2025 • Dec 30
Remembering what Windows 10 did right—and how it made modern Windows more annoying
Remembering Windows 10's rollout can help diagnose what ails Windows 11. ...
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2025 • Dec 05
SteamOS vs. Windows on dedicated GPUs: It’s complicated, but Windows has an edge
Ars testing shows SteamOS fares better on iGPUs than powerful graphics cards. ...
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2025 • Dec 04
Why won’t Steam Machine support HDMI 2.1? Digging in on the display standard drama.
Valve tells Ars its "trying to unblock" limits caused by open source driver issues. ...
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2025 • Dec 01
Even Microsoft’s retro holiday sweaters are having Copilot forced upon them
Microsoft has not one, not two, but three new sweaters available for $60 to $80. ...
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2025 • Nov 19
Critics scoff after Microsoft warns AI feature can infect machines and pilfer data
Integration of Copilot Actions into Windows is off by default, but for how long? ...
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2025 • Nov 10
New project brings strong Linux compatibility to more classic Windows games
But author warns that Direct3D 7 "is a land of highly cursed API inter-operability." ...
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2025 • Sep 16
Google’s experimental Windows app is better than Microsoft’s built-in search
Google's experimental app is an upgrade over Microsoft's Windows search. ...
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2025 • Jul 29
Microsoft is revamping Windows 11’s Task Manager so its numbers make more sense
Changes are rolling out to Windows Insider testers in the Dev and Beta channels. ...
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