Tech News Roundup — June 19, 2026 (PM)

Quiet afternoon on the silicon beat: a Linux 7.2 merge window stuffed with new SoCs, AMD and Intel both touting AI/Linux wins, a Halo remake that’s dividing the fanbase before it even ships, and a Dell XPS 13 deal that’s good enough to make you forget about Apple’s M5 delays.

Microsoft

• Windows Recycle Bin glitch hits every supported build. Microsoft has confirmed a bug affecting the Recycle Bin across all currently supported Windows versions — and yes, even the trash needs debugging. No fix timeline yet. Windows Central
• Microsoft’s region-locked PC Manager is annoyingly good. The cleanup-and-storage hub is fast, useful, and still inexplicably restricted to a handful of regions — the reviewer wishes it were rolled out globally. Windows Central

Gaming

• Halo: Campaign Evolved draws early comparisons to a “very well-made mod.” Former Halo veteran Jaime Griesemer weighed in on the upcoming remake, calling it a polished mod — a take that sparked visible disagreement across the fanbase. Windows Central Windows Central

  

• Can’t wait for Halo: Campaign Evolved? A fan is rebuilding it in Fortnite. Using Unreal Editor for Fortnite, one ambitious creator has shipped custom cinematics, co-op support, voice acting, and playable missions ahead of the official remake. Windows Central

• World of Warcraft: Midnight Season 2 — “Curse of Ula’tek” revealed. Blizzard has unveiled the next major content drop, packing snake-infested Raids, Dungeons, and Delves for the second season. Windows Central

• Persona 4 Revival gets a combat and story deep dive. Atlus showed off the new turn-based mechanics for the remake, due February 18, 2027 on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC. Windows Central

• Winhanced adds achievements, trophies, and a real gaming-hub feel. The handheld launcher picks up universal achievement support, expanded game streaming, button remapping, and visual polish in its latest update. Windows Central

• Xbox Store is testing price-history transparency. Backend strings suggest Microsoft is preparing lowest-price indicators on game and add-on listings, making it easier to spot a real discount. Windows Central

Hardware

• Dell XPS 13 drops under $1,000 with 32GB of RAM. Most OEMs are cutting to 8GB base configs to hit sub-$1,000 price points — Dell is shipping a Snapdragon X Elite with 32GB instead. Windows Central
• Kaleidescape’s Strato E is the anti-streaming movie player. Smaller than a Blu-ray stack, the $3,000 Strato E plays 4K discs the way the studios always wanted you to: with a Mini Terra Prime server on top. The Verge

Apple

• Apple M3 finally boots on mainline Linux. After three years of upstream work, the long-awaited Apple M3 support landed in Linux 7.2 alongside four other SoC families — a near-1,000-patch SoC merge window overall. Phoronix
• iPhone 18 Pro could land near €1,600. Memory, storage, and camera cost increases are pushing the next Pro tier well past the €1,500 mark in European estimates. Pplware

Linux & Open Source

• Raspberry Pi OS jumps to Linux 6.18 LTS. The first Raspberry Pi OS update since April brings the 6.18 LTS kernel and an updated LabWC compositor to Pi boards. Phoronix
• Linux 7.2 picks up ARCTIC fan controller and more board sensor monitoring. The HWMON subsystem lands driver additions for ARCTIC controllers and additional ASUS / ASRock boards. Phoronix
• Intel TDX confidential computing now updates without a reboot. Linux 7.2 makes Trust Domain Extensions practical for uptime-sensitive deployments by allowing important security updates to apply live. Phoronix

AI / ML

• AMD ships an AI-powered Bash coding agent. GAIA 0.21.2 — the open-source “Generative AI Is Awesome” release — adds a bash coding agent as its flagship feature, days after the new Lemonade AI server with MCP integration. Phoronix

  

In Brief

• EU moves to close the Chinese PHEV tariff loophole. The European Commission is preparing additional tariffs on plug-in hybrid vehicles after BYD, MG, and others shifted sales into the PHEV category to sidestep existing EV duties. Pplware
• Cosmic explosion dust keeps raining on Earth. A team has detected ongoing radioactive dust falling on Earth from an explosion more than 100 million years old — and is asking whether it’s a health risk. Pplware
• T1 Phone PR firm walks away from Trump Mobile. The communications shop is “not assisting Trump Mobile any further” as the promised handset remains undelivered to Verge readers who preordered. [The Verge]
• Sugar Season 2 turns Colin Farrell’s detective more human. With the sci-fi secret now out, the show’s quirky PI gets a fuller emotional register — Farrell on press-touring the first season without spoiling the twist. [The Verge]
• Dockhand Docker 1.0.35 ships. Synology/UGREEN’s container tool gets a new image-prune skip rule for scanner images, configurable fixes, and a regression patch for direct-TCP vulnerability scans. Marius Hosting

Roundup compiled from the TTRSS Tech feed. 21 articles from 5 sources summarized.