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We list the best photo recovery apps, to make it simple and easy to restore missing images and other graphics files.

NexPhone wants one handset to cover Android, Debian Linux, and a Windows 11 cloud PC workflow. The idea hinges on docking, but the Windows service details still aren’t pinned down.

Block by boring block.

If you’ve been following our coverage for the last few years, you’ll already know that 2025 is the year that Windows 10 died. Technically. “Died,” because Microsoft’s formal end-of-support date came ...

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