Thursday Tech Headlines – 05FEB2026
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Tech Headlines for Thursday, February 5, 2026
“Microslop” Screwed Up Windows 11 So Badly It Needed a Second Emergency Patch
The PC shutdown bug is bigger than expected — Windows 10 machines are now affected
Windows 11 version 26H1 is coming soon, but you won’t get it
The New AI Voice Scam Targeting High-Balance Bank Accounts This Week
New Microsoft Update Improves Windows Sign-In Experience
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The AtlasOS article is interesting. I wonder if you two have explored it, installed it, etc and would expand upon it in a future article
Hi Bruce. Again, we remind you and all of our frends that the articles we choose for our Thursday Tech Headlines are not tips and we and are not necessarily endorsed by us. We are merely sharing articles that we found interesting, eye-opening, or informatve. are Thursday Tech Headlines feature
The drift seems to be that Windows 11 is bloated and slow. Everyone seems to buy into this. But Windows 11 is hot slow if you have enough RAM and you don’t fill it full of malware. I’ve used Linux and Mac and both of my
Windows 11 computers run as fast and as well.
I would never install Atlas on any machine.It’s unproven; it seems complex (much more so than Womdows 11) and the benefit is supposed to be faster computer. I just don’t think it’s worth it.