This process is called a clean install, which is ironic as there's nothing particularly clean about it: Microsoft has enshittified Windows Setup.

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Google has released Android 17 in beta for Pixel devices, skipping the usual Developer Preview given the arrival of ...

It's free and open-source.

If you want to de-enshittify Windows 11 but find starting over from scratch to be daunting, then this is for you.

I replaced Windows with Linux, and there's only one feature I miss ...

Kaspersky Threat Intelligence has confirmed that a fully functional malware backdoor is being distributed pre-installed on Android devices.

You’ll soon be able to resume Spotify, Office documents, and browsing sessions from your phone on your PC. You’ll soon be able to resume Spotify, Office documents, and browsing sessions from your ...

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Almost 10 years after the release of the last Windows Phone, there’s hope for those who loved Microsoft's mobile operating system. A new device called NexPhone is set to launch later this year, ...

You can try out the latest from Android right now – but there are caveats ...

Here in the land of Android, we’ve got an almost comical kind of first-world problem: So many new features fly our way so frickin’ often that it’s all too easy to overlook something interesting — or ...