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2026-09-18
Microsoft shipped four Windows 11 Insider Preview builds today, led by a major Cloud rebuild update that can restore a PC to a clean state even when Windows won't boot, pulling both the OS image and drivers straight from Windows Update. The standout additions are secure drive sanitization, which uses hardware-level erase to irreversibly delete data before reinstalling, and remote recovery controls letting IT admins trigger a rebuild through the Recovery CSP. Everyday users get smaller wins too, including a Magnifier contrast theme that darkens the interface without inverting photos, a refined Mouse indicator, Live Captions exclusions for screen readers, and a Start menu overhaul that renames "Recommended" to "Recent." The changes arrive across the Beta, Experimental, 26H1, and Future Platforms channels, though most Experimental features ship gradually and previewed tools can still change or be pulled before a public release.
Microsoft has released PowerToys Preview v0.101.2601.0 today. The headline change is a major performance refactor of the Grab And Move utility, cutting mouse-hook occupancy during resize from 15.03 ms to as low as 0.42 ms. PowerRename got a shutdown-hang fix while ZoomIt picked up 47 automated tests and a Notepad tweak, alongside three behind-the-scenes CI hardening changes.
Today's roundup of seven reviews spans laptops, cooling, keyboards, motherboards, and portable storage, with a few standout picks across every price point. The Acer Swift Air 14 earns praise as a $699.99 port-rich ultrabook with class-leading battery life, even as its modest CPU and dim screen keep it short of premium. On the enthusiast side, the Corsair iCUE LINK Titan II 360 RX LCD cooler delivers beast-level cooling behind a desktop-mirroring screen, while thermal Grizzly's split Pro paste line and the Razer Huntsman V3 HE's sub-6ms latency round out the performance picks. Apple users in particular may appreciate the Team Group T-Create Expert P34F, a $238 portable SSD with built-in Find My tracking.
FluentCleaner 26.09.01 giving its Classic edition real command-line automation for batch files, PowerShell, and other tools. The release drops a "Mini mode" experiment, though maintainer Belim says it may return later as an add-on or plugin. Classic users can now run silently, target individual cleaner categories, and read results from an auto.log file.
WSL Manager 2.3.0 bringing experimental cloud deploys (Hetzner), Kubernetes cluster management, and "Playbooks as code" to the small open-source tool. All five experimental capabilities sit behind an opt-in switch in Settings so they won't disturb the stable core. The update also adds a global AI off switch, moves AI chat to the web dashboard, and runs entirely on credentials you bring yourself—no hosted AI service. The app stays free under GPL-3.0, with Pro as a one-time ~$14.99 purchase and a free Pro launch offer for the first 100 buyers.
2026-09-17
NanaZip 7.0.1843.0 has been released today as the project's first rolling-release build, merging preview and stable into a single codebase with a new build-day-based versioning scheme. It syncs its core with 7-Zip mainline 26.03 and patches a wrong-password failure that broke every ZIP archive. Developer Kenji Mouri confirms the project runs part-time toward one major version a year, funded partly by a $99.99 Sponsor Edition whose only real perk is a button label.
Today's roundup covers seven recent reviews, from ACEMAGIC's $1,999 workstation-class mini PC with an i9 and RTX 2000 Ada to the Geekom IT13 Max, a £692.55 Core Ultra 9 rig KitGuru praises as a home-server powerhouse. On the display front, TweakTown gives the Alienware AW3426DWM 87% but flags the MSI MPG 346CQRF X24 as better value. Input and networking round out the list with Corsair's feature-rich £60 SKIFF 100 PLUS membrane keyboard and Zyxel's forward-looking BE15000 Wi-Fi 7 access point. Power supplies close it out, with the CPS PCCooler YT1200 earning strong marks for Asian-market buyers and Endorfy's sub-€100 Enduro L6 850W standing out as a standout budget pick.
2026-09-16
Visual Studio Code 1.138 launched today, pushing Microsoft's Agent Host architecture into everyday use. The update lets agent sessions run inside local Dev Containers, jump between the ChatGPT app and VS Code, and switch between Copilot and ChatGPT subscriptions mid-conversation. Microsoft also added session hygiene features like auto-archiving merged sessions, a completion confetti animation, and badges that flag sessions needing attention. Not everything lands immediately, since much of it sits behind Preview toggles and settings, so it's worth knowing before you expect the full stack on launch.
Today's roundup covers seven hardware reviews, spanning mini PCs, CPU coolers, OLED monitors, a foldable controller, and a flagship PSU. The GEEKOM A9 Max 2026 packs AMD's Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 but ships an overpriced single-channel base config that throttles performance. Meanwhile, value stands out in the ASRock Rock White 360 AIO at ~$89 and the pocketable Razer Prio controller at $99.99. Overall, the best picks for most buyers are the ASRock AIO and Razer Prio, while the GEEKOM and Noctua coolers are worth it only if configured correctly.
2026-09-15
Devolutions shipped UniGetUI v2026.3.0 on September 15, 2026, its biggest feature release under the company's ownership in a while. The headline updates let you schedule four heavy background tasks—update checks, auto-updates, and local and cloud backups, on independent schedules, plus mark individual packages for automatic updates instead of applying it globally. It also brings real zero-footprint portable mode, expanded Start Menu shortcut controls, and security hardening against PowerShell injection and path-traversal attacks. You can download it from the Microsoft Store, WinGet, Scoop, Chocolatey, or the GitHub Releases page, with Windows, Linux, and macOS builds compiled with NativeAOT.
PowerToys v0.101.2572.0, the latest preview build released today, introduces a long-requested Auto Hide Cursor feature that hides the pointer after keyboard input or inactivity and restores it on movement. It also adds DSC v3 profile deployment for Keyboard Manager, letting IT admins push key and shortcut remappings across fleets without a restart. The update includes Power Display profile reordering plus a batch of fixes for Quick Accent, Advanced Paste, the Command Palette, and Mouse Without Borders. As a pre-release with four installer variants available now on GitHub, it targets testers rather than stable production use.
Open Shell Menu 4.4.201, a pre-release build published September 15, 2026, bundles two changes both from first-time contributors. The headline update is a wide-ranging accessibility overhaul that improves screen-reader support, keyboard navigation, and High-Contrast display across all three components. A smaller addition lets users horizontally offset the Start button, solving an alignment problem that Windows 11 users with custom skins have long complained about. The release arrives while the stable channel remains at 4.4.198, reflecting a busy, ongoing update cadence for the beloved Classic Shell successor.
Today's hardware roundup covers two new MSI cases, with the panoramic, back-connect-friendly MAG PANO 110R PZ and the feature-packed MEG Maestro 900R pulling in opposite directions. The FPS Review settles an ongoing upgrade debate, weighing the older Ryzen 7 7700X3D against the Zen 5 9800X3D to see if the jump is worth your money. Asus' 4K ROG Swift PG27UCWM OLED earns its premium billing with 240 Hz at 4K, while two outlets agree the $1059 Steam Frame is excellent hardware held back by its price. Round out the day with a brisk Sandisk Optimus GX Pro 8100 SSD, a featherweight ATK gaming mouse, and be quiet!'s quiet TKL keyboard.
Microsoft has shipped WSL 2.9.12, a pre-release focused on making its native wslc container tool behave like the Docker CLI through new flags like --size, --all, and --all-tags. Alongside the CLI polish, it lands real fixes for the parts people actually complain about, most notably a virtiofs ownership bug that made every file look root-owned, plus a networking fix that left /mnt/wsl/resolv.conf without nameservers. Four installers are available now, though it rides the pre-release channel so expect some rough edges. It's a solid move toward containers-on-Windows maturing, but as with any pre-release it's really for developers who want to test things early.
Microsoft released an out-of-band Windows update on September 14, 2026 to repair damage caused by its September 8 Patch Tuesday security update, which broke three things. The most disruptive was Remote Desktop Services going unresponsive and blocking sign-ins, followed by broken Hyper-V host folder sharing in Linux VMs and USB Audio Class 1.0 failures in multichannel modes. The emergency patch is also a security update closing CVE-2026-62721 and, for Windows 11 26H1, CVE-2026-85921. However, it does not fully fix the USB audio problem, so a follow-up fix is still coming.
2026-09-14
This week's five reviews cover iFi's redesigned NEO iDSD 3 DAC, Thrustmaster's Airbus flight-stick grip, the EPOMAKER TH65 keyboard, the Kioxia Exceria Pro G2 SSD, and Dell's Pro 5 webcam. The standout value pick is the EPOMAKER TH65 at $59.99, scoring 8.6 out of 10 for its gasket-mounted thocky feel. Not everything earns a buy recommendation: the Kioxia SSD's import pricing swings to $750 versus its expected $340, and the Dell Pro 5 webcam's $119.99 price tag asks too much for solid-but-unremarkable quality. Meanwhile, the Thrustmaster Airbus grip wobbles out of the box, making it hard to justify for everyone.
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