The CPU is idle — it's waiting, and Task Manager doesn't show you what it's waiting for.

Marshall Gunnell is a Tokyo-based tech journalist and editor with over a decade of experience covering IT, cybersecurity and data storage. Alongside CNET, his work has appeared in ZDNET, Business ...

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