On October 1, 2024, Microsoft began the gradual rollout of the Windows 11 2024 Update (version 24H2) for consumers as well as for organizations, and while new releases of the operating system usually focus on new features and improvements for consumers,

Improved branch prediction in Windows 24H2 should help all recent Ryzen CPUs. Initial Recall preview was lambasted for obvious privacy and security failures. The first wave of Snapdragon X Plus and Elite systems are mostly $1,000 and up. It's still bare-bones by most standards, but Notepad has evolved a lot recently.

We didn’t get Windows 12 this year, but the annual update to Microsoft’s flagship desktop operating system still brings several welcome new features. Some of the splashiest additions, including Live Captions and Cocreator image generation,

Windows 11 version 24H2 may seem like just another annual update, but if you think about it, it makes more sense to call it Windows 12.