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You Might Actually Be Able to Upgrade Your 'Incompatible' Windows 10 PC to Windows 11 for Free. Here's How

If Windows Update says your desktop or laptop doesn't meet the requirements for Windows 11, a bit of work under the hood ...

Why Windows 11 requires a TPM - and how you can get around it

Windows 11 officially requires a Trusted Platform Module. Here's why and what to do if your old PC doesn't have one.

Your Windows 11 PC might be at risk from next month — here's how to stay protected

Windows 11 version 23H2 stops receiving security updates on November 11, 2025. If you're running this version (released in October 2023), your PC will no longer get monthly patches that protect ...

The ‘upskilling tsunami’ is coming—and these professors think an AI-generated professor is a big part of the answer

What if your professor was AI-generated? Georgia Tech's David Joyner and MIT's Anant Agarwal have a course for you from the ...

I spoke with an AMD VP about Windows 10 end of life and transitioning to Windows 11 — here's what you need to know

Windows 10 is mostly dead, and I got a chance to ask AMD's Justin Banta how the company is dealing with the transition to ...
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How We Test Processors

Standardized, repeatable testing underpins everything we review at PCMag. Here's how we evaluate desktop CPUs, from pure ...