windows insider builds

Microsoft spent the first full week of May 2026 showing off Windows 11 performance work, a modernized Run dialog, Insider build polish, Xbox Mode experiments, and new controls over local AI model downloads while Windows and Xbox users kept arguing that the company still had not earned back...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider builds suggest a subtle but telling shift in how the company wants users to experience its AI features: less Copilot branding, more utility. In the newest Notepad preview, the familiar Copilot name appears to have been replaced by the more generic label...