This year’s major Windows 11 update is here for you to try
The major Windows 11 update for 2024 is now available for you to try out — but unless you have an unreleased Windows Copilot+ PC, you won’t be able to receive the […]
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Windows 10 gets its first beta in three years
The bell is tolling for Windows 10, with the much-loved operating system going out of official support in October of next year. But with hundreds of millions of users still on the […]
Over 40 years later, Windows’ Notepad finally has spell check
Earlier this year, Microsoft killed WordPad—the free and surprisingly capable built-in word processor that debuted in Windows 95. For this, they must be punished. Yet while Microsoft taketh away, they also giveth. […]
Windows SmartScreen has been compromised for years
You know that warning that pops up every time you want to install a new app in Windows? The one that sometimes prevents you from doing it when an app seems a […]
These PC games reignited my faith in community after years of toxicity
Loading up the space shooter Helldivers 2 on PC for the first time, I found myself catapulted into the frantic action on the surface of an alien planet with not a clue […]
After 15 years, the World Wide Web Foundation is closing its doors
Last week, the World Wide Web Foundation announced in an open letter (PDF) that it would be “winding down” and “closing [its] virtual doors” after 15 years of working to make the […]
Mozilla celebrates 20 years with Firefox 132, blocks third-party cookies
Firefox launched long ago on November 9, 2004, which means we’re just over one week out from the browser’s 20th anniversary. Who knew that a spiritual successor to Netscape Navigator would last […]
Microsoft is officially killing Windows Mail and Calendar by year’s end
Users of three older Microsoft apps will soon have to get ready for a changeover. As the company announced in a support document, the Windows Mail, Calendar, and People apps will no […]
Scientists create diamond battery that can last thousands of years
According to a University of Bristol press release, a team of scientists and engineers have made a significant breakthrough, successfully creating the world’s first carbon-14 diamond battery. Based on the same radioactive […]
Why I’m still using my Vive Pro for VR, six years later
As a tech journalist, it’s rare that I get the chance to evangelize for old technology, but today I’m going to take a shot at it. While my colleagues have upgraded their […]