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Dr Ann Kelleher, the executive vice president at Intel responsible for developing Intel’s fabrication technologies since 2020, announced plans to retire sometime later this year after three decades at the company, Intel toldTom’s Hardware. The announcement comes five months after the company had revealeda succession plan. Kelleher will stay on as an advisor. Kelleher will be succeeded by Naga Chandrasekaran, who will be responsible for the development and implementation of semiconductor manufacturing processes....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict The latest X1 Carbon model ups the ante by dropping the weight down to unprecedented lows while improving the battery life and offering a best-in-class productivity experience. Light weight Strong performance Excellent keyboard and TrackPoint Plenty of ports Tinny sound Competitors have longer battery life No 64GB RAM option Why you can trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you....

A Texas couple has shared expansive details of their home. But why wouldTom’s Hardwarebe interested? Because software engineer Kenton Varda and entrepreneur Jade Wang’slanparty.housewebsite boasts that they “built our house for LAN parties.” The high-tech Austin home is stuffed with 22 muscular modern gaming PCs, oodles of servers, and bucketfuls of supporting tech. Also, to prevent your body and peepers from seizing up after long LAN party sessions, there is a Dance Dance Revolution room and a 30-mile-view roof deck for the family and guests....

Usually, when your Macbook starts to feel slow and clunky, thekernel_taskprocess can be considered a pretty strong culprit with its high CPU usage. This is because thekernel_taskis actually designed to manage your computer’s core temperature after it exceeds a certain threshold. Thekernel_taskis at the center of a Macbook’s operating system. It consists of several small but important functions to ensure that your computer is operating at full capacity. However, that being said, you might still notice that this process is taking a significant amount of CPU usage and memory....

In response to customer and regulatory officials’ concerns,Microsofthas changed how itsRecall snapshot featurewill work. The change comes ahead of the June 18 debut of the new Copilot+ PCs, making the Recall feature opt-in and enhancing the security protocols protecting the data. When Microsoft introduced the suite of AI features that madeCopilot+ laptopsunique, early testers quickly learned that the Recall feature was enabled by default. Recall takes periodic snapshots of your desktop every few seconds....

Microsoftis experimenting with a ‘Drag Tray’ that appears when you drag a file in File Explorer, making it easier to share via email or Phone Link. X (formerly Twitter) userphantomofearthdiscovered this hidden functionality in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.4805. However, this feature is not included in Microsoft’srelease notes, so it’s likely something that’s not available to all users. You can also try this for yourself by running ViVeTool, typing in “/enable /id:45624564,53397005”, and then reboot your PC....

Copilot is one of the most important applications poweringMicrosoft’s new vision forWindows 11. However, in an attempt to get more people on board withCopilotand Microsoft’s newCopilot+ PCs, Windows is stripping away the current “Win + C” hotkey that opens the Copilot sidebar app right now on Windows 11 23H2 and 24H2.Patch notes for Windows 11 Insider Preview build 22635.3785reveal that the Win + C keyboard shortcut has been removed from this build of Windows, confirming that this change will be making its way to Windows 11 as a whole later this year....

Microsoftfinally pulled the plug on WordPad. The company no longer includes it withWindows 11 24H2,which started rolling out yesterday. It officially gets added to the ‘Deprecated Feature’ list, indicating it’s no longer available. Though there would be certain users who may not appreciate this handy rich word app being removed, it was inevitable as the previousWindows 11 Canary Buildexcluded it. Like many software companies, Microsoft removes many older features and functions to make a more streamlined operating system and to make way for new features....

Microsofthas quietly discontinued its Project Natick underwater data center (UDC) experiment, which began in 2013. The company confirmed the news withDatacenterDynamics, with Head of Microsoft’s Cloud Operations + Innovation Noelle Walsh saying, “I’m not building subsea data centers anywhere in the world.” She later added, “My team worked on it, and it worked. We learned a lot about operations below sea level and vibration and impacts on the server. So, we’ll apply those learning to other cases....

Paint 3D, which was once billed as the modernized replacement of the classicMicrosoftPaint app, is ironically getting the axe just seven years after its launch. Some users who open the app have found a banner under the toolbar saying, “Paint 3D won’t be available in the Microsoft Store or receive future updates starting on July 23, 2025.” Microsoft built the Paint 3D app with a focus on 3D modeling. But aside from that, it also introduced layers, transparency effects, background removal, PNG support, and more....

Microsoftwill end support for Windows 10 in exactly one year, marking a significant milestone as the operating system reaches its end-of-life (EOL). This means no moresecurityupdates, technical support, or bug fixes. Users continuing with Windows 10 after this date risk increased exposure to security vulnerabilities as the system will no longer be patched. Notably, the latest data fromStatCountersuggest that Windows 10 is still in demand with a 62.7% market share, whileWindows 11has only reached 33% adoption three years after its launch....

Further investigation suggests this is likely a global issue, as the same tiers remain inaccessible for several regions. Last year, NvidiaintroducedDay Passes, which provide 24-hour access to Nvidia’s high-performance machines without the commitment of a long-term subscription. Likewise, Nvidia also offers one-month and six-month memberships. These one-month and six-month plans are divided into Free (Basic Rig with Ads), Premium (1440p + RTX ), and Ultimate (4K HDR + 240 FPS + RTX) packages....

Why you can trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about how we test. HDR Performance Our HDR benchmarking usesPortrait Displays’Calman software. To learn about our HDR testing, see our breakdown ofhow we test PC monitors. The MPG271QRX responds automatically to HDR10 signals from games or video with two special picture modes, True Black 400 and Peak 1000 Nits....