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Linux or Landfill? End of Windows 10 Leaves PC Charities with Tough Choice
By Avram Piltch published
Many donateable PCs can’t run Windows 11. Should non-profits still be giving them away? Should they install Linux instead?

Microsoft updates Windows 11 CPU support for OEM systems to include 8th to 10th Gen Intel CPUs
By Jowi Morales published
Microsoft relisted the Intel 8th, 9th, and 10th Gen CPUs it had previously removed from the list of Windows 11-supported CPUs.

Windows 11 Task Manager update will show accurate CPU utilization
By Jowi Morales published
Microsoft just released a Dev and Beta Channel that updated Task Manager to ensure that the way it calculates your CPU utilization is more accurate.

Microsoft Copilot gets its own app for the Mac
By Andrew E. Freedman published
Mac users can get access to Microsoft's AI.

Microsoft trims File Explorer's account-based content in Europe
By Jowi Morales published
Microsoft is removing a couple of features from a Windows 11 24H2 Preview Build in Europe to comply with the GDPR.

No, Notepad for Windows 11 doesn't require you to use a Microsoft account — unless you're trying to use AI
By Christopher Harper published
A rumor of Notepad for Windows 11 now requiring Microsoft Account sign-in has spread like wildfire, but all is not as it seems.

Intel 8th, 9th and 10th Gen processors absent from Microsoft's Windows 11 24H2 CPU support list for new OEM systems
By Mark Tyson published
Intel's 8th, 9th, and 10th Gen processors are absent from the Windows 11 24H2 official support list.

An 'unfortunate incident' hits latest Ubuntu 24.04 point release
By Les Pounder published
The Noble Numbat has been besieged with delays
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