If you’ve ever clicked on the Start button and watched the menu appear after a second or two, you already understand the problem Microsoft is trying to solve with its June 2026 Windows 11 update. 

The update (KB5094126) rolled out on June 9, 2026, for WIndows 11 24H2 and 25H2, and targets the shell responsiveness issues that have quietly frustrated users since its launch in 2021. The headline change is the broad rollout of the Low Latency Profile.

What is Low Latency Profile and why does it matter?

It’s something that Microsoft first tested in the May 26 preview build (with limited availability) before promoting it to the stable channel (with broader availability) this month. 

The way it works is that the Low Latency Profile briefly spikes the CPU frequency to its maximum for one to three seconds, providing an additional burst of performance whenever you interact with the core system features, including the Start menu, Search, Action Center, and taskbar flyouts. 

The burst is short enough that it doesn’t meaningfully impact battery life or thermals, but substantial enough that the shell responds immediately rather than after half a second, making those core system features feel more responsive.

With the Low Latency Profile, system flyouts can open up to 70% faster, and core apps can launch up to 40% quicker compared to the same hardware running the previous build. The performance gains are most visible on older or lower-spec machines that barely cleared Windows 11’s hardware requirements and have felt sluggish ever since.

What else is new in the June update?

Shared Audio now lets two people listen to audio from a single Windows 11 PC simultaneously via Bluetooth LE Audio. The Windows Task Manager gets new NPU usage columns, making it easier to see how your neural processing unit is being used during on-device AI tasks.

Multiple apps can now access the same camera stream simultaneously. In addition, Windows Search now finds local files with as few as two characters, which, as far as I understand, is a quality-of-life improvement for daily users. 

Windows Setup now lets you choose a custom user folder name during initial installation. Windows Hello has also been refined to consistently fall back to face or fingerprint-based sign-in after alternative methods have been used. 

You shouldn’t hold off on installing the update, as it includes the June 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes for more than 200 security vulnerabilities.

TL;DR

Atlas Menu, a GTA V cheat service that promised “enhanced privacy,” was hacked, exposing nearly 64,000 accounts including emails, usernames, hashed passwords, and IP addresses. The stolen data was posted to GitHub by a hacker motivated by revenge.

Atlas Menu, a cheat service for Grand Theft Auto V’s online mode, has been hacked, exposing the personal data of nearly 64,000 users. The stolen data included email addresses, usernames, hashed passwords, IP addresses, and support tickets, according to data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned. The breach was claimed by a hacker whose stated motivation was revenge against a scammer, and the allegedly stolen data was posted publicly to GitHub.

The irony is difficult to miss. Atlas Menu marketed itself on security, promising users “secure authentication and enhanced privacy through our advanced encryption techniques,” according to its official website, which was archived before going offline. The service sold features that gave GTA V players unfair advantages: invisibility, super jumps, the ability to fly through the map, and other modifications to Rockstar Games’ online multiplayer environment.

A multi-million dollar shadow industry

Game cheats have evolved from hobbyist projects into a multi-million dollar commercial market. Professional and semi-professional gamers pay for software that provides advantages over competitors, while casual players use cheats to bypass progression systems or grief other users. Services like Atlas Menu operated in a legal grey area, selling tools that violate most games’ terms of service but are not themselves illegal in most jurisdictions.

The breach exposes users to potential embarrassment and further security risks. Email addresses tied to gaming accounts often overlap with primary personal accounts, meaning that users who signed up for a cheat service with the same credentials they use elsewhere now face credential-stuffing attacks. The hashed passwords provide some protection, but depending on the hashing algorithm used, determined attackers could crack weaker passwords.

Atlas Menu is not the first cheat service to be breached. A popular cheat service for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was hacked several years ago in a similar incident. The GTA franchise has been a recurring target for security incidents, from the 2023 GTA VI trailer leak traced to a Rockstar developer’s son to repeated exploits targeting GTA Online’s peer-to-peer networking architecture.

The enforcement gap

The breach highlights a structural problem in gaming security. Cheat services operate with minimal accountability: their operators are often anonymous, their infrastructure is disposable, and their users have no recourse when things go wrong. Unlike enterprise software vendors that face regulatory and contractual obligations to protect customer data, cheat service operators answer to no one.

Rockstar Games has invested heavily in anti-cheat systems for GTA Online, but the persistence of services like Atlas Menu demonstrates the limits of technical enforcement against a motivated and commercially incentivised cheating ecosystem. Law enforcement has targeted some gaming-adjacent cybercrime operations, but cheat services rarely rise to the level of criminal prosecution unless they involve direct financial fraud or intellectual property theft at scale.

The owners of Atlas Menu could not be reached for comment. The site remains offline.

Samsung Galaxy phones have had a lockdown mode for years. It’s a manual option tucked inside the power menu that disables fingerprint and face unlock and forces a PIN entry. 

It is a useful last resort for situations where someone might force you to unlock your phone with your face or finger. The problem was that most people either didn’t know it existed or never used it in the first place. One UI 9 fixes that, and it does so by removing the choice entirely.

What exactly changed in the power menu?

Spotted by SammyFans and corroborated by members of the r/oneui community on Reddit, One UI 9 Beta 2 (based on Android 17) changes how lockdown mode behaves. 

The dedicated lockdown button has been removed from the power menu altogether. In its place, you’ll see medical info, a more contextually useful option for first responders in an emergency. 

Lockdown itself hasn’t been removed; it has simply become automatic. 

The moment you open the power menu and dismiss it, One UI 9 activates lockdown. It locks the phone and disables fingerprint recognition and face unlock. The only way to unlock it is to enter the PIN, pattern, or password. 

Is this actually better or just more annoying?

I’d say that it is significantly better. The old implementation required you to think straight in a moment of stress, locate the right button, and press it before handing your phone over or, worse, having it taken from you.

The new implementation removes that cognitive burden entirely. Opening the power menu is already a natural reflex when you sense something is wrong, and reaching for the side button is instinctive. Samsung has effectively turned that instinct into a security action without any additional step needed. 

For now, the feature is live in One UI 9 Beta 2 and has not been confirmed for the stable release. Given that Samsung has not officially announced this change, it could still be modified before One UI 9’s stable release ships to the public.