Microsoft CTO confesses that 30-year-old code from the mid-90s still forms the bedrock of Windows 11 — ancient Win32 API still the backbone, but CTO says it’s ‘more relevant than ever in 2026’

A top Microsoft exec has admitted that Windows 11 still relies on a bunch of old code from the 1990s.

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Microsoft’s rumored ‘Low Latency Profile’ CPU trick could make Windows 11’s menus and apps load up to 70% faster

Want Windows 11’s menus and apps to just work faster? Microsoft could be moving a key piece of the puzzle into place.
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AI may kill the app grid, but complex tasks still need apps

Yes, there’s still “an app for that.”

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Microsoft vows to make Windows 11’s File Explorer much faster — and it’s about time

Fed up with File Explorer running sluggishly in Windows 11? Microsoft’s doing ‘foundational’ work to fully fix it.

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Microsoft confirms why Windows 11 updates might be weird right now, and look like they’re failing — but it’s nothing to worry about

Microsoft warns that some consumers ‘might experience one additional restart during installation’ of Windows 11 updates.
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Microsoft continues the good work on Windows 11, with tweaks to ‘quiet’ ads — and that big taskbar change is ‘coming soon’

I’ve had my doubts about Microsoft’s campaign to fix Windows 11 this year, but they’re slowly melting away.

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CISA flags actively exploited ‘Copy Fail’ Linux kernel flaw enabling root takeover across major distros — unpatched systems may remain vulnerable to attack

CISA warns of the actively exploited “Copy Fail” Linux flaw (CVE-2026-31431), enabling root access, with a public exploit released before patches were ready.
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Windows 11 is such a memory hog that I’ve had to resort to RAM optimizers — but can Microsoft turn things around with project K2?

Windows 11 and other applications are using way too much RAM, so I found a temporary solution while Microsoft’s project K2 begins.
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A suspected YouTube interface bug spikes RAM usage above 7 gigabytes, users report severe lag and frozen tabs — bug might be trapping browsers in an endless layout loop

Reports of YouTube freezing browsers and consuming massive amounts of RAM are spreading online, with developers tracing the issue to a suspected UI bug that may trigger endless layout recalculations and severe system lag. …

Popular 90s search engine ‘Ask Jeeves’ finally bites the dust — parent company shutters website that pioneered natural language queries, only a placeholder results page remains

IAC, the parent company of Ask Jeeves, is finally putting the search engine out to pasture after 30 years.

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