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The Windows Subsystem for Linux keeps picking up momentum. GitHub Copilot‘s desktop app just added experimental WSL support, and while that marinates, Google quietly confirmed it is working on WSL for Antigravity, its agentic development platform, along with better native support for Windows, which is rare from a company with a spotty history of supporting […]

windowslatest 25h ago 37°

Windows 11’s native app era is coming back after years of web app slop, and Microsoft is finally building it in public

When Microsoft promised it was going to focus on WinUI as the “native framework” for Windows 11 and make its development public, many had doubts, and even the follow-up questions during the Build 2026 developer conference ask-me-anything were about whether Microsoft was really committed to WinUI this time. Microsoft later responded to the concerns and […]

windowslatest 48h ago 35°

Microsoft prepares Windows 11 26H2 installation media for public roll out, as it hits Release Preview Channel

Windows 11 26H2 has finally entered the last phase of testing (Release Preview Channel), and we all saw that coming. On August 24, Windows Latest shared all the details of this year’s feature update, and as I noted, it’s a minor release that should ship either in the last week of September or early October. […]

windowslatest 2h ago 34°

I tested Windows 11 26H2, so you don’t have to. Here’s everything I found.

Windows 11 26H2 reached Release Preview on August 27 as build 26300.9278, an enablement package with no new features of its own. We tested the Release Preview build to confirm it, and walked through every feature from the August update that 26H2 will eventually carry over to your PC.

windowslatest 30h ago 33°

Microsoft dumps its best file-sharing tool for Windows-Android-iOS, called Edge Drop

Microsoft only seems to care about getting Copilot/AI right in the Edge browser, and it's slowly removing everything that made it appealing.

windowslatest 45h ago 26°

Skip today’s Windows 11 update: it breaks cursor styling, resets wallpaper, and more

Windows 11's KB5120998 brings a movable taskbar, resizable Start menu, and cleaner Search, but a growing pile of Reddit reports shows it also resets custom cursors to a default Windows 98 look and wipes desktop wallpapers to solid black. Uninstalling the update is the only confirmed fix for now.

windowslatest 8h ago 25°

“We’re aware,” Microsoft on Windows 11 KB5120998 breaking the mouse cursor

Windows 11's biggest update KB 5120998 is breaking mouse cursors, Microsoft admits the issue, and confirms it's investigating.