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Lenovo’s next-generation ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 Aura Edition and the ThinkPad X1 2‑in‑1 Gen 11 Aura Edition have leaked in significant detail, promising a major internal redesign built around Intel’s upcoming Panther Lake (Core Ultra Series 3) platform, improved repairability, a new...

The next chapter in the handheld-PC arms race is shaping up around a deceptively small detail: how easy it is to change the storage inside your device. Recent hands‑on reporting shows Lenovo’s Legion Go 2 has made SSD upgrades more difficult — requiring battery and fan removal and a glued...

The Restart Project’s new “End of Windows 10” toolkit has sharpened a public campaign into an actionable playbook for community repair groups and activists — and its message is blunt: Microsoft’s hardware-gated Windows 11 transition risks driving hundreds of millions of still‑serviceable PCs...

NTDEV’s latest builder shrinks a full Windows 11 ISO down to a reported 2.29 GB by surgically removing nearly everything most users expect from a modern desktop OS — from Xbox and Solitaire to Windows Update and Windows Defender — producing an extremely compact, intentionally unserviceable image...

Mashable’s recent roundup of the best Windows laptops for 2025 puts a stake in the ground: Windows machines are no longer playing catch‑up with Apple — in several key areas they’re leading the conversation on battery life, repairability, and flexible performance. The piece highlights seven...

A sudden cluster of undersea fiber cuts in the Red Sea has forced Microsoft Azure and other cloud and carrier operators to reroute traffic, producing measurable latency and slower internet performance across parts of South Asia, the Gulf and beyond—an event that exposes how a handful of damaged...

Microsoft’s Azure cloud experienced measurable performance degradation after multiple undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic onto longer detours and exposing how physical shipping lanes and seabed cables remain a critical, fragile layer beneath cloud-era resilience...

Microsoft Azure users and large swathes of internet users across Asia, the Middle East and parts of Europe experienced measurable slowdowns and elevated latency after multiple undersea fibre‑optic cables in the Red Sea were cut on September 6, 2025, forcing cloud and carrier engineers to reroute...

Microsoft has warned that users of its Azure cloud may see higher-than-normal latency and intermittent disruptions after multiple undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic onto longer alternate routes while repair work and global rerouting continue. Background The Red...

Microsoft’s Azure customers experienced measurable performance degradation after several undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic onto longer, congested detours and prompting an urgent rerouting and capacity‑rebalancing operation by Microsoft and regional carriers...

Flyoobe — the successor to the community-built Flyby11 tool — just took a decisive step away from a one‑trick “requirements bypass” utility toward a polished, Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE) toolkit with the release of version 1.6, adding a refreshed home view, Ventoy support for USB media, a...

A Southern California resident has filed suit in state court asking a judge to stop Microsoft from turning off routine, free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 — a legal gambit that reframes a routine product‑lifecycle milestone into a broad debate about forced obsolescence...

If your Snipping Tool keeps popping up unexpectedly on Windows 11, that small interruption can quickly become a productivity drain — especially when you’re typing, gaming, or presenting. This is a surprisingly common complaint and, in most cases, the cause is a conflict between screenshot...

Microsoft’s countdown to the end of Windows 10 support is no longer a far-off abstraction—it’s a fast-approaching reality, sending shockwaves through millions of homes, businesses, and, perhaps most critically, the vast ranks of organizations that rely on Windows as the backbone of their digital...

Sleek, compact, and targeted squarely at Windows users seeking portability without a shocking price tag, Microsoft’s Surface Laptop 13in stands as the latest distillation of the Surface ethos: premium design, modern features, and just enough unique flair to remain relevant in a competitive...

Lenovo is determined to prove that legends never die—especially if those legends come tastefully refreshed every year with newer, shinier silicon and the occasional eco-friendly pat on the back. In its latest blitz of the business laptop arena, Lenovo has rolled out new ThinkPad P14s Gen 6 AMD...

Windows 11 Insider Preview 10.0.26120.3360 (ge_release_upr) DOWNLOAD TO REPAIR WINDOWS 11 STUCK ON 5% EXTERNAL HDD THAT HAD RESTORE POINTS ON IT HAS FAILED. NEXT STEPS? I HAVE NO IDEA.

Hello, My laptop lost power during the last update. Now when I try to turn on the laptop, it has a black screen. I see zero signs of startup, it will power on, and nothing happens. I have an Acer Aspire e 15. I tried making a windows 11 boot up usb and it has had no effect. I appreciate any...

Hello, I am using Windows 11, and I have the old Windows Media Player legacy. I created a huge playlist of perhaps 1,000 songs. The playlist worked well. Days later, now the playlist never works, an error says it cannot find the original songs in the playlist. To view the code of the playlist...

Windows 11 users can sometimes face challenges that may necessitate a complete reinstallation of the operating system. However, a full wipe isn't always required; using an ISO file can serve as a more flexible option to repair your desktop while preserving settings and files. This article delves...