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December 30, 2025

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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December 05, 2025

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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December 04, 2025

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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December 01, 2025

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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November 19, 2025

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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November 10, 2025

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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September 16, 2025

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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July 29, 2025

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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