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Paul's Hardware (1.52M subscribers) June 15, 2025 Video length: 9m 43s 0:00 Welcome to Paul’s Tech News - June 15, 2025 1:48 NVIDIA RTX 5050 w/ 8GB GDDR6 Rumored to launch in July 3:19 NVIDIA “N1X” CPU Benchmarks Leak 4:44 AMD “Stealth” Launches Ryzen 5 5500X3D TECH BRIEFS 5:58 Arc B770? Battlemage GPU with PCIe 5.0×16 interface spotted 6:49 Steam finally goes native on Apple Silicon; Steam Store Search Updates 7:26 Disney, Universal sue image creator Midjourney for copyright infringement 7:52 AMD confirms 1400W peak board power for Instinct MI355X GPU 8:25 Scalpers list ROG Astral RTX 5090 Dhahab GPU for up to $22,900 Source Hope you enjoyed this news post. Thank you for appreciating my time and effort posting news every day for many years. News posts... 2023: 5,800+ | 2024: 5,700+ | 2025 (till end of May): 2,377 RIP Matrix | Farewell my friend

When Windows 11 was first released, many long-time users felt features they loved had been taken away overnight. Three and a half years later, the same complaints still rise to the top of the Feedback Hub with tens of thousands of votes. Below are the five most wanted Windows 11 features on the Microsoft Feedback Hub. The most wanted requests in Windows 11 "Bring back the ability to move the taskbar to the top and sides of the screen on Windows 11" Right now, the taskbar is glued to the bottom edge, and users want the freedom to move the taskbar to the top or sides of the screen. No option to change taskbar position Feedback Hub's post on the topic has racked up 24,046 votes and 2,086 comments, but the feedback is not fresh. Users posted this feedback immediately when Windows 11 shipped to testers, and Microsoft has maintained a radio silence about its plans to upgrade the taskbar. "The move taskbar feature is missing now for years. Why has this not been changed yet?" writes a user, who also begs Microsoft to "please replace whoever is responsible for the current design." One user wonders if Microsoft's stock phrase "We've got it" really means "We're ignoring it." Microsoft's Feedback Hub has an automated reply to the post that just says "We'll be continuing to evolve Windows 11 and its features based on feedback like this, so thank you so much for taking the time to give us your feedback." "I would like to be able to turn off the Recommended section in the Start menu and have the whole area disappear in Windows 11." The second most-voted request sits at 17,479 votes and 794 comments. Three years after Windows 11's launch, Microsoft still doesn't understand that users do not want a Start menu with the recommended menu. I personally hate it, too, because it just clogs up the Start menu with recent app or file activities, which are already exposed via the File Explorer. "No, I don't want to reduce the size, I want to hide it, forever, for good," a user wrote. Another poster calls the pane "a useless, empty space" that wastes screen real estate, and the rest of the users fear it will become an "Advertising space." In reply to the Feedback, Microsoft noted that full removal is not available but lists half a dozen toggles inside Settings > Personalization > Start at least reduce the content. Start menu personalization settings The company recently added a More pins layout in Windows 11 23H2 that lets you shrink the pane to one row, but you can't get rid of the Recommended feed for now. "Add an option for Windows search to use my preferred search provider" Windows search still funnels web queries into Bing and opens them in Edge unless you live in the European Economic Area, where new regulations force Microsoft to respect the default browser. The proposal for a global switch has 11,007 votes and 101 comments. One user says the EU rule "should apply in the United States, heck, everywhere in the world." Another user is bothered by "sparkles next to the search bar" and wants to disable them. European Insiders have already seen test builds that unlock the choice, but Microsoft has no plans to bring it outside the EU. "The CPU/Processor requirements for Windows 11 are too high and I think you should lower them" This feedback was first published in 2021, and it now holds 8,483 votes and 1,025 comments. Users are upset that their fully capable PCs cannot run Windows 11. Windows 11 TPM requirement One user says they own a gaming rig with "near best hardware" but an unsupported processor, calling the situation another "Vista/8.1" moment. Another user agrees and notes that "millions of PCs are going to end up in the landfill for no good reason," as we approach Windows 10's doomsday. "Update the Windows 11 taskbar to support never combining app icons and hiding labels" In Windows 10, you could set your taskbar so each window stayed separate and labels stayed hidden. Windows 11 now has an option to set "never-combine" mode, but it still feels unfinished. Open enough apps, and the bar collapses icons into a "…" block. Icons change width whenever, say, your Spotify song title updates, which makes everything jump around. Similarly, labels are forced on by default and can't be turned off, so you lose precious space at the bottom of the screen. In a Feedback Hub post, one tester even called it "horrible" and begged Microsoft to "please finally fix this," while another asked why labels are forced at all when choosing never-combine, as "it eats too much space." If you visit the Feedback Hub, you'll see dozens of similar posts. BleepingComputer observed that these five feedback posts account for over 75,000 votes alone, and each still pulls in fresh comments weekly. It's crystal clear that users want Microsoft to improve Windows 11, but is the Redmond giant listening? Source Hope you enjoyed this news post. Thank you for appreciating my time and effort posting news every day for many years. News posts... 2023: 5,800+ | 2024: 5,700+ | 2025 (till end of May): 2,377 RIP Matrix | Farewell my friend

The recently released Windows 11 Dev and Beta builds introduced some welcome changes and improvements. However, those preview builds are not flawless and have a pretty long list of known issues. One of those issues, though, is a rather delightful one: Windows 11's default startup jingle has been accidentally replaced with one from 2006. After Windows Insiders discovered that Windows 11 now plays the Windows Vista startup sound and reported it to Microsoft, the company acknowledged it and added it to the list of known bugs in the latest Windows 11 Dev and Beta builds: This week’s flight comes with a delightful blast from the past and will play the Windows Vista boot sound instead of the Windows 11 boot sound. We’re working on a fix. Although Windows Vista is nearly two decades old, it was brought to everyone's attention this week after Apple introduced macOS 26 Tahoe with its controversial "Liquid Glass" redesign, which many consider a rather miserable remix of Windows Aero from Windows Vista and Windows 7. While it is definitely an interesting coincidence, Microsoft did not intentionally replace the startup sound in Windows 11 preview builds. Brandon LeBlanc from the Windows Insider team confirmed in his X that that is a bug after joking about everyone talking about Windows Vista once again in light of Apple's latest announcements: It is worth noting that if you miss the startup sound of Windows Vista, you can still use it in modern Windows versions. All it takes is the original WAV file and a few clicks in the Windows Registry and Sound settings. And for those who want a shot of nostalgia, here is the sound of Windows Vista startup: What startup jingle do you like more: Windows Vista or Windows 11? Share your thoughts in the comments. Source Hope you enjoyed this news post. Thank you for appreciating my time and effort posting news every day for many years. News posts... 2023: 5,800+ | 2024: 5,700+ | 2025 (till end of May): 2,377 RIP Matrix | Farewell my friend