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No more USB installation: Windows 11 Insiders now able to fully reset their system via cloud download even when the OS won't boot
By Jacob Fox Published
News It's called 'cloud rebuild' in the Windows Recovery Environment.

Microsoft had to change the anti-piracy hologram on the Windows 95 box because an undisclosed government assumed the baby on it was naked
By James Bentley Published
News Microsoft says the government "shall remain nameless for obvious reasons".

Windows update that breaks some multiplayer games linked to our desire for gaming PCs that light up all the colors of the rainbow
By Jacob Ridley Published
News I knew all this showboating would bite us in the butt one day.

Microsoft is finally letting us turn the Windows 11 right-click context menu into something more like Windows 10
By Jacob Fox Published
News All these years later and I still haven't adjusted. Oh, and there are File Explorer improvements, too.

It looks like Windows updates might actually be speeding up the OS now
By Jacob Fox Published
News Less AI, more performance improvements: I'm here for it.

As if PCs weren't expensive enough already, Microsoft is reportedly now charging OEMs more for Windows licenses
By Jacob Fox Published
News Supposedly, it's a "significant increase."

Microsoft reportedly using TPM chips to weed out Windows piracy
By Jess Kinghorn Published
News Spare a thought for the system administrators.

I think the latest record-breaking Windows 11 update messed up my monitor
By Jacob Fox Published
News The morning after the update, its 400 Hz capabilities were no more.
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