‘So big, it’s basically a Start screen again’: Windows 11’s new Start menu is getting some hate — and triggering Windows 8 flashbacks

Windows 11’s new Start menu is proving seriously divisive – some feel it’s huge and badly designed, but there are fans too.
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Microsoft’s planned new AI trick for Edge will ‘automatically open the Copilot side pane’ with Outlook email links — and I can feel the hate already

Microsoft is looking to bring a new AI trick to Edge — and I’m betting most of the browser’s users will hate it.

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‘Windows 11 is far from perfect’: Microsoft just released an update I actually want to install — and you should too

Microsoft is forcing another Windows 11 update on us, but this one is actually worth installing

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Will the Control Panel ever die? Rare feature migration to Settings spotted in Windows 11, but don’t get your hopes up for more of this

Microsoft shifts another Windows 11 feature to Settings from the Control Panel — but I expect the latter will still be with us in the 2030s.
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Creator of Window’s Task Manager shows off ‘probably what Task Manager would look like if I were still around’ — Tempest AI’s retro-futuristic dashboard code shared to Github

Dave Plummer created Tempest AI to play the classic Atari game, but he also built a dashboard which imagines what Task Manager should look like if he were still in charge of it.
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Will Microsoft ever stop messing with Notepad? Windows 11 app could soon get another feature — and I’m predicting a backlash

Is Notepad getting too bloated these days? If you’re of that opinion, you won’t like what Microsoft has planned next.
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30 years later, the iconic ‘Bliss’ green hill from Windows XP is still thriving — lucky passerby captures the hill looking almost identical to the 1996 photograph in ‘super rare’ event

A Redditor travelling through Napa Valley on 18th February 2026 was lucky enough to see the iconic “Bliss” hill in a form close to the original wallpaper. This terrain is usually covered in vineyards, so it doesn’t look as…

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It seems Microsoft just started work on Windows 11 27H2 — and this could be the update that saves the OS… or dooms it

I just hope Microsoft delivers on the promises of greater stability and faster performance for the OS.

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Microsoft’s new Windows 11 speed test is just a link to Ookla’s Speedtest via Bing — button housed in the taskbar in latest Insider Preview build

Amidst endless complaints over the instability and bloating nature of Windows 11, Microsoft’s latest insider builds add new emojis and a taskbar feature for its beta testers. Now, you can check your internet speed by right…

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Microsoft is bringing a built-in network speed test to Windows 11
 Microsoft is bringing a built-in network speed test to Windows 11

Microsoft is working on a bunch of new features for Windows 11, including a new network speed test that you can access from your taskbar. The tool is bundled in an update rolling out to Windows 11 Insiders in the Release Preview Channel, allowing you to right-click the network icon in the system tray to […]

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