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The history of Tiny11 goes back many years. So far back, in fact, that it actually predates Windows 11; it was previously known as Tiny10. The idea is that you get a streamlined version of Microsoft's desktop operating system, reducing bloat without cutting out anything that's crucial to the user experience. A lot of the preinstalled Windows 11 apps are cut out from the Tiny11 experience, for example. These include Mail, Calendar, Alarms, Weather, and even Solitaire. You don't get the Media Player, you don't get Microsoft Edge, and you don't get the OneDrive integration. This makes it worth a

Image 1 of 2 Our Editor-in-Chief, Daniel Rubino, was among the first in the world to test the new Surface Laptop 8 privacy screen, and he shared some insights into why it's different from other laptop implementations. As Rubino explains, Surface takes a similar approach to what Samsung did with its Galaxy S26 Ultra. The best part about Microsoft/Samsung's approach is that the privacy screen doesn't harm brightness, color reproduction, or contrast. Rubino tested 100% sRGB, 89% AdobeRGB, and 100% P3 color reproduction using a colorimeter with and without the privacy screen enabled. It was also a

Copilot for Gaming on PC has also seen a change, becoming a confusing mixture of "Game assist," "Microsoft Edge Game Assist," or both; I can't figure out the reasoning. I plan to revisit Microsoft's gaming AI on PC in the near future to see how (if at all) it has improved since my last test, but in the meantime, I was more interested in what our readers think of AI in gaming. I wasn't just interested in the Xbox and mobile implementations of AI; I asked about opinions on literally any form of AI assistance in gaming, whether it be built-in helpers queried with voice or text, AI monitors that s