Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26300.8553 to the Experimental Channel on May 29, 2026, adding a more modular Start menu that can hide or show individual sections, switch between small and large layouts, and remove the visible account name and profile image. The update is not...
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Microsoft Build 2026 is scheduled for June 2–3 at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, moving Microsoft’s flagship developer conference away from its recent Seattle pattern and into a smaller, AI-focused format aimed at roughly 2,500 in-person attendees plus a free online audience. That venue...
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Microsoft and Nvidia are expected to unveil their first jointly developed Windows PCs powered by Nvidia chips during Nvidia’s June 1 GTC Taipei keynote at Computex and Microsoft’s June 2-3 Build conference in San Francisco, according to reporting and coordinated company teasers posted May 29...
Microsoft published KB5096571 on May 26, 2026, as an automatic Windows Update that moves the Image Processing AI component for Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs to version 1.2605.856.0 on Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2. The update is narrow, quiet, and easy to miss. It is also a useful marker for...
Microsoft has published KB5096579, a May 2026 Image Processing AI component update that brings version 1.2604.515.0 to Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 26H1, with installation handled automatically through Windows Update after the latest 26H1 cumulative update is...
Microsoft has released KB5096569, a May 2026 Windows Update package for AMD-powered Copilot+ PCs that updates the Windows 11 Image Processing AI component to version 1.2605.856.0 on supported 24H2 and 25H2 systems with the latest cumulative update installed. It is a small entry in Microsoft’s...
Microsoft has released KB5096585, an automatic Windows Update package dated May 2026 that updates the Image Transform AI component on Copilot+ PCs to version 1.2605.856.0 for Windows 11 version 24H2 and version 25H2. The update is narrow, quiet, and easy to miss, but it says a great deal about...
Microsoft’s KB5096573, published for Qualcomm-powered systems running Windows 11 version 26H1, delivers Phi Silica AI component version 1.2604.515.0 through Windows Update, automatically installing improvements for Microsoft’s on-device small language model after the latest cumulative update is...
Microsoft’s KB5096576 is an automatic Windows Update package for Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 26H1, updating the Image Transform AI component to version 1.2604.515.0 for on-device image editing and object-removal workloads. That sounds like a small servicing note, and in the old...
Microsoft has published KB5096577, an Image Processing AI component update that installs version 1.2604.515.0 on AMD-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 26H1 through Windows Update after the latest cumulative update is already present. It is a small-looking support entry with a large...
Microsoft’s KB5096568 is a May 2026 Windows Update package that installs Phi Silica version 1.2605.856.0 on Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 24H2 or 25H2, replacing KB5090935 after the device has the latest cumulative update installed and appears in Update history. That sounds...
Microsoft has published KB5096578, an automatic Windows Update package for Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 26H1 that updates the Image Processing AI component to version 1.2604.515.0, replacing the earlier KB5089871 release and requiring the latest cumulative update for...
Microsoft has published KB5096575, an automatic Windows Update package that moves the Phi Silica J32 AI component to version 1.2604.515.0 on Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 26H1 with the latest cumulative update installed. The update looks small because it is small in...
Microsoft has published KB5096574, a May 2026 Image Processing AI component update to version 1.2605.856.0 for Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 24H2 or 25H2, delivered automatically through Windows Update after the latest cumulative update is installed. The plain-language...
Microsoft has released KB5096566, a May 2026 Windows AI component update that installs Phi Silica version 1.2605.856.0 automatically through Windows Update on AMD-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 24H2 or 25H2 with the latest cumulative update already installed. The update is...
Microsoft has published KB5096570, an automatic Windows Update package that installs Phi Silica AI component version 1.2604.515.0 on eligible AMD-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 26H1 after the latest cumulative update is already in place. The update is small in wording but large...
Microsoft has published KB5096572, a Windows Update-delivered Phi Silica AI component update to version 1.2604.515.0 for Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 26H1 with the latest cumulative update installed. The dry phrasing hides a larger shift: Windows AI is becoming a...
Microsoft has published KB5096137, an automatic Windows Update package that updates the Qualcomm QNN Execution Provider to version 2.2605.2.0 for Windows 11, version 26H1 devices with the latest cumulative update installed. It is a small-sounding component refresh with an outsized strategic...
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Microsoft has released KB5096567, a Phi Silica AI component update to version 1.2605.856.0 for Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 24H2 or 25H2, delivering the on-device small language model automatically through Windows Update after the latest cumulative update is installed...
Microsoft’s KB5096575, released as a May 2026 Windows Update package, updates the Phi Silica J32 AI component to version 1.2604.515.0 on Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 26H1. That narrow sentence is the whole news item, but it understates the importance of what Microsoft...