Microsoft Acknowledges KB5120998 Update Breaking Windows 11 Mouse Cursors

In the ongoing human effort to improve the tools we depend on, Microsoft's latest Windows 11 update — KB5120998 — arrived carrying promised refinements but also an unintended wound: the mouse cursor, that small but essential bridge between human intention and machine response, stopped working reliably for some users. Microsoft has acknowledged the problem, placing itself in the familiar position of a craftsman who must reckon publicly with a flaw discovered only after the work left the workshop. The episode arrives at a particularly layered moment, as the company simultaneously shepherds a new