It’s true that deadly wildfires have swept through large sections of California in recent weeks. It’s, however, not true that Bliss Hill — the lush, green hill best known as Windows XP’s default ...

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Despite a rumor swirling across social media, the iconic "Windows Hill" — the picturesque landscape prominently featured on the old Windows XP operating system — did not burn in the North Bay fires.

Some photographs are so ubiquitous that it’s hard to imagine they were taken by a regular, boring old human being before being used in product designs or advertising campaigns so huge that they’re ...