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Microsoft is making the Windows Search Box more streamlined and useful Bit by bit, Windows 11 is healing. By Anna Washenko July 13, 2026 5:12 pm EST Microsoft announced that a bunch of new adjustments are coming to the Windows Search Box in Windows 11. …
… Other Windows 11 bugbears have been bonked with this update, including improvements to downloads from the Windows Store. …
… Microsoft announced some major changes coming to Windows Update on its blog , including the ability to indefinitely pause Windows updates, 35 days at a time. To give users more control, Windows Update introduced the option to extend update pauses as much as users want. …
… Interestingly, this hasn't been gated to the most recent Windows 11 , but it does require a machine running at least Windows 10.
Windows Update will soon revert problematic drivers automatically By Steve Dent May 14, 2026 8:29 am EST Windows 11 users are not happy campers at the moment for multiple reasons, but Microsoft is doing something about an issue around updates. …
… Performance and efficiency have never been the hallmarks of cheap Windows Intel-based laptops. …
… Microsoft In a blog post provided to media, Microsoft head of Windows and devices, Pavan Davuluri, noted that the company optimized Windows 11's workload profile scheduling for the RTX Spark. …
NVIDIA's RTX Spark chip could give Windows its true Apple Silicon moment Arm CPU cores, a powerful GPU and gobs of unified RAM? …
The Acer Swift Air 14 looks like a cute and breezy Windows alternative to the MacBook Air There’s also a new 360-degree convertible model, the Swift Spin 14 AI. By Will Shanklin May 29, 2026 9:00 am EST Acer has a new Windows 11-running MacBook Air competitor at Computex 2026. …
Microsoft's Xbox mode starts making its way to Windows 11 PCs By Mariella Moon May 1, 2026 7:01 am EST Microsoft has started rolling out Xbox mode to Windows 11 devices, including laptops, desktop PCs and tablets, just like it promised in March. …
