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Windows heads into the cloud • After the success of Azure and Office 365, will Windows 365 be the new normal for Microsoft’s operating system?
Twitter puts bounty on spotting algorithmic bias • To make sure instances of bias don’t recur, Twitter offered cash rewards to those identifying bugs
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Will Britain’s “right to repair” law fix anything? • A new law is designed to make it easier to mend broken tech, but experts say it doesn’t go far enough. James O’Malley fixes his attention to it
The A-List • The best products on the market, as picked by our editors
Rendered speechless by deepfake speech • Bad news for voice actors: if the tech firms have their way, this decade’s documentaries and films will be voiced by AI
Physical cash should never be obsolete • Paying with a wave of a phone or card is convenient, but Covid-19 won’t wipe out cash payments
The secret security firm that you pay for • Why won’t the Home Office reveal more about the mysterious Vivace? Unlike the Ministry of Defence, if I could tell you I would
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Readers’ comments • Your views and feedback from email and the web
Readers’ poll • Windows 11 will be arriving soon – see our main feature on p26 for advice on how to prepare – but will PC Pro’s readers be upgrading?
Get ready for Windows 11 • Barry Collins shows how to prepare your PC for the first new version of Windows in five years
THE TRUE STORY BEHIND THE IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER • The industry-creating IBM Personal Computer 5150 turns 40 inOctober. Tomark the occasion, Tim Danton reveals the story of its birth–and destroys one long-running myth in the process
HOW TO TRACK ANYTHING • Whether you’ve lost your phone, your laptop or your pets, technology can find out where the yare. Nik Rawlinson goes in search of tracking solutions
8 things you never knew about PCI EXPRESS • To most of us, PCI Express just means that big old slot where your graphics card sits. Darien Graham-Smith discovers that this ingenious interconnect has hidden depths
Norton 360 Premium 2021 • Two years of protection for up to ten family devices for just £24.99, saving 86% on the RRP
Samsung GalaxyZ Fold3 5G • It’s third time lucky for the Fold, with a more durable design and thoroughly likeable form factor
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Lenovo Yoga AIO 7 (27in AMD) • Ano-bar PC that exudes the right places quite perfect
MSI Modern AM241P 11M • This compact all-in-one has decent performance and good connectivity, but important caveat apply
MSI Summit E13 Flip Evo • A powerful ultraportable with a superb screen and even better battery life – and it flips for good measure
Samsung Galaxy Book Go • A budget 14in Windows laptop with a Snapdragon CPU, a 4G modem and a few too many flaws
HP Pavilion 14 (2021) • A delightful notebook for a surprisingly low price: only the lacklustre display gives away its budget
Asus Chromebox 4 • Capable, affordable and packed with features, butit falls short of mini PC perfection
Epson EcoTank ET-8550 • A versatile six-colour A3 ink tank printer that prints photos well and is good value – if you print in volume
Asus TUF Gaming VG28UQL1A • One of the new wave of HDMI 2.1 gaming monitors, there’s much to like here – apart from the price
Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 • A super...