Telemetry is not a four-letter word. You wouldn't know that to listen to the relentless hammering of the technology by Windows 10 critics, who see it as a form of "spying" on the part of Microsoft.

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Microsoft has kept quiet about Windows 11 usage data as it lags behind Windows 10 adoption. Microsoft has kept quiet about Windows 11 usage data as it lags behind Windows 10 adoption. is a senior ...

Microsoft is open-sourcing its cloud-compression algorithm and optimized hardware implementation for cloud storage. Microsoft is contributing that algorithm, known as ""=""> plus the associated ...

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