problem — keeping the lights, the fridge, and the heat running — but it does not create a guarantee that your internet will stay up, your streaming purchases will remain accessible, or that the wider infrastructure that delivers packets to your home is immune to failure. Background: the gap between power and connectivity Home backup generators are a powerful contingency for household power continuity. They automatically or manually supply...

Logitech’s H151 remains one of the simplest, most widely available wired headsets you can buy for everyday voice calls, remote work, and basic media playback — and for Windows 10 users buying from outlets like Amazon.in or other discount channels, it’s important to know what you’re getting, what actually works on a PC, and where small mismatches can produce big headaches. The H151 is a plug-and-play 3.5 mm wired on‑ear headset with a rotating noise‑canceling boom mic and inline controls, and...