This week’s information recap is right here. Home windows 11 is lastly extra standard than Home windows 10, Microsoft fires loads of staff and closes studios, tone-deaf communications from execs (communicate to Copilot should you had been fired), a single Home windows 11 preview construct, and extra.

Fast hyperlinks:

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

Home windows 11 and Home windows 10

Right here, we speak about every thing 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, after all, chances are you’ll discover a phrase or two about older variations.

This month marks an essential milestone for Home windows 11: the four-year-old working system is lastly extra standard than Home windows 10. StatCounter stories that the OS took over its predecessor worldwide. Home windows 11 can be doing fairly properly amongst players, and in June 2025, it reached a brand new all-time excessive of practically 60%.

This week, customers observed that Microsoft was quietly putting in a Home windows replace on programs which can be operating out of help. Nonetheless, after the information, Microsoft posted an replace to the story. The corporate additionally clarified that Home windows didn’t lose 400 million customers, as was speculated by some retailers. Coincidentally, this quantity matches 400 million Home windows 10 PCs that can’t run Home windows 11. Public Curiosity Analysis Group slammed Microsoft for lackluster help for these units and mentioned that one 12 months of free safety updates is just not sufficient.

The listing of identified bugs in Home windows 11 model 24H2 has been expanded with new particulars about among the upcoming 24H2 options triggering Home windows Firewall.

To complete this week’s Home windows part, take a look at this weblog put up describing how a 13-year-old child helped Microsoft enhance its product safety. Additionally, take a look at this cool idea, which fuses the appears to be like of Home windows 95, Home windows 98, Home windows XP, Home windows 10, and Home windows 11 into one huge and odd soup.

Home windows Insider Program

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

	Builds
Canary Channel	Construct 27891 This construct removes PowerShell 2.0 (it has lengthy been deprecated), improves the Microsoft Retailer, and fixes all types of bugs throughout the working system.
Dev Channel	Nothing within the Dev Channel this week
Beta Channel	Nothing within the Beta Channel this week
Launch Preview Channel	Nothing within the Launch Preview Channel this week

Whereas this week was fairly slim when it comes to new builds, fanatics found some cool stuff within the newest releases. Home windows 11’s lock display battery indicator is lastly getting a redesign. Whilst you can allow it proper now, Microsoft confirmed that the indicator is just not prepared for public testing simply but.

Updates can be found

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

June is now behind us, and as regular, Microsoft printed recaps of recent options for its productiveness apps, equivalent to Groups, Excel, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and extra. Different Workplace updates embody dynamic DPI help in OneNote, which permits the app to regulate itself on the fly once you transfer it throughout displays with totally different DPIs. Additionally, Outlook cellular acquired a customizable toolbar on Android and iOS, desktop Outlook is getting new PST options, Groups is getting Storyline, and Planner received a bulk enhancing function.

Talking of Groups, take a look at this information that can enable you keep away from awkward pop-ups throughout display sharing on Groups.

On the browser aspect, we have now a number of huge updates. Opera launched model 120 with a built-in translator and much-improved Opera Professional VPN. On the cellular aspect, Opera 90 for Android introduced a wiser Aria AI and different enhancements.

In the event you use Microsoft Edge, take a look at this handy information, which can enable you tidy up your scroll bars for a greater, extra trendy and fewer distracting look. Additionally, Microsoft lately eliminated Mica from the Edge browser, however you possibly can nonetheless kind of deliver it again with a particular command.

Lastly, Vivaldi launched model 7.5, including colourful tab stacks, reworked tab menus, and different enhancements.

Listed below are different updates and releases chances are you’ll discover fascinating:

• Microsoft confirmed Intune is damaged.
• Microsoft launched Skype for Enterprise Server SE as a result of Groups can’t remedy one downside.
• Microsoft defined tips on how to repair the lately damaged OneDrive search.
• Workplace apps will quickly allow you to request permissions for locked-in paperwork.

• Microsoft 365 Copilot received 6 new languages, reaching 48 complete supported.

• PowerToys 0.92 was launched with efficiency enhancements, a built-in pace take a look at, and extra.

Listed below are the newest drivers and firmware updates launched this week:

• AMD Radeon Software program 25.6.3 with FSR 4 help for GTA V and Monster Hunter: Wilds.
• Nvidia 576.88 with RTX 5050 help, DLSS 4 for Mecha BREAK, and extra.
• Nvidia is ending driver help for a few of its most legendary graphics playing cards.

Evaluations are in

Right here is the {hardware} and software program we reviewed this week

Robbie Khan reviewed the Mobapad Huden2, one of many first gamepads with capacitive joystick controllers. It affords improbable efficiency and an ideal app expertise, nevertheless it additionally has some cons, equivalent to a excessive value, weak vibration, set off quirks, and extra.

Additionally, Robbie printed a overview of the Topping DX5 II, a high-spec headphones amplifier, pre-amp, and DAC, all for lower than $300. Take a look at the total overview right here.

Steven Parker reviewed the REDMAGIC Astra gaming pill. This 9-inch machine has an ideal 165Hz OLED show, a giant battery life, and good efficiency. The one downsides embody the dearth of SIM, LDAC, and a charger.

On the gaming aspect

Find out about upcoming sport releases, Xbox rumors, new {hardware}, software program updates, freebies, offers, reductions, and extra.

Lots of dangerous information occurred within the gaming aspect of Microsoft. The corporate introduced a large wave of layoffs, which primarily hit its gaming divisions. At the very least three video games had been killed, half of Flip 10 Studios sacked, and Good Darkish utterly canceled. So as to add insult to harm, one in all Microsoft’s execs mentioned that laid-off staff ought to search assist from AI. Yikes!

With every thing that is occurring in Microsoft’s gaming division, one of many former executives voiced a reasonably robust opinion, claiming that the present Xbox technique is chaotic and all the enterprise total is just about useless.

The lately rebranded Halo Studios guarantees some huge bulletins within the sequence later this 12 months. The most recent month-to-month weblog put up on Halo Waypoint teased a giant October reveal, a particular deal with for followers of the franchise.

Helldivers 2 is lastly ditching its console exclusivity. The sport is coming to Xbox Sequence X|S on August 26, and you’ll already preorder the sport within the Microsoft Retailer.

Microsoft introduced new video games coming to Sport Go. This month, look out for Little Nightmares II, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Trials of Mana, Legend of Mana, The Ascent, Minami Lanem Excessive on Life, and extra. Some video games are additionally leaving the service, so take a look at the whole listing right here.

Prime Gaming, one other gaming service, additionally introduced new video games and bonuses for subscribers. The most recent additions embody Dungeon of the ENDLESS Definitive Version, Saints Row 2, TOEM, STAR WARS: Riot, and extra.

We’re not carried out with gaming providers simply but. Don’t forget about GeForce NOW, Nvidia’s cloud streaming service. It additionally acquired a batch of contemporary titles, together with Killing Ground 3 and Schedule I, 21 video games in complete.

Mojang revealed particulars in regards to the subsequent content material replace for Minecraft. Future releases will deliver a brand new copper golem, copper armor, copper gear, and different stuff. The brand new copper golem will enable you hold your storage sorted out and well-organized. Now you can take a look at these modifications within the newest preview replace for Minecraft Bedrock Version.

Lastly, right here is that this week’s Weekend PC Sport Offers difficulty, the place you will see a brand new freebie from the Epic Video games Retailer and a large listing of discounted titles throughout totally different shops.

Nice offers to test

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

• Essential P310 1TB 2280 PCIe Gen4 – $59.99 | 20% off

• Samsung 990 EVO Plus SSD 4TB – $234.99 | 28% off

• Sony BRAVIA Theater System 6, 5.1ch House Theater System – $568 | 26% off

• Marshall Acton III Bluetooth House Speaker – $199.99 | 33% off

• AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D 16-core 32-thread AM5 processor – $669.99 | 7% off

• Samsung Kind-C USB Flash Drive 512GB – $44.49 | 22% off

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