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2026-09-26
Five hardware reviews published in today's roundup, which spans a Strix Halo mini PC, a "world's fastest" gaming laptop, an AM5 Mini-ITX board, and two power supplies. Across them, bold marketing claims falter under bench scrutiny, from GIGABYTE's title narrowly edged by MSI to a Gamdias "Platinum" PSU measuring like Silver. Value emerges as the recurring battleground, with the $3,099 BOSGAME M5 winning on speed-per-dollar while the $270 ASUS B850I and Gamemax 750G get dinged for pricing. The takeaway is consistent: trust the test bench over the spec sticker before you buy.
Microsoft pushed four new Windows 11 Insider Preview builds on September 25, 2026, landing on the Beta and Experimental channels while skipping Dev and Future Platforms. The batch leans heavily into accessibility, adding a new Pointer Indicator, a Magnifier contrast theme, and expanded Narrator math reading across six languages. Energy Recommendations now appear directly in Quick Settings, and Phone Link companion gains hover and scrollable-pane previews to smooth cross-device continuity. All features remain experimental and subject to change or removal, with no Future Platforms build released that day.
2026-09-25
VS Code 1.139.1 shipped on September 25, 2026 as a patch release, so the remote agent sessions and faster session lists you may have seen advertised had already arrived in 1.139. Only one of its four commits changes product behavior, fixing how managed settings behave when a server refresh fails. Before the patch, a failed refresh silently dropped enterprise policy controls for as long as the gap lasted, leaving restrictions quietly lifted every hour. The remaining three commits are release housekeeping: a version bump, a merge, and a skip for a flaky Linux test whose real fix sits on main.
Microsoft released WSL 2.9.13, a pre-build published by engineer OneBlue on September 25 that leans heavily on Docker-parity features for its native wslc container CLI. The batch adds --all-tags pulls, a --digests flag, wslc events, and Compose-style command-scoped global options to bring it closer to the familiar docker experience. Two security fixes land as well: the Redirection Trust mitigation enabled in enforce mode and a patch for a potential out-of-bounds memory access. Install it via the Microsoft Store's pre-release channel or wsl --update, though production users may want to wait for the matching stable build.
The GMKtec Evo-X3 is the standout of today's reviews roundup, packing a Strix Halo chip and 128GB of unified memory into a mini PC that Tom's Hardware crowned its best AI machine, though $3,799.99 doubles its predecessor's price amid a market-wide RAM shortage. ASRock is making value headlines on two fronts: the X870E Challenger Wi-Fi White earns an Editors' Choice at $229 with flagship features, while the older X870 Challenger WiFi drops to just $170 at the cost of shared M.2 and USB4 lanes. On keyboards, the EPOMAKER HE75 V2 TMR takes Funky Kit's Editors' Choice at $129.99 with a versatile magnetic-mechanical hybrid design, beating out the faster but overpriced Razer Huntsman V3 Pro Low-Profile at €259.99. Meanwhile the MSI PRO B550M-P (2026) refreshes AM4 at $74.99 for budget rebuilders, and TechPowerUp's 35-GPU benchmark reveals Silent Hill: Townfall's lack of Intel XeSS and frame generation leaves AMD/Intel users needing DLSS or FSR.
2026-09-24
Today's reviews split neatly between budget parts that punch above their weight and gear that charges a premium without much reward. The NZXT S5 RGB ($49.99) and Lian Li RBO750B ($69.99) deliver surprising value, while the Corsair Warthog RS and be quiet! 1200W PSU ask for a premium worth debating. Sony's INZONE M10S II OLED pushes 540Hz with a refresh-saving matte coating, and both the Razer Viper V4 Pro and Logitech G Pro X3 have driven mouse latency to a sub-0.02ms floor. The broader takeaway is that efficiency, noise, and latency gaps between budget and flagship hardware have never been narrower.
PowerShell 7.7.0-preview.5 went live on September 23, 2026, marking the fifth preview in the 7.7 development line that opened on April 28. Its headline feature is a new $PSStyle.AutoSizeDefaultFormatting switch that forces compact, Auto-sized output for table and wide views, making the shell behave more cleanly when driven by AI agents or run inside narrow terminal windows. A second notable change makes the per-user powershell.config.json fail open rather than crash PowerShell at startup, removing a common OneDrive-sync failure while still keeping the system-wide config file fail-closed for security.
2026-09-23
Microsoft has shipped PowerToys Preview v0.101.2652.0 to the Insider channel, polishing the Command Palette and Window Hopper while fixing stability bugs across nearly every utility in the suite. Published September 23, 2026, it's the latest build in a rapid v0.101 release stream that opened with the major launch on August 25. The free, MIT-licensed build supports both x64 and ARM64 in per-user and machine-wide installers. It's a fix-and-polish release rather than a feature bombshell, so verify the SHA-256 hashes before installing.
Flyoobe 3.02.72, the free open-source Windows 11 setup companion, gets a Windows 7-inspired interface overhaul and a transparent, file-based changelog. The update moves settings into a single header, adds registry-based Windows Update and Phone Link rules, and fixes a cluster of high-DPI and multi-monitor bugs. Setup Actions give power users a safe way to extend the tool with small PowerShell jobs.
Visual Studio Code 1.139 bringing large agent session lists that load up to 12x faster by using a central catalog instead of scanning every database. The release extends Dev Container support to remote SSH, Tunnel, and WSL hosts so agents can build and test projects with the correct toolchain without duplication. Alongside those agent upgrades, VS Code adds a compact session view, in-place renaming, word wrap indicators, and smarter bracket auto-closing to smooth out everyday editing. The update is available now for Windows, macOS, and Linux, with an Insiders build already at v1.140 for early testers.
Today's review batch spans six products, from budget cases to a WiFi 8 router that may outlive its own specs. The Corsair Warthog scores 8.5/10 for Halo styling but trips on noisy fans and tight storage, while the NZXT S5 RGB nails first-builders with a 92% value-focused rating. Tom's Hardware champions both the affordable Glorious GMMK Eternal keyboard and the loud-but-steal-priced Bambu Lab R1 CO₂ laser. Finally, the ASUS ROG Rapture GT-BN98 previews WiFi 8 ahead of real client hardware, and the compact Lian Li SX1000P tops its PSU group on transient response.
Microsoft shipped KB5124010, an optional September 2026 preview update for Windows 11 25H2 (build 26200.9550) and 24H2 (build 26100.9550), on September 22. It delivers a batch of new features including Emoji 17, Copilot-key remapping, touchpad gestures, and Bluetooth and camera fixes. The catch is that it can break the domain trust relationship on Credential Guard–protected machines, locking out interactive domain sign-ins in environments below Windows Server 2025's Domain Functional Level. A second issue leaves some USB Audio Class 1.0 devices throwing Error Code 10, and both will carry into the October 13 Patch Tuesday build.
2026-09-22
NVIDIA shipped Game Ready Driver 617.14, a WHQL-certified build for Windows 10 and 11. It adds optimized support for CONTROL Resonant, Gears of War: E-Day, The Witcher 3 Remastered, and AION 2, many leaning on path tracing, RTX Mega Geometry, and DLSS. The 990.85 MB update also patches launch failures in Judgement and Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. plus display issues on the Samsung Odyssey G95NC and DisplayPort sleep problems tied to earlier R615 drivers. Gamers planning to play any of those four titles or working through the listed bugs should grab it from NVIDIA's driver page or GeForce Experience.
Six hardware reviews landed today, spanning Apple's M5 Ultra Mac Studio and M6 Mac mini, ROG audio and motherboards, a Lian Li power supply, and a Vantrue thermal camera. The day's central story is Apple's Mac mini, which jumped $300 to $899 as Tom's Hardware points to AI-driven demand spiking RAM and component costs. Performance keeps climbing across the board, with the M5 Ultra's local AI beating Nvidia's DGX Spark and the M6 delivering a 2nm generational leap. Value, though, is getting thinner, so price-conscious shoppers should hold for end-of-year sales especially on winding platforms like the Z890-I.
Microsoft has released Windows Admin Center version 2610 in public preview, the first to merge its Administration Mode (aMode) and Virtualization Mode (vMode) installers into a single download. The preview rolls out new vMode capabilities including Azure Arc onboarding, backup and restore, AD CS certificate management, and live-migration awareness. It also pulls the VMware-to-Hyper-V Conversion extension from the feed due to a Broadcom VDDK availability problem.
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