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Microsoft just killed the slow Microsoft Store downloads in Windows 11, after years of throttling

The Hot Take: Well look at that, it's very interesting that Microsoft is suddenly knocking out all these windows 11 issues. Kinda like they're afraid Linux will take their user base.

The Windows 11 June 2026 Patch Tuesday update, KB5094126 brings Low Latency Profile, Shared Audio, Multi-App Camera, and a handful of other noteworthy changes. Buried deeper in the changelog, without much fanfare, are two improvements to the Microsoft Store, one addressing a long-standing download speed problem and another fixing a frustrating gap in error reporting for managed devices. Neither of these fixes will generate hype the way the CPU boost feature does. But for anyone who has watched a 500MB app update crawl through the Store for twenty minutes while the same file would download in under two minutes through a browser, at least one of them will feel this improvement was overdue. This feature is being rolled out gradually, and will be available to everyone in the coming weeks. Microsoft Store downloads were throttled for years, and the June update fixes it For a significant portion of Windows 11 users, downloading apps and updates from the Microsoft Store has been noticeably slower than downloading the same files from almost any other source. The Store would throttle to a fraction of the available connection speed, pause mid-download for no apparent reason, and occasionally get stuck in a pending state…

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Intel's upcoming Z970 and Z990 flagship chipsets will reportedly consume up to 14W at peak load, courtesy of more PCIe 5.0 support — Nova Lake motherboards may feature a 22% smaller PCH than Z890

The Hot Take: Question is, do I go HPDT with Z990 or Consumer Z970? I guess I'll have to see the benches on if HPDT does anything for Gaming.

The Z990 PCH for Nova Lake motherboards is apparently 22% smaller than Z890, despite featuring a higher power maximum power draw of up to 14W. The leaked picture of the PCH shows a 11.15 x 6.5mm die and 25 x 24mm package, but we're unsure what motherboard it actually comes from.

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AMD fires back at Nvidia, claiming 256-core Zen 6 'Venice' CPU beats Vera by 3.3x in rack-level performance — company shares first estimated EPYC Venice benchmarks

The Hot Take: CISC muscle on display... When you don't care about how many watts your cpu consumes ARM/RISC will never touch the raw throughput of these chips.

AMD has shared the first official results for its 256-core EPYC Venice CPU, saying it beats Nvidia's Vera by 3.3x in a rack-level deployment.

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Microsoft reveals Windows 11 will bulk delete files at least 30% faster, and it’s only the start

The Hot Take: What about that small file handling, any better on that yet?

Microsoft admitted that File Explorer on Windows 11 is slower than the previous version and is taking steps to make it faster, but the performance improvements extend beyond just UI surfaces. I’m told that Microsoft is internally testing a major performance boost for file operations, starting with batch deleting files. When you select dozens or hundreds of smaller files, or a few large files, and delete them all in one go, the speed depends on both the SSD/HDD and Windows. Windows file system overhead matters as well because the OS has to update NTFS entries, permissions, indexes, thumbnails, metadata, and a bunch of other items when you delete or bulk delete files. Of course, I’m not saying a faster Windows alone can magically purge files faster. Hardware still matters, especially the SSD’s random I/O speed when you’re dealing with many small files. But it’s also wrong to say the speed only comes down to SSD I/O. If Windows handles file operations more efficiently, bulk delete can still get noticeably faster. Microsoft also confirmed that a combination of hardware and software advancements could help make file operations faster on all PCs. According to Microsoft, bulk delete…

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Intel clamps down on Nova Lake bendgate

The Hot Take: Motherboard bending = BAD.

Intel appears to be cooking up a beefier Nova Lake socket clamp to stop its future desktop chips getting bendy or crispy. If you are a hardware enthusiast, you probably know Intel’s independent loading mechanism, or ILM, can warp CPUs over time. The ILM is the retention clamp that holds the CPU in the socket, which sounds dull until your chip starts looking like a Pringle. According to Hot Hardware Chipzilla released a reduced-load version of the ILM with Arrow Lake, which mostly fixed the issue, but made it optional. Now Chipzilla appears to have another ILM variant coming with Nova Lake. This one looks less about correcting curvature and more about dealing with high current. Older processors used pin grid array sockets, or PGA, where the pins sat on the CPU itself. Modern chips use land grid array sockets, or LGA, where the pins live in the socket instead. LGA has plenty of advantages, including denser pins, better electrical performance and CPUs that are less likely to be mangled by ham-fisted builders. The downside is that it needs a precise compression force to ensure the CPU and socket contact each other properly. That is why Intel uses ILMs, while…

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Zen 5’s random-number ghosts haunt AMD

The Hot Take: Creeps back into the chips...

AMD’s Zen 5 looked efficient, but weak demand and a dodgy RDSEED bug have taken the shine off. For those with long memories, AMD’s Ryzen 9000 series arrived in 2024, promising strong efficiency and decent IPC gains. Months later, the launch looks messier. Sales were soft, prices fell quickly, and a documented random-number flaw has spooked some buyers. The line-up included the 16-core Ryzen 9 9950X, 12-core 9900X, eight-core 9700X and six-core 9600X. Early benchmarks were mixed. Gaming gains were often single-digit at higher resolutions, while productivity wins varied by workload. Reviewers liked the cooler running and lower power use, but Zen 4 owners saw little reason to upgrade. AMD leaned harder into X3D chips, where stacked cache delivered clearer frame-rate gains for gamers. According to Webpro News in late 2025, AMD detailed an RDSEED flaw affecting all Zen 5 processors. The bug, tracked as AMD-SB-7055 and CVE-2025-62626, hits the 16-bit and 32-bit versions of RDSEED. They can return zero far more often than proper randomness allows, while the carry flag still reports success. That means software trusting the hardware output can swallow predictable data, which is grim news for cryptography. Linux patches moved to disable the affected instruction or use other sources, but AMD has not issued a recall and points to microcode and software mitigations. By early 2026, AMD was preparing refreshed SKUs to counter Intel’s Arrow Lake updates. Leaks pointed to Ryzen 7 9750X and Ryzen 5 9650X models with higher TDPs, higher clocks and improved memory support in some setups. That looks like squeezing more speed from existing silicon. Power rises and Zen 5’s efficiency pitch gets thinner. Corporate buyers have reason to wait until mitigations are stable. Gamers are likely to favour X3D models, which offer clearer frame-rate gains and less early-launch baggage. Server and workstation buyers have more to worry about because secure boot, VPNs and database encryption depend on reliable entropy. Zen 5 still brought gains in branch prediction, cache design and TSMC N4P fabrication. The RDSEED bug does not erase that work, but it exposes an awkward validation gap. AMD keeps shipping Zen 5 parts, and AM5 support remains a useful strength. Still, modest adoption, a documented RNG flaw and fast refresh plans make Zen 5 look less tidy than AMD wanted. System builders running cryptographic workloads should avoid first-wave Zen 5 chips unless mitigations are tested. Everyone else should look harder at refreshed SKUs or X3D parts while AMD patches the trust problem. Ā 

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AMD’s Radeon RDNA 5 Gaming GPUs Slip to Late 2027 or Early 2028 as Memory Shortages Choke the PC Market

The Hot Take: Ai sucking everything up.

AMD's next-gen Radeon GPUs based on the RDNA 5 architecture are still far away from launch as memory shortages grip the PC segment. Memory Shortages & Rising Component Prices Are The Reason Behind AMD's Push Back on Radeon "RDNA 5" Gaming GPUs The Radeon RX 9000 GPUs based on the RDNA 4 graphics architecture launched last year. This year, AMD launched the Radeon RX 9070 GRE for gamers, still based on the RDNA 4 architecture. While the new card aims to provide gamers with a good 1440p solution, the majority of those who have been waiting for next-generation solutions from […]Read full article at https://wccftech.com/amds-radeon-rdna-5-gaming-gpus-slip-to-late-2027-or-early-2028/

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Nvidia is reportedly still planning fabled RTX 50 Super series for 2026, leak claims — lineup could now include a potential 'RTX 5060 Super' with 12GB of VRAM

The Hot Take: We'll see, they keep teasing it. But i feel they don't feel they have milked that Ai money cow enough to drop new hardware yet.

For almost a year, the RTX 50 Super series has been part of the rumor mill, but with the AI boom snatching production lines, causing memory prices to skyrocket, hype for the lineup had died down. Now, a potential RTX 5060 Super with 12GB of VRAM is apparently in the works, with the 50 Super series as a whole allegedly getting "back on track."

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