Windows Weekly 1009: Creamy Nougat Center

With Richard out because of flight delays, Leo returns and we discuss Patch Tuesday, web browsers, local AI, the HP OmniBook Ultra 16, XBOX and games, and much more.

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Windows

Patch Tuesday: Minor improvements across 25H2/26H2 and 26H1

Windows Insider Program

Five new builds on Friday, just one notable feature change

Software

Clipchamp is still the reigning king of easy-to-use but powerful video editors

Microsoft Edge and Widgets in Windows 11 get a new Discover feed

Opera now has over 100 million users on desktop

Vivaldi completely rewrites its tracker and ad blockers on desktop and mobile

Hardware

Qualcomm earnings: Waiting on the datacenter to save the company

HP OmniBook Ultra 16 review – RTX Spark is here

AI and dev

No one expected Jensen Huang to be the problem with Big AI

After a powerful set of updates, now you can use Google Antigravity for productivity, too

Adobe opens up to third-party AI assistants, expands partnerships with Microsoft and Google

New Linux distribution promises to out-AI Windows 11 – a few thoughts about how AI will benefit Linux

.NET 11 arrives at .NET Conf 2026

Discord is rewriting its app in Rust and you’re not going to believe what happens next

XBOX and gaming

The new XBOX Nano Controller comes with an awesome surprise

The new XBOX app is here on Windows 11, mobile, and cloud, and it’s much faster

AutoSR comes to AMD-based Copilot+ PCs, ROG XBOX Ally gaming handhelds

You can preload GTA VI now

EA remasters classic games in Ultima and Wing Commander series, more

Console sales:

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Do it for free

App pick of the week: AI

I know, it’s not an app. But a lot has changed this year and for the better.

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