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Microsoft's Qualcomm-powered flagship laptop stunts on almost every other Windows PC we've gotten our hands ... generative AI wallpaper and video call backgrounds, a Recorder app, and Gemini ...

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Microsoft has once again needed to intervene due to a problematic Windows 11 24H2 update. This time, the company has imposed an update block on devices that use an incompatible driver called ...

Also: Your Windows 11 Start menu is getting a design makeover - here's how to try it first Windows has a few helpful utilities that can free up some space (and they're already on your PC).

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years ...

We're at a turning point in laptops. Apple's MacBook train continues to run, all while Windows laptops are undergoing their biggest transition in decades under the banner of Copilot+ PCs.

Microsoft’s designers have played with the concept of “50” in a number of different ways: with the generic Microsoft logo, for example, or with tulips. Each wallpaper is available in a 4K option for ...

After the launch of the Xbox Series X, Microsoft has doubled down on Game Pass, and now offers well over 350 games on that console alone, meaning nearly all the best Xbox Series X games are on ...

Best of all, they no longer require you to pry open your PC and hope you have an extra card ... at a 60 fps frame rate. There are good 4K capture cards out there, but they're also expensive ...

Normally, you’d run Microsoft’s PC Health Check Tool to see if your computer can handle Windows 11, but that tool is designed for Windows 10 and won’t work in Windows 8.1.

Apple phone losing charge too quickly? Try these iPhone battery hacks to make sure it lasts when you need it most. David Lumb is a mobile reporter covering how on-the-go gadgets like phones ...