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Windows 11 Gets Up to 20% Faster, Smarter Taskbar Search and a Brand New Photos App

News
October 16, 2026

Your 8GB laptop is about to feel a lot less sluggish. Here’s what Microsoft changed under the hood, why the new Photos app is the real star, and how to try it early.

Planet Zoo 2 for PC: Guide, Mods, Tips & System Requirements

Windows Games
October 15, 2026

Planet Zoo 2 is Frontier’s zoo management sim, now with aquariums, walk-through aviaries and Wildlife Reserves where you release animals back into the wild. Our guide covers how to get it on Steam, Epic Games or the Xbox app, both editions, system requirements, cloud options, the first useful PC mods, and beginner tips.

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Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse for PC: Guide, Mods, Tips & System Requirements

Windows Games
October 15, 2026

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse is a 2D action-exploration game from KONAMI and Evil Empire, where Rose Belmont fights through a burning Paris in 1499. Our guide covers how to get it on Steam or the Xbox app, the free demo, both editions, system requirements, the first useful PC mods, and beginner tips.

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Over the Hill for PC: Guide, Mods, Tips & System Requirements

Windows Games
October 15, 2026

Over the Hill is a calm off-road driving game from Funselektor, the studio behind art of rally, where up to four friends drive classic 4x4s through Canada and Algeria. Our guide covers how to get it on Steam, the Supporter Edition, system requirements, the first useful mods, and beginner tips for steep climbs and stuck trucks.

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Valor Mortis for PC: Guide, Mods, Tips & System Requirements

Windows Games
October 15, 2026

Valor Mortis is a first-person Soulslike from the makers of Ghostrunner, where a resurrected soldier of Napoleon’s army fights plague monsters across a dark alternate Europe. Our guide covers how to get it on Steam or PC Game Pass, the editions, system requirements, the first useful mods, and beginner tips for parrying and surviving the early bosses.

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Hood Warfare 2 for PC: Guide, Tips & System Requirements

Windows Games
October 15, 2026

Hood Warfare 2 is a low-cost multiplayer shooter set in Chicago, where two gangs fight over turf across four maps and six game modes. Our guide covers how to get it on Steam, what each mode does, the system requirements, playing with bots or friends in private matches, and beginner tips for your first matches.

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Microsoft Azure Maia 300 and Cobalt 200: AI Spec Guide

Microsoft Azure
October 14, 2026

Microsoft unveiled its latest frontier AI infrastructure at the OCP Global Summit 2026. Learn how Azure Maia 300 accelerators, Cobalt 200 CPUs, and open hardware specifications improve cloud inference efficiency.

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Surface Pro 12-inch vs 13-inch: Prices, Specs and Which to Buy

Microsoft Surface
October 13, 2026

The new Surface Pro 12-inch is on sale, and both Surface Pro sizes now run Snapdragon X2 chips. Here is how the 12-inch and 13-inch compare on screen, ports, battery and price, and which one to buy.

ArtCraft for Windows: The Free, Open-Source Apps Built to Replace Adobe

Windows Apps
October 12, 2026

ArtCraft is a free, open-source set of Windows apps built to do the jobs of Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Lightroom, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects and Acrobat, plus Office-style apps for documents, spreadsheets and slides. This guide covers what each app does, how to install them with the ArtCraft Launcher, what is free, whether it is legal, and whether the alpha builds are ready to replace your current tools.

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Copilot Notebooks on Windows: How Microsoft’s AI Notebooks Work in OneNote

AI for Windows / Microsoft 365
October 12, 2026

Copilot Notebooks are Microsoft’s AI workspaces inside OneNote and the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows. Add your files, notes and links for a project, then ask Copilot questions, get drafts, study guides and audio overviews based only on your own material. This guide covers who can use them, how to make one, and how they compare with OneNote notebooks and Google’s Gemini Notebook.