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As we approach the end of 2025, it's a good moment to look back at the many improvements Windows 11 has received throughout the year, most of which arrived through monthly cumulative updates.

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Guide When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. For those that opted to clean install Windows 24H2, or bought a new computer with it ...

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As a digital minimalism lover, I do everything in my power to declutter Microsoft's Windows 11 operating system - here's how I strip away the noise.

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Marshall Gunnell is a Tokyo-based tech journalist and editor with over a decade of experience covering IT, cybersecurity and data storage. Alongside CNET, his work has appeared in ZDNET, Business ...