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Windows 11 is 40% faster on computers with 8GB of RAM

Microsoft has developed a more efficient memory compression technique and optimized features such as the Start menu and search. The company's apps use up to 900MB less memory.

By Viktor Eriksson

6 Nov 20262 mins

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How to get early access to Android's smart new scam shield

5 Nov 20267 mins

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Apple’s Q4 results show the enterprise tide turning to local AI

4 Nov 20264 mins

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Windows 11 upgrades stall amid 'chipflation' and 'RAMageddon'

3 Nov 20264 mins

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Apple Intelligence with Alibaba comes to China in December

2 Nov 20265 mins

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Apple brings touch to the Mac with $2,899 OLED MacBook Pro

29 Oct 20266 mins

The case for a full-circle Googlebook future

28 Oct 20268 mins

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Apple updates iMac, MacBook Pro, and Creator Studio

28 Oct 20266 mins

The right model at the right moment: Vendors push their agentic AI PC vision

27 Oct 20267 mins

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iPhone Duo: The apps weren’t ready, but the market was

How did Apple manage to sell millions of new smartphones at $2,000 each in a downturn?

23 Oct 2026 5 mins

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7 out-of-sight Googlebook highlights

Some of the Googlebook's most interesting features are the ones you barely hear about — or notice.

23 Oct 2026 9 mins

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Apple, please give family IT admins a pester button

Why is it harder to be a family admin than to manage a corporate fleet?

23 Oct 2026 6 mins

The Googlebook work test: Can an Android laptop get the job done?

Our Android and Chromebook expert takes an up-close look at Google's new Googlebooks to see if they're actually suitable for real-world productivity.

20 Oct 2026 19 mins

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October Patch Tuesday: 1,408 CVEs, 1 exploited flaw and a SharePoint surprise

Microsoft just shipped 1,408 vulnerabilities in one month, and a SharePoint flaw it marked “not exploited” is actually under attack right now.

By Greg Lambert

17 Oct 2026 13 mins

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Microsoft's Patch Tuesday updates: Keeping up with the latest fixes

Here's a look at the most recent Patch Tuesday release from Microsoft as well as a collection of recent updates so you can track what's changed.

By Computerworld staff

17 Oct 2026 5 mins

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Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra: NVIDIA RTX Spark means business

NVIDIA and Microsoft are making local AI more practical on Windows laptops, letting users run models and autonomous agents without relying as heavily on the cloud.

By Dave Altavilla

16 Oct 2026 10 mins

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Windows 11 has now been optimized for 8 gigabytes of memory

With improved background memory management, Microsoft says its operating system is 20% more responsive than before.

By Mikael Markander

16 Oct 2026 1 min

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6 wild ways to make Android widgets more useful

Android widgets can do way more than you realize — if you know how to unleash their hidden potential.

16 Oct 2026 13 mins

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Apple’s 'Minions' tech turns idle Macs into an AI data center

An internal Apple technology harnesses the GPUs in company Macs to form a 'virtual GPU cloud' for executing large-scale inference workloads.

16 Oct 2026 5 mins

Linus Torvalds has started using AI to develop the Linux kernel

The new changes are still experimental and have not been incorporated into the official Linux kernel.

By Viktor Eriksson

15 Oct 2026 2 mins

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14 Oct 2026 8 mins

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A mole in the White House? Residential proxies are everywhere

By Maxwell Cooter

7 Nov 20262 mins

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Meta does a U-turn on controversial new AI terms for businesses

By Maxwell Cooter

7 Nov 20262 mins

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Meta does a U-turn on controversial new AI terms for businesses

By Maxwell Cooter

7 Nov 20262 mins

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Sam Altman's RAM Backlash and Big Tech's Ownership Problem

6 Nov 202628 mins

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NVIDIA's AI Gamble, Tesla's Flying Roadster and Flock's Privacy Problems

24 Oct 202628 mins

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Can your tech stack actually handle AI?

12 Aug 202630 mins

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AI agents are starting to talk to each other. Here’s what could go wrong

7 Oct 202631 mins

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AI slop is creating more work, not less. Here's why.

23 Sep 202631 mins

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Why AI tools alone won't make your workforce more productive

9 Sep 202640 mins

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