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Meet Windows 11’s Dev Drive, the gaming speed trick hiding in plain sight

You might be inclined to blame insufficient graphics performance for a Windows system’s failure to hit its limit during gaming. But often it’s memory and file access that slow things down. This is precisely where a so-called “dev drive” can help. This refers to a volume introduced by Microsoft based on ReFS (Resilient File System). A dev drive is optimized for many simultaneous accesses to…
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Smart TV vs. streaming box: Which is better in 2026?

Buying a new TV and a new streaming device used to be separate decisions, as televisions didn’t always come with adequate smart TV software. These days, though, it’s virtually impossible to buy a television that isn’t a smart TV, with Roku, Fire TV, or other streaming…
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AMD is bringing FSR 4 to older Radeon cards, but you’ll have to wait

FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) is AMD’s alternative to upscaler tech like Nvidia DLSS, and it’s pretty good. But the latest frame generation goodies in FSR 4 are only available to the latest Radeon 9000-series cards on the RDNA 4 architecture, a move that has rankled gamers using older but still powerful Radeon 7000 and 6000 cards. Today, AMD is officially changing its tune… but it’ll…
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Using Functional AI to Automate Document Workflows

A recent study conducted by Nitro found that 75-95% of the employees and executives surveyed use AI for document processing—including data extraction, PDF tasks, and contract summaries.To reinforce the importance of providing teams with the right AI tool for the right job…
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Copilot is replacing Edge’s browser history with AI slop

Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: PCWorld reports that Microsoft Edge’s new AI-driven ‘Journeys’ feature is replacing traditional browser history with AI summaries that often omit direct website links. This change frustrates users by hindering their ability to find specific previously visited sites, removing the autonomy provided by conventional browsing tools. Microsoft is…
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Lenovo’s new ThinkPad pairs Ryzen AI 400 with something rare: repairability

Lenovo’s latest ThinkPad X13 Gen 7 helps mark the debut of AMD’s next-gen Ryzen AI 400 laptop processor, the last of the 2026 mobile platforms. The ultralight, configurable productivity laptop earns a top score from iFixit for repairability and upgrades. A pound might not be that much in the gym, but on your back its significance is magnified almost exponentially. Lenovo’s latest ThinkPad…
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