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Today, June 30, 2026, Amazon permanently disabled the legacy Kindle for PC app — and unlike most software sunsets, even an already-installed copy will stop authenticating by the end of the day. The ...

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Although this was already a thing in Windows 10, the problem regarding recommended apps became a lot more apparent in Windows 11. Microsoft shows a series of suggestions regarding apps and files that ...