This week’s information recap is right here, bringing you the most recent tales from the Microsoft world, together with helpful PowerToys modules, contemporary Home windows 11 preview builds, AI video technology in Bing, Workplace updates, gaming information, and extra.

Fast hyperlinks:

1. Home windows 10 and 11
2. Home windows Insider Program
3. Updates can be found
4. Gaming information
5. Nice offers to test

Home windows 11 and Home windows 10

Right here, we speak about all the pieces occurring round Microsoft’s newest working system within the Secure channel and preview builds: new options, eliminated options, controversies, bugs, fascinating findings, and extra. And, in fact, you could discover a phrase or two about older variations.

This week’s Home windows 11 part kicks off with some stats. StatCounter printed its month-to-month report, exhibiting that Home windows 11 slowed its climb a bit bit in Might 2025. On the gaming aspect, nonetheless, issues are significantly better, with Home windows 11 occupying the vast majority of PCs on Steam.

Now, listed below are some Home windows updates you may need missed. Home windows 11 variations 23H2 and 22H2 acquired KB5062170, a small emergency patch that resolved errors when putting in current updates. The patch is offered solely by way of the Microsoft Replace Catalog, and the corporate recommends putting in it provided that your system experiences the 0xc0000098 code when putting in the Might 2025 safety replace.

Lastly, Microsoft launched a brand new Defender replace for Home windows 11 and 10 installations, contemporary restoration updates, and a script for recovering the inetpub folder, which confirmed up unannounced on techniques in April.

As Home windows 10 is getting nearer to the top of help, extra corporations are urging customers to modify. AMD, Dell, and ASUS all urge customers to organize for the “obligatory Home windows 11 improve,” whereas different corporations shamelessly poach Home windows 10 customers, luring them to Linux.

To complete this week’s Home windows part, right here is an historic CD-burning app that made a stunning 64-bit comeback and now works on trendy working techniques, together with Home windows 11.

Home windows Insider Program

Here’s what Microsoft launched for Home windows Insiders this week:

	Builds
Canary Channel	Construct 27871 This week’s Canary construct launched Begin menu enhancements (extra Telephone Hyperlink options), small taskbar tweaks, and a protracted listing of varied fixes to enhance totally different components of the working system.
Dev Channel	Construct 26200.5622 (KB5058512) This construct introduced new Click on to Do options, a devoted Settings part for Fast Machine restoration, improved Home windows Widgets, a brand new spec card for the Settings app, and some fixes right here and there. Construct 26200.5622 additionally accommodates a brand new “Your Gadget Data” card on the Settings House web page, which makes it simpler to seek out your pc’s specs with fewer clicks.
Beta Channel	Construct 26120.4230 (KB5058506) This one is sort of equivalent to construct 26200.5622 from the Dev Channel.
Launch Preview Channel	Nothing within the Launch Preview Channel this week

Apart from new builds, Microsoft introduced a brand new replace for the Home windows Pictures app, which is now out there to Home windows Insiders in all channels. The replace introduces AI-powered mild controls (Relight), which allow you to place and management as much as three mild sources in your picture, and AI-powered search with pure language help.

Updates can be found

This part covers software program, firmware, and different notable updates (launched and coming quickly) from Microsoft and third events, delivering new options, safety fixes, enhancements, patches, and extra.

Microsoft introduced a batch of latest options for the Microsoft Retailer. The app is getting an improved House web page with personalised suggestions based mostly in your current actions, area, and offers. Search now considers further info when rating apps within the outcomes, and a Copilot button helps you to ask AI a few sure app. Microsoft additionally brags about important efficiency enhancements below the hood.

This week, we had loads of varied Workplace updates. Microsoft 365, for one, is getting important modifications to its replace channels starting July 2025. Rollback help can be expanded to 2 months, the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel (Preview) is being deprecated, and the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel can be supported for eight months as an alternative of the present 14.

Microsoft additionally introduced the final availability of the brand new Message Hint within the Change Admin Middle in Change On-line, some massive updates for the brand new Outlook for Home windows within the June 2025 replace, and acknowledged just a few points with Outlook after a current Calendar function improve. Groups can also be getting a “main” change for third-party app settings, and Phrase is getting SharePoint eSignature help.

Bing acquired a stunning replace this week. OpenAI’s Sora video generator is now out there at no cost in Bing Video Creator. Now, you do not need to pay for an OpenAI subscription to generate quick movies utilizing AI. Solution to increase Bing stats, Microsoft!

PowerToys Run, a helpful and handy launcher for Home windows 10 and 11, just lately acquired three new third-party modules that allow you to check your web pace, obtain movies from a whole lot of internet sites, and take a look at phrase definitions, utilization, synonyms, and extra.

Microsoft introduced some long-requested modifications for Microsoft Edge, however just for these residing within the EEA area. Home windows will not annoy you with setting Edge as your default browser, and Home windows Widgets will respect your default browser. Additionally, Microsoft will allow you to uninstall the Microsoft Retailer app, and Home windows Search will have the ability to use different search suppliers.

Talking of browsers, Microsoft printed a weblog put up that defined why Edge is a sooner and smarter various to Chrome. If you’re choosing between the 2, the article may enable you make the selection (Google has a solution to that with its personal article explaining that Chrome is now sooner than ever). Additionally, the corporate launched Edge 138 within the Beta Channel, bringing some essential modifications and new options, resembling a brand new (kind of new) media management middle, AI-powered historical past search, and extra.

Listed here are different updates and releases you could discover fascinating:

• Microsoft expanded LinkedIn’s CEO position to handle Workplace apps.
• Microsoft introduced the final availability of two new reasoning AI brokers: Analysis and Analyst.
• Microsoft and Crowdstrike introduced a partnership on risk actor naming.
• Microsoft will make investments $400 million in Switzerland to bolster cloud and AI infrastructure.
• The annual Construct convention is transferring away from Seattle.

Listed here are the most recent drivers and firmware updates launched this week:

• Intel 32.0.101.6876 non-WHQL with help for 4 new video games and a single repair for intermittent show artifacts.
• Nvidia 576.66 Hotfix with patches for FC 25 crashes, video bugs in browsers, and extra. Along with that, Nvidia launched a brand new model of the Nvidia App, which launched a light-weight theme (and computerized theme switching), help for extra video games, and a few bug fixes.
• AMD Software program Professional Version 25 Q2 with help for Home windows Server 2025, new Ryzen processors, and some fixes.
• AMD Radeon Software program 25.6.1 with the RX 9060 XT help and FSR 4 help for extra video games.

On the gaming aspect

Study upcoming recreation releases, Xbox rumors, new {hardware}, software program updates, freebies, offers, reductions, and extra.

Whats up Video games continues relentlessly bettering No Man’s Sky. The sport’s newest replace, “Beacon,” was introduced this week. It affords area explorers overhauled settlements, participant overseer duties, and rather more. The replace is now out there on all supported platforms, together with Nintendo Swap 2.

The Witcher 4 from CD Projekt RED is likely to be just a few years away. Nonetheless, on the State of Unreal 2025 keynote, the builders revealed a tech demo showcasing the capabilities of Unreal Engine 5 on the bottom PlayStation 5, which managed to tug it off at a stable 60 FPS.

Nvidia introduced new video games that are actually out there within the GeForce NOW cloud streaming service (you must personal them to play them). The most recent drop is an enormous one: 25 new video games, together with FBC: Firebreak, Dune: Awakening, 7 Days to Die, DREADZONE, and extra.

Recreation Move can also be getting new video games, and the primary drop in June can also be a fairly large one. You’ll quickly get entry to Kingdom: Two Crowns, EA Sports activities FC 25, FBC: Firebreak, Crash Bandicoot 4: It is About Time, The Alters, and extra. Some video games are leaving the service, so try the total listing right here.

Xbox Video games Showcase 2025 is going on right now. With the present kicking off in only a few hours, try our recap of what to anticipate on the present and learn how to watch it.

On the {hardware} aspect, we’ve got a brand new Xbox Storage Enlargement Card from Seagate. At a whopping $429.99 price ticket, the brand new card affords an immense quantity of area on your video games, doubling that of the beforehand greatest growth card. Now, you may get an Xbox Storage Enlargement Card with 4TB. By the best way, it prices as a lot because the 1TB Xbox Collection S.

Offers and freebies

If you’re searching for some new video games at decrease costs, try this week’s Weekend PC Recreation Offers, which covers a number of specials and reductions, together with some freebies, resembling Deathloop from the Epic Video games Retailer.

Different gaming information consists of the next:

• Ubisoft is skipping its Ahead recreation showcase for the primary time since 2020.

• Valve launched a brand new beta model of Steam for Linux to deal with sluggish replace installations.

• Elden Ring Nighteign acquired its first replace with diminished problem for solo runs.

• The Expanse TV present is getting a narrative-driven sci-fi motion RPG.

• Black Fantasy: Wukong is coming to Xbox in August.

• Atomic Coronary heart is getting a sequel and an MMO RPG spin-off.

Nice offers to test

Each week, we cowl many offers on totally different {hardware} and software program. The next reductions are nonetheless out there, so test them out. You may discover one thing you need or want.

• Essential X10 8TB Moveable SSD – $439.99 | 44% off

• Apple 2025 MacBook Air 13-inch Laptop computer with M4 chip – $849 | 15% off

• 4TB WD_BLACK SN7100 PCIe Gen4 Stable-State Drive – $249.99 | 16% off

• SAMSUNG Q-Collection Soundbar HW-Q900F – $997.99 | 29% off

• KEF Q Concerto Meta Three-Means Bookshelf Speaker – $1,199.99 | 14% off

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