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Windows 11 Privacy and Speed: 5 Default Settings to Turn Off Immediately
Every new Windows 11 laptop arrives with a suite of features enabled out of the box—but many of those “conveniences” quietly trade away your privacy, system resources, and attention. A short...
Windows 11 Insider Builds Add Full-Screen Subscription Reminder, Sparking Adware Concerns
Microsoft is testing a full-screen renewal prompt in Windows 11 that appears when a Microsoft 365 subscription lapses, and early reactions from Insiders are far from welcoming. The new...
Windows 11 Beta Adds App Recommendations to Start Menu: How to Opt Out
Microsoft has begun testing a new feature that places app recommendations directly inside the Windows 11 Start menu’s Recommended area. Limited to a small set of Windows Insiders in the Beta...
Microsoft Mandates USB-C Transparency: WHCP Certification to End Port Confusion in Windows 11
Microsoft is drawing a hard line on USB-C port implementation: starting with the next wave of Windows 11 certified devices, PC makers must provide accurate platform-level descriptors and standardized...
Windows 11 Gets a Sign-In Facelift and Power User Shortcuts in Latest Previews
Microsoft has shipped two new Insider preview builds—22635.4440 in the Beta Channel and 27754 in the Canary Channel—that overhaul the Windows Hello sign-in experience, tidy up the taskbar, and...
Microsoft's Mobile Plans App Meets Its End on February 27, 2026: eSIM Moves to Settings
Microsoft has set a date for the Mobile Plans app's demise: February 27, 2026. After that, the app vanishes from the Microsoft Store, and users of eSIM-equipped Windows laptops will need to head to...
KDE Plasma 6.4.3 Adopts Windows-Like Smart Scaling, Nixes Blurry Fractional Defaults
KDE Plasma 6.4.3 lands with a subtle but significant tweak to its automatic screen scale calculator on Wayland: it now rounds down borderline default scale factors to 100%, eschewing the fractional...
Windows 11 Insider Builds Add One-Click Spotify Handoff from Android to PC
Microsoft is rolling out a new Windows 11 feature to Insiders that can hand off music playback from an Android phone to a PC with a single click. The capability, spotted in the latest Dev and Beta...
One-Click Continuity: Windows 11’s New Feature Resumes Android Apps on Your PC
Microsoft has quietly delivered one of the most practical cross-device improvements yet: Windows 11 can now resume your Android apps right on the desktop. No emulators, APK installations, or app...
Hands-On: Windows 11 'Resume from Your Phone' Brings Spotify Continuity Between Android and PC
Microsoft's latest Windows 11 Insider preview builds (Dev and Beta channels) are introducing a feature that Android and music lovers have been waiting for: seamless handoff from phone to PC. The...
Windows 11 Build 26120 Introduces iPhone Integration in Start Menu via Phone Link
Microsoft has quietly begun rolling out one of its most significant cross-device updates yet, integrating iPhone support directly into the Windows 11 Start menu through the Phone Link app. Available...
10 Overdue Productivity Upgrades Windows Must Deliver in 2025
The gap between Windows' raw capability and its daily usability has become a liability. While Microsoft touts AI copilots and flashy features, enterprise users and power users are drowning in...