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A new, deliberately audacious Linux distribution concept called Loss32 proposes to flip the usual compatibility story: instead of Linux distros that can run Windows apps, Loss32 aims to make the entire desktop environment — shell, file manager, window chrome and all — be Win32 binaries executed under WINE on top of a Linux kernel. The project, sketched publicly by a developer known as Hikari no Yume at the 39th Chaos Communication Congress, promises an initial proof‑of‑concept release in...

When Microsoft set a hard end-of-support date for mainstream Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, many IT teams reacted as if every Windows 10 machine suddenly became a ticking cybersecurity time bomb—but for operational technology (OT) environments the reality has always been more nuanced, and the right response is far less about panic and far more about measured, risk‑based program management. Background / Overview Microsoft’s mainstream servicing for the consumer and broad enterprise builds of...

Microsoft’s Phone Link has quietly moved closer to making Android apps feel like first-class citizens on a Windows 11 desktop: the new Expanded screen option is now rolling out broadly, letting compatible Android apps expand beyond the cramped portrait window and use nearly the whole monitor — in practice up to roughly 90 percent of the desktop — though limitations remain around scaling, app compatibility, and visual fidelity. Background Phone Link is the continuation of Microsoft’s...

Microsoft has quietly abandoned the planned per‑mailbox Mailbox External Recipient Rate Limit (commonly discussed as the 2,000‑recipient ERR/MERRL cap) after customers warned the rule would break legitimate workflows and integrations, and the Exchange team says it will pursue smarter, more adaptive protections instead. Background Exchange Online has long enforced a set of sending throttles designed to protect the shared cloud service from abuse while preserving delivery for normal business...

Analysts who have dug into Amazon’s late‑2025 results say the company enters 2026 with multiple measurable catalysts — from an AWS revenue re‑acceleration and a fast‑growing advertising engine to massive AI‑grade capex and proprietary silicon — but those same forces create execution risks that will determine whether the business is re‑rated or merely re‑invested. Background Amazon has evolved from an e‑commerce first company into a diversified technology and services portfolio whose value...

Quantum computing moved decisively from lab demos toward practical deployment in 2025, and the companies to watch heading into 2026 reflect a mix of pure‑play specialists, cloud incumbents and infrastructure giants each pursuing complementary — and competing — strategies to capture the first commercial value from quantum advantage. Background The past 18 months saw a string of high‑visibility milestones: a leading trapped‑ion vendor announced a new world‑record two‑qubit gate fidelity that...

Microsoft’s acquisition of Osmos marks a decisive push to embed agentic AI and autonomous data engineering directly into Microsoft Fabric, signaling a new phase in the vendor’s effort to turn data unification into a genuinely low‑friction, AI‑ready platform experience for enterprise customers. Background: why this matters for data teams Enterprises have spent a decade consolidating tools, storage, and analytics, but the fundamental bottleneck remains the same: most organizations still spend...

If you’ve ever downloaded a single-file comic and wondered why it ends in .cbr — or tried to open it on Windows only to be greeted by “unknown file type” — the short answer is: CBR is simply a RAR archive that stores comic pages as images, and a handful of freely available Windows readers or standard archivers will open it for you. The Zulu guide on WindowsNoticias explains this plainly and recommends ComicRack and Icecream Ebook Reader as user-friendly options for reading CBRs on Windows...

A striking new set of real‑world tests has put a spotlight on a question many Windows users have been asking quietly for years: is Windows 11 actually slower than previous Windows releases on older hardware? In a hands‑on comparison that installed Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8.1, 10 and 11 onto identical Lenovo ThinkPad X220 laptops, the newest OS finished near the back of the pack on almost every everyday metric — boot times, app launches, idle memory footprint, battery life and simple video...

If a new Xbox Ally, Xbox Ally X, or any Windows-based handheld just joined your household, setting up parental controls now will save you headaches later — from accidental purchases to late-night gaming sessions. This guide walks through a practical, device-focused setup using Microsoft Family Safety and Xbox Family Settings, explains the difference between Windows and Xbox controls, and provides a ready-to-follow checklist and recommended settings so parents can get a secure, manageable...

A thirty‑second clip went viral over the weekend because it did something Microsoft’s PR can’t fix: it made what the company calls “Copilot” look both useless and intrusive at the same time. In the video, programmer Ryan Fleury follows a settings search suggestion in Windows 11 — a brightly lit AI icon tells him to search the exact sentence “My mouse pointer is too small” — and the system returns nothing. Typing a single short keyword seconds later gives results. The clip, reposted and...

Lenovo’s CES 2026 surprise — a factory-installed SteamOS edition of the Legion Go 2 — turns what was already one of the most ambitious Windows handhelds into a two‑headed product with meaningful tradeoffs: identical premium hardware, a significantly different out‑of‑box experience, and a price tag that breaks the usual assumption that the Linux SKU will be the cheaper option. Background / Overview Lenovo launched the Legion Go 2 as a Windows 11 handheld in October 2025, pitching a high‑end...

A compact, community-built PowerShell toolkit called RemoveWindowsAI has rapidly become the go-to shortcut for Windows 11 users who want to strip Copilot, Recall, and a broad sweep of built‑in AI surfaces from their PCs — but its convenience comes with real, measurable risks for update stability, data preservation, and enterprise supportability. Background Microsoft has repositioned Windows 11 as an “AI PC” platform, embedding branded features such as Copilot, Recall, and a range of AI...

HP used CES 2026 to recast the “future of work” around a singular, measurable premise: professional fulfillment is not a soft HR metric but a strategic lever that technology—when designed and deployed properly—can convert into productivity, resilience, and long‑term growth. Background / Overview HP arrived at CES with a coherent strategic narrative: push meaningful AI into the places people work, make the endpoint the primary execution layer for Copilot‑era experiences, and wrap that...

Microsoft’s latest, quietly unfolding moves — an Azure‑backed AI deployment for Hawai‘i’s Developmental Disabilities Division and the rapid acquisition of a tiny but strategically positioned data‑engineering startup — are acting less like isolated product updates and more like deliberate plumbing that could reshape how enterprises pay for and consume Microsoft’s cloud AI stack. Background / Overview The announcements are simple in form but consequential in function. RSM US LLP recently...

Nerdio announced on January 7, 2026, that Scott Manchester — a long‑time Microsoft executive who has led Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop product teams — will join the company as its new Chief Product & Technology Officer (CPTO), a strategic hire that centralizes product, engineering, architecture, technology operations, and product support under a single executive to accelerate platform productization and deepen integration across the Microsoft Cloud ecosystem. Background Nerdio is a...

Key Dynamics Solutions is pitching itself as a full‑stack Microsoft partner that helps organizations “modernize and scale” using Microsoft Dynamics 365, Azure data services, Power Platform and agentic AI — a classic partner playbook packaged as press releases and solution pages that promise faster time‑to‑value, measurable operational improvements, and ongoing managed services. Background Key Dynamics Solutions surfaced a press release on openPR reiterating the company’s focus on Microsoft...

Hexagon Robotics’ new partnership with Microsoft is a substantive step toward industrializing humanoid robots for factory floors, combining Hexagon’s AEON humanoid and sensor‑fusion expertise with Microsoft Azure, Fabric Real‑Time Intelligence, and Azure IoT tooling to pursue production‑ready solutions for manipulation and inspection across automotive, aerospace, manufacturing and logistics. Background Hexagon announced AEON as an industrial humanoid platform in mid‑2025 and has since...

Microsoft’s decision to ship Windows 11 version 26H1 exclusively on Snapdragon X2 devices this spring marks a deliberate, engineering-first break from the company’s usual annual feature cadence — a targeted, platform-level release built on a new internal platform codenamed Bromine that exists to enable next‑generation Arm silicon rather than to deliver consumer-facing features. Background Microsoft’s typical Windows 11 rhythm has been an H2-focused annual feature update with continuous...

Setting up a new Windows 11 PC is fast and polished, but the out‑of‑box defaults aren’t tuned for everyone; a short, methodical checklist after the first boot will secure your files, remove junk, improve reliability, and save frustration later. The following feature distills a practical nine‑step routine—based on widely reported best practices—and explains exactly why each step matters, what to watch for, and how to verify the critical technical claims yourself. This is the Windows 11 setup...