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Microsoft is testing a Windows 11 setting that lets users turn off Bing-powered web results in Start and Search, with the option reportedly shown at a Windows Insider event in San Francisco in early June 2026. The change is small in interface terms but large in symbolic weight: Microsoft is...

Microsoft began testing movable Windows 11 taskbars in May 2026 through its Windows Insider Experimental channel, letting testers place the taskbar on the bottom, top, left, or right edge of the screen from the Taskbar behaviors section in Settings. The change is small enough to fit inside a...

Microsoft is preparing to let Windows 11 users turn off Bing-powered web results from Windows Search, with the change reportedly shown at a Windows Insider event in San Francisco on June 2, 2026, after years of forcing Start and taskbar searches to mix local files, apps, settings, and web...

Microsoft is preparing Windows 11 controls that would let users turn off web results and Microsoft Store suggestions in desktop search, with the change reportedly shown in an unreleased internal build and expected to reach public preview testing after years of complaints about Bing-driven...

Microsoft’s June 2026 Windows 11 servicing story is straightforward: an installed update may make a device eligible for new features, but Controlled Feature Rollout decides when those features actually appear on that specific PC. In other words, “up to date” means patch-compliant; it does not...

On June 8, 2026, ZDNET highlighted HyperDroid, a free Android launcher that makes phones and tablets resemble Windows 11 by replacing the default home screen with a desktop-style interface. The app does not run Windows software, does not turn Android into a PC, and does not change the underlying...

Windows 11 is reportedly preparing a single Settings toggle that would let users disable Bing-powered web results in Windows Search, while separate late-May 2026 search fixes are already improving local file matching for short queries and partial filenames. That sounds like a small...

Microsoft used Build 2026 in San Francisco to reposition Windows 11 around native apps, Windows on Arm, local AI development, and agent-driven hardware, while announcing developer tools and devices meant to make that strategy practical. The pitch was not merely that Windows will get more AI...

Microsoft is reportedly preparing Windows 11 Settings toggles that would let users disable web results and Microsoft Store suggestions in Windows Search, after years in which the taskbar and Start search boxes mixed local files, apps, settings, Bing links, and promotional app recommendations. If...

Microsoft is preparing a Windows 11 Search option that would let users disable Bing-powered web results and Microsoft Store suggestions directly, with testing reportedly beginning for Windows Insiders in the coming weeks after years of registry workarounds. The change is small in interface terms...

Microsoft used Build 2026 in San Francisco and the Computex hardware cycle in Taipei to recast Windows 11 as a local, agent-capable AI platform, anchored by Microsoft Execution Containers, OpenClaw support, and Nvidia’s new RTX Spark PC silicon. The message was not that Copilot is getting...

Dell has acknowledged that SupportAssist Remediation 5.5.16.0 and Alienware SupportAssist Remediation 5.5.16.0 can cause blue screen errors and unexpected restarts on affected PCs, while HP has separately documented BitLocker recovery loops tied to Secure Boot certificate handling after recent...

Microsoft used Build 2026 in San Francisco to position Windows 11 as a control plane for AI agents, previewing Microsoft Execution Containers, OpenClaw on Windows, and Project Solara as pieces of a broader agent-first computing strategy. That is not just another Copilot feature drop. It is...

Microsoft Phone Link supports iPhone messaging on Windows 11 through a Bluetooth-based bridge that lets users send and receive one-to-one iMessage and SMS conversations from a PC, but it still excludes group chats, media attachments, photos, GIFs, and full message history. That makes the feature...

Windows 11’s June 2026 Low Latency Profile is Microsoft’s short-lived CPU-frequency behavior for boot and app launch responsiveness, exposed in Windows power-management documentation under the provisioning alias “LowLatency” and best understood as an interaction-triggered performance profile...

Windows 11 administrators should usually pilot KB5089573 now only on test rings or affected machines, because the May 26, 2026 optional preview update targets Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2, moves systems to builds 26100.8524 and 26200.8524, and is not the next mandatory security patch. The practical...

Paul Thurrott published the 2026 edition plan for the Windows 11 Field Guide on June 7, 2026, saying the book is shifting to a year-based edition that covers Windows 11 versions 24H2, 25H2, and 26H1 while being reorganized, trimmed, and expanded through the year. The announcement is ostensibly...

HP’s April 2026 BIOS updates and Dell’s May 2026 SupportAssist Remediation update have caused real Windows 11 failures on affected PCs, including BitLocker recovery loops on HP commercial systems and repeated blue screens on Dell and Alienware machines. The uncomfortable part is that neither...

Paul Thurrott has renamed and reworked his long-running Windows 11 Field Guide as the Windows 11 Field Guide 2026 edition, a June 2026 update that reframes the book around today’s supported Windows 11 releases: 24H2, 25H2, and 26H1. The change is more than a cover-page refresh. It is a small but...

Microsoft is reportedly testing Windows 11 changes in June 2026 that would let users disable Bing-powered web results inside Windows Search, most likely as part of a broader European Digital Markets Act compliance push around defaults, browsers, search providers, and bundled Microsoft services...