Microsoft says it’s rolling out a revamped Windows Insider Program experience as part of the broader plans to address reliability concerns in Windows 11.

For those unaware, the Windows Insider Program is a beta testing program that allows you to test early Windows releases and provide your feedback to Microsoft.

Until now, Microsoft has not really listened to all the feedback from testers, and all that has added up to a poor Windows experience.

To address this, Microsoft is now making the Windows Insider Program simpler and more transparent in the hope that it will help with the development of Windows 11.

In a blog post, Microsoft admitted that the current channel structure is confusing.

Insider Program used to be simple when Microsoft replaced Insider Rings with Channels, similar to Chromium (Beta, Dev, and Canary), but over time, the structure has become more and more confusing.

There’s no clarity on what channel you should pick if you want to be on the edge and test new features as they develop internally at Microsoft. In fact, most testers never get access to experimental features, thanks to Microsoft’s Controlled Feature Rollout (CFR).

Microsoft has acknowledged that the experience is frustrating: you read about a new feature on the internet, update your PC, hoping to test and provide feedback, and then find out it’s not there.

“That experience, where features are announced but only some of you receive them due to how we gradually roll things out, is the single biggest frustration we hear,” writes Alec Oot, who is responsible for the Windows Update experience at Microsoft.

While you can use third-party tools like ViveTool to enable experimental features, it’s not the ideal experience and isn’t what you signed up for.

Microsoft says the Windows Insider Program is now simpler and more transparent

Microsoft says it’s listening to feedback, making all channels simpler, and moving the Insider Program to just two channels.

The first new channel is ‘Experimental,’ which replaces the Dev and Canary channels. The name makes it obvious that it’s the channel you should sign up for if all you want to do is test experimental features, which may never ship in production.

The second new channel is still called ‘Beta,’ which is an updated version of the original Beta Channel.

In the Beta Channel, Microsoft is ending gradual feature rollouts, which means all new features mentioned in the release notes will be immediately available.

In the Experimental channel, you’ll be given access to some features out of the box, but others will be locked behind a flag.

The good news is you can manually toggle experimental features from Windows Settings.

For example, if you want to try out new haptic features for the mouse but the feature isn’t showing due to a gradual rollout, you can open Windows Insider Program Settings > Feature flags, then turn on the feature.

Microsoft explains how it’s rolling out the new channels to Windows Insiders

Microsoft says it is moving Insiders to the new channels in phases, starting with Dev Channel users, who will now move to Experimental.

If you are in Dev and do not see the new Experimental channel UI yet, Microsoft says you can manually turn it on by going to Settings > Windows Update > Windows Insider Program > Feature flags and enabling the new experience.

Over the next few weeks, Microsoft will also move Canary users to specific versions of Experimental.

Those on the Canary 28000 series will move to Experimental (26H1), while users who installed the optional 29500 series update will move to Experimental (Future Platforms).

Beta Channel users will move to the new Beta experience, but Microsoft says some minor feature changes may happen during the transition.

If you want to keep access to all existing experimental features, Microsoft recommends moving from Beta to Dev before the transition, as Dev is being moved to Experimental. Microsoft is also changing how it shares build details.

As part of today’s rollout, Microsoft is shipping Build 26220.8283 for Beta, Build 26300.8289 for Experimental, Build 28020.1873 for Experimental 26H1, and Build 29576.1000 for Experimental Future Platforms.

Today’s update includes early access to a new Windows Update experience where you can pause updates as you desire, avoid forced reboots, and more.

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Now that Artemis II is all wrapped up, NASA has begun its post-game performance analyses of all the systems that worked together to get four astronauts safely to the moon and back earlier this month. In addition to taking humans farther than ever before, Artemis II served as a crucial test flight for upcoming crewed missions that are planned for as soon as 2027 and 2028, the latter being NASA’s ambitious target for landing astronauts on the lunar surface. So far, the Orion spacecraft and the SLS rocket seem to have fared pretty well.

NASA says its initial assessments of the crew capsule show its heat shield “performed as expected, with no unusual conditions identified,” and it didn’t exhibit as much char loss as seen in the uncrewed Artemis I test. (Navy divers snapped some really cool pictures of the heat shield underwater after splashdown, as seen below). Splashdown went according to plan, with Orion landing 2.9 miles from its targeted landing site, according to NASA, and its entry interface velocity “was within one mile-per-hour of predictions.”

NASA says the SLS rocket performed well, too. It still has tests to run, but, “At main engine cutoff, when the core stage’s RS-25 liquid engines shutdown, the spacecraft was traveling at over 18,000 miles per hour, achieving its insertion velocity for orbit, and executing a precise bullseye for its intended location,” the space agency noted in a blog post.

One thing that we know did cause some issues, though, was the toilet system. Shortly after launch, the astronauts reported problems with the urine vent line, which mission specialist Christina Koch was able to troubleshoot with help from the ground crew. But, everyone would like to avoid that on the next mission, so NASA now has teams checking out the hardware and data to identify what went wrong and how to prevent it.

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The Artemis II astronauts have continued to share glimpses into their journey around the moon, and this week, the mission’s commander, Reid Wiseman posted an incredible video of the Earth setting behind the moon, as seen from the Orion spacecraft. Humans haven’t seen that phenomenon firsthand in over 50 years, since the last Apollo mission. Read more about that here.

While ten days might not seem like that long of a time to be in space, it still does things to the body, and returning to Earth has been a bit of an adjustment for the crew. Astronaut Koch last week posted a video of herself struggling through a tandem walk exercise with her eyes closed, taken after her return to Earth. “When people live in microgravity, the systems in our body that have evolved to tell our brains how we’re moving, the vestibular organs, don’t work correctly,” she explained in the caption. “Our brains learn to ignore those signals and so when we first get back to gravity, we are heavily reliant on our eyes to orient ourselves visually.”

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Summary: Porsche unveiled the Cayenne Coupe Electric at Auto China in Beijing, a 1,139 hp electric SUV that does 0-60 in 2.4 seconds with up to 669 km WLTP range and 16-minute fast charging, starting at $113,800. It launches during the worst financial year in Porsche’s history, a 93% operating profit decline, a first-ever quarterly loss, a new CEO, and a formal retreat from the 80% EV-by-2030 target. The car will be sold alongside ICE and PHEV variants indefinitely, a hedge that reflects Porsche’s conclusion that the market for premium EVs is smaller than it once believed.

Porsche unveiled the Cayenne Coupe Electric at Auto China in Beijing this week, a vehicle that makes 1,139 horsepower in its Turbo trim, reaches 60 miles per hour in 2.4 seconds, carries a 113-kilowatt-hour battery good for up to 669 kilometres on the WLTP cycle, charges from 10% to 80% in under 16 minutes at up to 400 kilowatts, and starts at $113,800 before the $2,350 delivery fee. It is, on paper, the most powerful production SUV Porsche has ever built and one of the most capable electric vehicles in any segment. It is also being launched by a company that posted a 93% decline in operating profit last year, replaced its chief executive in January, walked back its target of 80% electric sales by 2030, and has committed to selling combustion engines “far into the next decade.” The product is extraordinary. The strategy behind it is hedged in every direction.

The machine

The Cayenne Coupe Electric is built on the Premium Platform Electric, the 800-volt architecture co-developed by Porsche and Audi within the Volkswagen Group, the same platform underpinning the Macan Electric and the Audi Q6 e-tron. It comes in three variants. The base Cayenne Coupe Electric produces 435 horsepower and 615 pound-feet of torque, hits 60 in 4.5 seconds, and tops out at 143 miles per hour for $113,800. The Cayenne S Coupe Electric makes 657 horsepower with 796 pound-feet, does the sprint in 3.6 seconds, reaches 155 miles per hour, and costs $131,200. The Turbo makes 1,139 horsepower with 1,106 pound-feet in overboost, manages 2.4 seconds to 60, hits 162 miles per hour, and starts at $168,000. All variants use dual electric motors with all-wheel drive. All include adaptive two-chamber air suspension, an adaptive rear spoiler, a panoramic glass roof, and Porsche’s Sport Chrono Package as standard. The Coupe’s drag coefficient is 0.23, compared with 0.25 for the Cayenne Electric SUV and 0.35 for the internal combustion Cayenne, a difference that gives the Coupe up to 18 kilometres of additional range over the SUV variant.

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The battery modules are manufactured at Porsche’s Smart Battery Shop in Horna Streda, Slovakia, approximately an hour from the Volkswagen Group’s Bratislava plant where final assembly takes place alongside ICE and hybrid Cayenne variants on a flexible production line. The 14.5-inch curved touchscreen is a first for any Porsche. The NACS charging port, standard for the North American market, connects to Tesla’s Supercharger network and any CCS-compatible DC fast charger. Porsche says the car can add 300 kilometres of range in ten minutes at a sufficiently powerful station. Sales begin in late summer 2026, and all three trims are available to order now. Approximately 40% of Cayenne buyers historically choose the Coupe body style over the SUV, according to Porsche, which is why the company is offering both.

The contradiction

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Porsche’s 2025 financial results were catastrophic by its historical standards. Revenue fell to 36.3 billion euros from 40.1 billion in 2024. Operating profit collapsed to 413 million euros from 5.6 billion, a margin of 1.1% for a company that had routinely delivered returns above 14%. In the third quarter of 2025, Porsche recorded its first-ever quarterly loss: negative 1.1 billion euros. Oliver Blume, who had served as Porsche’s chief executive while simultaneously running the Volkswagen Group, stepped aside from the Porsche role on January 1, 2026, replaced by Michael Leiters, the former McLaren Automotive chief executive who had previously spent 13 years at Porsche earlier in his career. Leiters’ mandate is to cut costs, restore margins, and, critically, reverse the strategic overcommitment to electrification that contributed to the financial damage.

Blume himself admitted Porsche “misjudged the situation” with the decision to make the second-generation Macan available only as an electric vehicle. Leiters has said the company will keep combustion engines “far into the next decade” and plans to offer the next 718 sports car with petrol and plug-in hybrid options, reversing an earlier plan to make it all-electric. The 80% EV target for 2030, announced with considerable ambition at the 2022 annual press conference, was formally abandoned in July 2024, reframed as contingent on “customer demand and the development of electromobility.” Taycan deliveries fell 22% in 2025. Porsche’s 2026 guidance projects revenue of 35 billion to 36 billion euros with an operating margin of 5.5% to 7.5%, a recovery from 2025’s depths but far below the profitability the brand expects of itself. The Cayenne Coupe Electric launches into this context: a company that no longer believes in going all-electric, building one of the best electric vehicles anyone has made.

The market

The premium electric SUV segment is crowded and contested. The BMW iX, Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV, Tesla Model X, Rivian R1S, Lucid Gravity, Cadillac Lyriq, Volvo EX90, and Audi’s own Q6 and Q8 e-tron models all compete for essentially the same buyer: affluent, environmentally conscious or technology-forward, willing to pay above $80,000 for an electric vehicle that does not compromise on space, range, or performance. The Cayenne Coupe Electric’s Turbo variant outperforms every vehicle on that list, but performance in this segment has diminishing returns. The buyer choosing between a 657-horsepower Cayenne S and a 670-horsepower Model X Plaid is not choosing on the basis of acceleration. They are choosing on brand, interior quality, dealer experience, and whether they trust the company to support the vehicle for the next decade.

Tesla’s declining European sales have opened a window for rivals, with VW Group brands and BMW overtaking Tesla in European EV registrations in early 2025 as Elon Musk’s political activities damaged the Tesla brand on the continent. But that window comes with complications. Chinese EV brands are building consumer awareness despite steep tariffs, with BYD, Xiaomi, and Zeekr flooding American social media feeds with reviews of vehicles that offer comparable technology at a fraction of the price, even if 100% US tariffs currently prevent their sale. In the global EV sales race between Tesla and BYD, Tesla reclaimed the quarterly battery electric crown in Q1 2026 but shipped 50,000 fewer vehicles than it built, adding to inventory. BYD sold 2.25 million battery electric vehicles in 2025, outpacing Tesla by more than 600,000 units over the full year. The luxury end of the market, where Porsche competes, is insulated from the price war but not from the shift in expectations it creates. Buyers who watch TikTok reviews of a $15,000 Geely EX5 with massaging seats and a 400-kilometre range will inevitably recalibrate what they expect for $131,000.

The hedge

The Cayenne Coupe Electric will be sold alongside internal combustion and plug-in hybrid Cayenne Coupe variants indefinitely. This is the hedge. Porsche is not, as it once planned, transitioning the Cayenne to an all-electric model. It is adding an electric option to a lineup that retains the petrol engines Leiters has pledged to keep. The Macan’s experience informed this decision. The electric Macan outsold its ICE predecessor in 2025, with 57% of buyers choosing the battery version, but Q1 2026 showed the electric variant’s sales declining, and the absence of a combustion alternative meant Porsche could not capture buyers who were not yet ready to switch. The Cayenne will not repeat that mistake. Every powertrain will be available. The customer decides.

This is pragmatic, but it is also expensive. Running a flexible production line in Bratislava that can build ICE, PHEV, and BEV variants of the same nameplate requires engineering investment that a single-powertrain strategy would not. The PPE platform itself was developed at a cost that contributed to the profit collapse of 2025. Europe’s battery supply chain challenges after Northvolt’s collapse have complicated the economics further: VW Group was among Northvolt’s largest investors, and the Swedish battery startup’s bankruptcy left European automakers scrambling for alternatives to the Chinese and South Korean suppliers that provide 90% of the continent’s cells. Porsche’s Smart Battery Shop in Slovakia assembles modules from cells sourced externally, a supply chain that remains dependent on the Asian producers that European industrial policy was supposed to replace.

The bet

The Cayenne is Porsche’s most important vehicle. It accounts for the largest share of revenue among the company’s nameplates and has been, since its controversial introduction in 2002, the model that funds the sports cars the brand is known for. Electrifying it is not optional if Porsche intends to sell vehicles in the European Union beyond 2035, when the ban on new combustion-engine car sales takes effect, or in China, where more than half of new vehicle sales are now electrified. But electrifying it exclusively is not viable if the company’s own financial results demonstrate that going all-electric faster than the customer base is willing to follow destroys margins. VW Group’s broader autonomous and electric vehicle strategy, which now includes robotaxi testing in Los Angeles with the ID. Buzz, suggests the parent company is committed to the electric transition as an engineering programme even as its subsidiary retreats from it as a sales strategy.

The Cayenne Coupe Electric is a remarkable machine built by a company in a remarkable amount of trouble. Its Turbo variant matches the power output of a Bugatti Veyron in a vehicle that seats five, tows trailers, and adds 300 kilometres of range in ten minutes. Its base variant undercuts the Tesla Model X by roughly $10,000 and delivers the interior and build quality that Tesla has never matched. If Porsche could sell this car in the volumes the Cayenne nameplate has historically achieved, the financial recovery Leiters has been tasked with would be straightforward. The problem is that Porsche’s own data, its own leadership, and its own strategic reversal all indicate that the market for electric luxury SUVs at this price point is smaller than the company once believed. The car exists because the technology is ready. The hedge exists because the buyer may not be. Porsche is making one of the best electric vehicles in the world and simultaneously telling the market that it does not expect the world to buy enough of them.

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A threat group tracked as UNC6692 uses social engineering to deploy a new, custom malware suite named “Snow,” which includes a browser extension, a tunneler, and a backdoor.

Their goal is to steal sensitive data after deep network compromise through credential theft and domain takeover.

According to Google’s Mandiant researchers, the attacker uses “email bombing” tactics to create urgency, then contact targets via Microsoft Teams, posing as IT helpdesk agents.

A recent Microsoft report highlighted the growing popularity of this tactic in the cybercrime space, tricking users into granting attackers remote access via Quick Assist or other remote access tools.

In the case of UNC6692, the victim is prompted to click a link to install a patch that would block email spam. In reality, the victims get a dropper that executes AutoHotkey scripts loading “SnowBelt,” a malicious Chrome extension.

The extension executes on a headless Microsoft Edge instance, so the victim doesn’t notice anything, while scheduled tasks and a startup folder shortcut are also created for persistence.

SnowBelt serves as a persistence mechanism and a relay mechanism for commands the operator sends to a Python-based backdoor named SnowBasin.

Commands are delivered through a WebSocket tunnel established by a tunneler tool called SnowGlaze, to mask communications between the host and the command-and-control (C2) infrastructure.

SnowGlaze also facilitates SOCKS proxy operations, allowing arbitrary TCP traffic to be routed through the infected host.

SnowBasin runs a local HTTP server and executes attacker-supplied CMD or PowerShell commands on the infected system, relaying the results back to the operator through the same pipeline.

The malware supports remote shell access, data exfiltration, file download, screenshot capturing, and basic file management operations.

The operator can also issue a self-termination command to shut down the backdoor at the host.

Mandiant has found that, post-compromise, the attackers performed internal reconnaissance, scanning for services such as SMB and RDP to identify additional targets, and then moved laterally on the network.

The attackers dumped LSASS memory to extract credential material and used pass-the-hash techniques to authenticate to additional hosts, eventually reaching domain controllers.

At the final stage of the attack, the threat actor deployed FTK Imager to extract the Active Directory database, along with SYSTEM, SAM, and SECURITY registry hives.

These files were exfiltrated from the network using LimeWire, giving the attackers access to sensitive credential data across the domain.

The report provides extensive indicators of compromise (IoCs) and also YARA rules to help detect the “Snow” toolset.

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