Catch up with this week's Microsoft news stories in our Microsoft Weekly news recap. Patch Tuesday updates, a promise of gaming improvements for Windows 11, new drivers for 25H2 and more.

Windows 11’s latest cumulative update is not a routine housekeeping patch, it closes critical security holes and stabilizes ...

It’s a holiday miracle with no critical Windows patches and an unusually low number of updates overall — but with three ...

Android app streaming on Windows 11 is getting a subtle upgrade. A new expanded mode in Phone Link makes apps feel less ...

Microsoft is reshaping how Windows 11 users personalize their PCs by adding a dedicated Themes department to the Microsoft ...

Microsoft plans to optimize Windows 11 for gaming with improvements to background processes, power management, and graphics ...

Microsoft has fixed a known issue that caused bright white flashes when launching File Explorer in dark mode on Windows 11 ...

Microsoft had earlier announced that it was going to introduce a Windows Update-related feature to office and enterprise PCs ...

File Explorer finally gets a consistent dark mode: progress bar, dialogs, and confirmations follow the system theme. Dark progress bar is rolling out with the December security patch KB5072033 ...