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It's Windows Modern Standby, one of the stupidest choice Microsoft ever made. Basically the laptop stays on to connect to the Internet to still receive mail and notifications.

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MacBooks also have this or something like it. You can ping the MacBook with find my even if it’s been asleep for ages.

MacOS does that too, it's called Power Nap. You can turn it off, though.

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