Beyond adding severe workload pressure on kernel maintainers, code generated by black-box AI tools risks polluting the ecosystem with unmaintainable and legally ambiguous bloat.
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Tired of surprise updates, rising subscription fees, and forced AI features? These simple, free software tools will help you reclaim total sovereignty over your data and devices.
Is your daily AI workflow about to get expensive? From aggressive new Google Gemini caps to paywalled coding assistants, here is why the age of unlimited free access is officially over.
Other browsers are obsessed with constant redesigns and cramming features down your throat. Here is how keeping things boring helps Google Chrome dominate the market.
Heavy-handed web regulations are pushing us toward a dystopian future. Shifting filtering directly to the router level fixes the problem without forcing adults to hand over sensitive ID data.
If Windows 11 demands too much from your PC, this nimble Linux distribution might be the perfect remedy to bypass tech giant bloatware.
Microsoft's idea of a Microsoft 365 Family plan: everyone chips in, but only one person gets the fancy AI. Need more Copilot? That'll be another $70. Lovely.
A small Teams change just made a big difference for remote work, and many users will wonder how they managed before.
Big corporations are quick to enforce copyright when it suits them. But is the playing field level for everyone?
Microsoft killed PSR, but an upgraded, smarter Steps Recorder could've been the perfect troubleshooting tool in today's AI era.
Recent report shows that Google's AI Overview reduces clicks by 58%. Here's what that means for both publishers and users:
Everybody is joking how Microsoft needs to stop "vibecoding Windows." But is all of that just a joke from unhappy users, or is there more to it?
Microsoft's latest Patch Tuesday update has been a nightmare for a lot of customers, and more importantly, it has exposed glaring gaps in the company's QA process.
Microsoft's latest Windows 11 introduces new policies to remove Copilot. However, it's not that simple.
Remember when setting up your fresh Windows copy was a fun and quick experience? Our comparison shows how things derailed over time, particularly in Windows 11.
After bearing with a very slow laptop, I tried out Fedora Xfce and the results were staggeringly good.
Microsoft has finally acknowledged that File Explorer in Windows 11 is quite slow, and is implementing a workaround to fix the issue.
Microsoft recently introduced "Hey Copilot" voice activation in Windows 11, and it brings back painful memories of Cortana.
Microsoft 365 has experienced numerous outages this year, with two happening within the span of two days. It's clear that the company needs to improve in this area.
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Windows 10 users may find themselves in tricky situation after upcoming final Patch Tuesday
Windows 10 is reaching its end of life in a week, but that could cause unexpected problems for many users.
With its latest iPhone Air, which is the thinnest iPhone ever made, Apple is trying to solve problems that don't really exist, and that's a problem by itself.
A Caps Lock key is just wasted space on a keyboard, a fossil that Microsoft and keyboard vendors just can't seem to let go.
Do you know Windows still has screen savers? Find out more about that and other obscure Windows features in our latest piece!
Microsoft 365 continues to be an excellent suite for Office applications, but the recent price hike seems unjustified.
Microsoft should do a better job of promoting Clipboard History in Windows to actually improve productivity rather than marketing AI slop.
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Microsoft is finally returning a Windows 10 feature to Windows 11, and I couldn't be happier
After four years, Microsoft has finally decided to restore a popular Windows 10 feature in Windows 11. It should land later today.
Netflix has changed a lot in recent years. Here's a wishlist of some new features Netflix can add to improve our digital lives.
Microsoft Teams is often an exceptional piece of software, but at other times, it's the worst utility in existence that you can't help but hate.
Windows 10 got a lot of stuff right, but it did falter in some areas. Despite the OS being almost 10 years old, some issues continue to linger.
Windows 10 has an ardent fanbase now, but things weren't always this way. When the OS launched back in 2015, there was massive uproar around one word: telemetry.
In anticipation of Windows 10's upcoming tenth anniversary, we reminisce some features that just never took off. Here are 10 of them.
Windows Sandbox is a very nifty piece of virtualization software available by default in Windows for the past six years; many people just don't know about it.
Notepad used to be a simple note-taking app without any distractions. Now it's becoming an ad platform for Copilot.
As I consider upgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 11, I am reminded of days long gone and one particular dying trend.
Microsoft made TPM 2.0 mandatory for Windows 11, but the average user doesn't care or even know about the technology. Microsoft might be selling the wrong story.
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With Microsoft ending support for Windows 10, I am sad we never got this Windows 11 feature
Mainstream support for Windows 10 is drawing to a close, which makes me sad because it means that we'll never get some useful Windows 11 functionalities in this OS.
The Play Store has plenty of great apps, but some of the best ones are outside it. Here are 5 I use every day.
The Start menu is an iconic Windows UX, but it just doesn't fit in my workflow at all. I can't remember the last time I actually used it.
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It's been four years, and I still don't have a strong enough reason to upgrade to Windows 11
I use both Windows 10 and Windows 11 on a daily basis, but I don't think Microsoft has offered compelling enough reasons in the past four years to make Windows 11 my sole daily driver.
Obsidian Entertainment recently gave a deep-dive preview of The Outer Worlds 2, sparking a fresh debate over the new $80 price tag. Has it gone too far?
Windows 11's big performance boost is finally available for all
Popular Windows 11 file manager Files gets improved tags, layouts, and new OneDrive icon
Microsoft: Windows 11 KB5094126, KB5093998 finally stops trusting a critical system threat
