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LatencyMon is the kind of tiny, no‑nonsense utility that should live on every Windows PC because it looks where Task Manager cannot—inside the kernel—and turns confusing, intermittent stutter into actionable data you can actually use to fix the problem. Background / Overview Windows is a general‑purpose operating system, not a real‑time OS. That design choice is why audio pops, micro‑stutters, and brief input freezes often happen even when CPU and RAM look perfectly normal in Task Manager...

Jamia Millia Islamia has opened admissions for the 2026–27 academic year and unveiled a major academic expansion: 30 new programmes, introduction of the Multiple Entry Mode for its Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP) in line with NEP 2020, no increase in tuition fees for the session, and an expanded network of entrance test centres now numbering 11. Background / Overview Jamia’s prospectus for 2026–27 — published by the university and circulated alongside official announcements — is a...

The Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell has pushed the final registration window for MHT CET 2026 further, giving students a last-minute breathing space: the CET Cell’s official notice (published February 20, 2026) sets the no‑late‑fee registration cutoff at February 24, 2026, and opens a short late‑fee window from February 25 to February 27, 2026, during which applicants must pay an additional charge of Rs. 500 to complete submission. Background MHT CET (commonly referred to...

Matt Booty’s first public framing of the leadership change at Microsoft Gaming is unmistakably intended to calm nerves: no immediate layoffs, no studio reorganizations, and a renewed, stated focus on making great games — all marked by a clear commitment to support creative teams while the company transitions to new executive leadership. Background On February 20, 2026, Microsoft announced a major executive reshuffle across its gaming organization. Longtime Xbox chief Phil Spencer stepped...

Windows 11 is quietly doing the small, repetitive things right — and for many of us those tiny, consistent wins add up into genuinely better days at the keyboard. Background Windows has always been the operating system of compromise: massive compatibility, decades of legacy features, and an interface shaped by generations of different design philosophies. That history makes it easy to criticize, but it also explains why Windows remains the backbone of the desktop: its ubiquity is a product...

Microsoft has begun rolling out a substantial firmware and driver update for the Surface Pro (11th Edition) that targets a string of practical, real-world pain points — from eSIM and VPN connectivity to Microsoft Teams stability and Dolby Vision playback — and delivers those fixes in a cumulative, non‑reversible package designed for Windows 11 (version 24H2 or later). Background / Overview The Surface Pro (11th Edition) sits at the center of Microsoft's Copilot+ PC push: premium hardware...

Employers are waking up to a new kind of workplace hazard: AI notetakers that keep listening after people have left, create searchable transcripts of casual or sensitive remarks, and then disseminate those records automatically — sometimes to the entire team. Background AI notetakers — services that join virtual meetings, transcribe speech, extract action items, and surface summaries — arrived as convenience features meant to save time and preserve institutional knowledge. They promise...

Perplexity’s public renunciation of advertising is the clearest sign yet that the generative-AI business model contest has entered a new, noisier phase — one where trust, enterprise revenue and product design are being weighed directly against the short-term economics of ad-supported scale. Background: the ad question reshapes AI strategy AI companies have spent the past three years balancing two hard truths: building and operating large language models (LLMs) is enormously expensive, and...

After years of missing macOS’s spacebar Quick Look, adding the same “press space to preview” workflow to Windows 11 turns what felt like a tiny convenience into a daily productivity multiplier — and the two leading ways to get it, QuickLook (the community-built app) and PowerToys Peek (Microsoft’s official utility), now offer compelling but different trade-offs for everyday Windows users. rview Mac users have long praised Finder’s Quick Look: select a file, press Space, and a lightweight...

WSL has come a long way — but for many long-term Linux users, the improvements still don’t tip the scales back to Windows. Overview The How‑To Geek piece argues a familiar, increasingly common position: WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) has matured into a powerful, usable environment, but improvements alone aren’t enough to coax a committed Linux user back to daily‑driver Windows. The author concedes WSL’s technical evolution — from a compatibility shim to a real Linux kernel running inside...

Winhance puts a surprisingly powerful control panel on top of Windows 10 and 11 that can remove preinstalled apps, quiet in‑OS promotions, tune privacy and services, and even bake your chosen settings into a custom Windows installer — all for free and with an open‑source codebase. This is the essential takeaway from recent writeups and hands‑on community testing: Winhance aims to make the tedious work of “debloating” and configuring Windows repeatable, auditable, and fast, but it also...

Nathan Limm’s 10‑week experiment — asking Microsoft Copilot to act as a running coach and guide him from a 1:55 half‑marathon to a target of 1:40 — reads like a useful case study at the intersection of modern training science and consumer generative AI: humane, encouraging, adaptable and, crucially, limited by the realities of physiology and injury risk. Background AI assistants have rapidly migrated from search‑and‑summarize tools into personalized agents that can generate plans, monitor...

Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has opened the registration window for the Post‑Basic B.Sc. Nursing programme for the January 2026 session, offering in‑service Registered Nurses and Registered Midwives an accessible pathway to convert a GNM diploma into a bachelor’s degree through open and distance learning — but applicants should move quickly and verify deadlines and centre approvals before they submit. Background / Overview The Post‑Basic B.Sc. Nursing (B.Sc. Nursing — Post...

If you still spend hours hunting down registry keys, obscure Group Policy settings, and scattered Settings pages to “debloat” a fresh Windows install, there’s a practical truth you should accept: one well-maintained, community-driven utility will usually do the job faster, with fewer errors, and with recoverability options that manual fiddling rarely provides. Background / Overview Chris Titus Tech’s Windows Utility (commonly seen as WinUtil or Winutil) has grown from a handy collection of...

Smart assistants have moved far beyond novelty — today they quietly manage calendars, control our homes, summarize work, and at times, raise serious questions about who owns the data they collect. Background / Overview Smart assistants — also called voice assistants or AI assistants — are software agents that respond to voice or typed commands to perform tasks like setting reminders, controlling smart home devices, answering questions, and helping with productivity. They appear in smart...

PowerShell gives you a scalpel for Windows troubleshooting: four copy‑and‑paste commands that answer the right questions fast, fix the common problems I see on machines I rotate through, and get you from “What’s wrong?” to “Working again” without hunting through a dozen Settings panels. Background Power users and admins have known for years that PowerShell exposes the system as objects you can probe, sort, and act on. Where Windows Settings and Control Panel show buttons and toggles...

The seven free apps How‑To Geek lists as “must‑haves” for a fresh Windows install are a solid, pragmatic starting kit — but each choice deserves context, caveats, and practical alternatives before you click Install. The original shortlist (Microsoft PowerToys, Everything, LocalSend, LibreOffice, Ditto, Docker Desktop, and KSnip) is a power‑user friendly mix of workflow boosters, privacy‑friendly tools, and open‑source staples. That list informed my deeper testing and verification of feature...

Windows 11’s reputation has been pummeled in recent weeks by dramatic headlines about failed updates, boot problems, and gaming crashes — but the full picture is more nuanced. The February 10, 2026 cumulative update (KB5077181) did introduce real regressions for a subset of machines — including failed installs, GPU-related black screens, and audio/network glitches — yet those incidents sit atop an OS that continues to add modern features, ship important security work, and reach mass...

Microsoft’s enterprise Copilot suffered a configuration and code failure that allowed its AI assistant to index and summarise emails explicitly labelled as confidential, surfacing material from users’ Draft and Sent Items into Copilot Chat sessions — a failure Microsoft says it has fixed but one that raises uncomfortable questions about AI governance, enterprise controls and the real-world meaning of “private” in the age of large language models. Background Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is...

Microsoft’s security researchers have pulled back the curtain on a subtle but powerful vector of influence: apparently helpful “Summarize with AI” and “Share with AI” buttons are being used by real companies to slip hidden instructions into AI assistants’ long‑term memory, and those instructions can bias future recommendations in ways that look indistinguishable from neutral advice. Background[/url] / Overview In February 2026, the Microsoft Defender Security Research Team published an...