Windows 11’s February Insider update adds new features — but which ones actually matter? Here are the 11 biggest.

Windows 11’s February 2026 Insider build brings a fresh round of new features and several changes—some small quality‑of‑life tweaks, some more noticeable additions, all part of Microsoft’s steady ...

Microsoft just released an actually good Windows 11 update — with system performance improvements, better wake from sleep, and more

The Windows 11 non-security feature preview update for February just landed, and it's the first in a while that includes a ...
Ars Technica

Notepad++ users take note: It’s time to check if you’re hacked

Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used text editor for Windows—was compromised for six months by suspected China-state hackers who used their control to deliver backdoored ...
Nasdaq

Crypto Market Update: Crypto Bill Clears Senate Panel in Narrow Vote

Linh Tran, senior market analyst at XS.com, wrote of cautious optimism in an email to the Investing News Network, saying she views the current decline in Bitcoin as cyclical rather than structural.
Medical Xpress

Nearly half of CDC surveillance databases have halted updates, raising concerns about health data gaps

An audit of U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) public databases found that nearly half of routinely updated federal health surveillance systems had stopped or delayed updates in ...
The Union

Scoping meeting to be held regarding Water Control Manual Updates for Oroville and New Bullards Bar reservoirs

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, is initiating the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) scoping process for proposed updates to the Water Control Manuals for the Oroville and ...
ExtremeTech

Nvidia App Update Rolls Out DLSS 4.5, Adds New Control Panel Options

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The Verge

Nvidia’s new app update includes DLSS 4.5 and more Control Panel features

DLSS 4.5 is now officially available for all RTX GPU owners. DLSS 4.5 is now officially available for all RTX GPU owners. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things ...
The New York Times

Venezuela Updates: U.S. Forces Seize Two Tankers; Rubio Lays Out Plan for American Control

After the secretary of state unveiled a proposal for managing Venezuela and the U.S. forces boarded a Russian-flagged tanker and a second ship, President Trump had a phone call with President Gustavo ...
Ars Technica

Google TV’s big Gemini update adds image and video generation, voice control for settings

Soon, even loafing around on the couch won’t help you steer clear of AI. TV makers are busily integrating AI models into the experience, and Google is no different. At CES, the company announced a big ...
Digital Trends

WhatsApp update for early adopters provides more granular control over storage cleanup

If you’ve checked your iPhone storage only to find that WhatsApp is quietly squatting on several gigabytes, the platform is now testing a smarter way to clean up chats and reclaim some space.
New York Magazine

The Fallout From CDC Panel’s Vote on Hepatitis B Vaccine

On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine panel voted eight to three in favor of abandoning the universal recommendation of vaccinating newborns for hepatitis B, a dramatic ...