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For the second time in 2025, Tomb Raider studio Crystal Dynamics has been hit with a wave of "necessary" layoffs.... Read more

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's creative director has alluded to more being created for the popular RPG. This isn't surprising to me, but I do wonder where the story will go from here.... Read more

Xbox Insiders are getting new options for Cloud gaming and playing PC titles with Xbox Game Pass Core and Standard.... Read more

Helldivers 2 is now available on Xbox, so test your knowledge and see how many of these questions you can get right!... Read more

Sledgehammer Games' Call of Duty: WWII was added to the Microsoft Store at the end of June, only to be removed on July 4 due to RCE hacks. 41 days later, WWII is back on the storefront.... Read more

Following Helldivers 2's release on Xbox earlier this week, the game has enjoyed a colossal surge of players on the new platform as well as on Steam.... Read more

Microsoft Edge is testing background playback on Android, letting you listen to videos without paying for YouTube Premium.... Read more

Microsoft recently indicated that the 'Enroll Now' button, which allows users to sign up for the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program, will appear for Windows 10 users before the operating system's cutoff.... Read more

Intel’s Core i5-14600K is now just $149, and it comes with Battlefield 6 and a creator bundle worth $195. This might be the best CPU deal of the year.... Read more

Xbox Game Studios and Obsidian Entertainment invited me to preview The Outer Worlds 2, and I'm even more excited to play this sci-fi RPG at launch now.... Read more

Struggling to connect to L2TP VPN on Windows 11? You are not alone. This often occurs because Windows 11 has stricter security settings that can clash with the older L2TP/IPsec protocol. The good news is that this is usually fixable by tweaking some specific settings on the device. In this... Read more

This post explains how to use GitHub Spark to create web apps. The market today is flooded with AI-powered coding assistants — from tools that autocomplete lines of code to platforms that generate frontend mockups in seconds. But most of them stop halfway. Enter GitHub Spark: a groundbreaking tool that... Read more

The error message “Insufficient permission to access file” in VMware Workstation usually arises when the software does not have the necessary permissions to read or modify important virtual machine (VM) files (such as .vmx or .vmdk). This lack of access can hinder operations like starting, migrating, or restoring a VM.... Read more

Proteins are dynamic molecules. Their structure and shape are not static. They keep changing their shape, a phenomenon known as Protein Dynamics. Proteins play an important role in almost all biological processes in humans and other organisms. Microsoft has developed Biomolecular Emulator-1 (BioEmu-1), a deep learning model designed to decode... Read more

We noticed a very peculiar issue where even after changing the Boot order in BIOS, we were not able to boot from the other boot device; instead, it defaulted to booting from the Windows Boot Manager. This issue is usually due to firmware limitations, hardware conflicts, or software restrictions. In... Read more

In this post, we’ll show you how to lock your Windows 11 PC remotely using an Android phone. Microsoft is rolling out a new update to the Link to Windows app that now includes the ability to remotely lock your PC from anywhere, as long as it’s connected to the... Read more

In this tutorial, we will show you how to enable or disable Text and Image generation for Apps in Windows 11. The Text and image generation feature in Windows uses on-device generative AI technologies to respond to requests quickly. With this new feature, you can allow third-party apps to use... Read more

The MBOX Import/Export option can be greyed out due to several key reasons, with administrative restrictions via Group Policy being a primary cause in corporate environments. This issue also frequently stems from a corrupted Outlook profile, conflicts with installed add-ins, or a mismatch between the system’s non-Unicode language setting and... Read more

I opened Outlook a couple of days back and noticed that some of my emails had been deleted without my consent. This is a very peculiar and annoying issue, as most of us use MS Outlook as our work email client, and losing important emails can have serious repercussions. Therefore,... Read more

If you want to change your default hard drive from C: to D:, read this post. We will guide you through the step-by-step process of doing this on a Windows 11/10 PC. By default, Windows installs programs, saves files, and stores user data on the C: drive. When it fills... Read more

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Even wearing the hefty Apple Watch Ultra has been more practical for me than the three different smart rings I've tested.... Read more

At $799, the entry-level flagship doesn't fix what isn't broken, but includes a handful of new AI features.... Read more

Google: Search traffic is fine. Also Google: OK, we'll show more site links in AI Mode.... Read more

I tested the the best digital notebooks to see which ones actually make it easier to capture ideas without paper clutter.... Read more

From backpacks to keychains, the best Bluetooth trackers make it easy to keep tabs on your essentials during the busy back-to-school season.... Read more

I tested the best gaming speakers to find options that deliver big sound without draining your wallet.... Read more

Right now, when you buy a 98-inch QN90F or 100-inch QN80F from Samsung, you'll get a free 65-inch Crystal UHD U8000F. Here's what to know.... Read more

Apple's 2025 software update for AirPods Max finally addresses one of the product's most notable shortcomings.... Read more

Pebblebee's Clip breaks new ground as the first tracker that can tap into both Google's and Apple's vast Find My networks.... Read more

Sony's new InZone H9 II gaming headphones deliver impressive spatial audio and ANC, but one feature in particular makes them appeal to anyone.... Read more

As a follow up to yesterday’s alert to clarify something I’ve seen referred to in the forums.  Microsoft released an out-of-band update for Windows 11 23H2 on August 18, KB5066189. This update does not fix the SSD issue I referred to yesterday. Furthermore, I do not feel that this update... Read more

By Susan Bradley Be very careful with updates this month. KB5063878, an August 12 “routine” security update, seems to have sparked a potentially serious problem. I’ll get into that in a second, but the key takeaway is that I’m not lowering the MS-DEFCON level to 4 or 5, as I... Read more

ISSUE 22.34 • 2025-08-25 SOFTWARE By Mary Branscombe Skype can no longer be your phone number, but you can still make calls and your Skype credit is safe — even though the experience is annoying Thanks to the popularity of Google Voice, WhatsApp, and Zoom, Microsoft announced back in February... Read more

PUBLIC DEFENDER By Brian Livingston For many years, security software has run in Windows’ so-called kernel mode. This privileged execution level gives Windows — and any other software running in that mode — total control over your computer. But apps having this much power can be disastrous for your system... Read more

WINDOWS 11 By Lance Whitney Microsoft offers a couple of modern methods to back up and restore your files in Windows. Here are the tools I use and how I use them. Backing up your Windows folders, files, and settings is always important. If something goes awry with Windows or... Read more

ON SECURITY By Susan Bradley We still don’t have great tools to help us understand whether our computers have been attacked and, if so, what the attack did. A recent post in the forums reminded me of that. It’s true for both Windows and Mac PCs. For all the telemetry... Read more

I watched an interesting presentation yesterday about the risk of Copilot (slides here). One of the interesting concepts was that having the free version of Copilot was actually the safest option — because it was so limited. Unlike the business versions that enable and expose a lot, the free version... Read more

Apple is out with its Patch Wednesday, releasing the following: iOS 18.6.2 and iPadOS 18.6.2 iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini... Read more

One of the most fraught issues you may face in migrating from Windows 10 to Windows 11 is finding a printer driver. I have an older Canon printer (looks like an HP) that was installed on a Windows 10 machine with a generic PCL 6 style driver. I am now... Read more

Beware of headlines. Windows 11’s Latest Security Update Is Reportedly Causing Several SSD Failures When Writing a Large Number of Files at Once https://cybersecuritynews.com/windows-11-24h2-security-update/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidphelan/2025/08/17/windows-11-latest-update-more-critical-issues-now-emerging-report-claims/ I’ve seen these reports of SSD failures after the August updates for Windows 11 24H2. But I am not seeing them in my testing, nor... Read more