The Latest Breaking News from Windows

A bizarre bug in the latest Windows 11 update allows endless copies of Task Manager to run in the background and can even impact system performance

Task Manager is super handy, but who needs umpteen copies running?

PC Gamer · Oct 30, 2025

Windows 11 is gaining a simplified naming scheme for updates going forward

Going forward, updates that appear in Windows Update will utilize a simplified naming scheme designed to make it clearer to end users what is actually being downloaded.

Windows Central · Oct 30, 2025

The Sapphire Edge AI 370 is one of the smallest and most impressive mini PC's I've tested

This is one of the smallest and most powerful mini PCs on the market and features an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 with integrated 890M GPU. Arriving barebones, you have the ability to easily tailor the machine to your needs. From use in the workplace, as a content creation…

TechRadar · Oct 30, 2025

Windows 11’s October Insider update brings 9 features worth trying

In the last two weeks of October 2025, Microsoft released several Insider builds for Windows 11 versions 25H2 and 24H2 with various visual changes and improvements, including a redesigned About page, the Copy & Search feature, proactive memory diagnostics, and more dark mode improvements for File Explorer.

Windows Central · Oct 29, 2025

New data shows most Windows games now work on Linux – and I hope the same will soon apply to anti-cheat titles

Gaming on Linux just keeps getting better thanks to wider compatibility, but anti-cheat games remain stubbornly problematic.

TechRadar · Oct 29, 2025

New Windows 11 feature aims to diagnose crashes — will check RAM after BSODs to look for problems

Microsoft is testing a new memory diagnostic tool that will scan for memory errors after Windows 11 hard crashes with a bug check and BSOD. The new tool is aimed at better identifying BSODs caused by memory instability.

Tom’s Hardware · Oct 29, 2025

Valve has done a "very good job" of building a "massive marketplace" on Windows with Steam, but Microsoft and Xbox are looking to go one step further: "We're going to be everywhere"

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella also adds another hint that the next Xbox will be a PC hybrid

GamesRadar · Oct 29, 2025

The best way to innovate in gaming 'is to have good margins,' says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, so I guess he'll be reinvesting his $96.5 million payday back into Xbox any second now

Maybe you can make more sense of Satya Nadella's comments on gaming than I can.

PC Gamer · Oct 28, 2025

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is "looking forward," to the next Xbox — "We want to do innovative work on the system side, on both console and PC."

In a new interview, Microsoft CEO offered some rare comments on Xbox's gaming strategy, talking up the new console and musing on the death of the Xbox exclusive.

Windows Central · Oct 28, 2025

Xbox is about to put the nail in its own coffin as a console brand if this latest next-gen console rumor is legitimate

Xbox, what on earth are you doing?

TechRadar · Oct 28, 2025