Windows 11 now spikes your CPU just to open the Start menu, and the fact that it works makes it worse.

Windows 11 June 2026 Patch Tuesday update brings Low Latency Profile, Shared Audio, Multi-App Camera, NPU tracking, and ...

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Over the past few years, Microsoft has been pushing to migrate UWP (Universal Windows Platform) apps to the newer Windows App SDK. The transition hasn’t been completely smooth, though, and the company ...

Republished on June 19 with new analysis of this latest upgrade surge and a warning that some key customers may have decided to ditch Microsoft altogether. What a difference two weeks makes. June ...

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Laptop battery life has gotten increasingly better in recent years, especially if you're rocking a MacBook with a custom M-series chip. It's not just the hardware components that are more efficient.

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Pranay Parab is an independent tech journalist based in Mumbai, India. He covers tech for Lifehacker, and specializes in tutorials and in-depth features. Let me state the obvious right up front: it's ...