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Update 8/24/202o: After a few weeks in beta, the new Your App update is rolling out publicly for Windows 10, and it looks like Microsoft is extending

The latest Windows 10 update appears to be running the automatic hard drive optimization process more often than it needs to. While this is a necessar

Windows 10 users can customize their desktops with unique themes, and are able to create and share those themes with others. Hackers can also use them

The Windows 10 September 2020 update finally fixes the overzealous Drive Optimization behavior that put SSDs at risk. Unfortunately, it also introduce

I know, I know. The temptation is great, if you’re a DIY PC-building enthusiast who is tired of watching your games stutter when you crank them to “Ul

Some Lenovo laptops owners will soon have a solution for a serious Windows 10 bug that has been causing a slew of crashes and system startup problems.

When you spend hundreds of dollars on a top-of-the-line graphics card, the last thing you want to deal with is countless crashes whenever you use it.

If you don’t like Bing, then you must really hate the Windows 10 Start menu’s web search. You may even have it disabled entirely. We don’t blame you,

AMD officially announced its brand-new Zen 3 Ryzen CPUs today, and gave graphics-starved gamers a little taste of what they can expect from the releas

Since we can only have Halloween parties in Animal Crossing nowadays, I would’ve written off my favorite month were it not for one big milestone dropp

The Windows 10 May 2020 update made using Chrome a lot more difficult for some users—myself included. For months, people have reported unwanted sign-o

Edge Chromium started out as a respectable alternative to Google Chrome on Windows, but it didn’t take long for Microsoft to turn it into a nuisance.

There’s really no reason to have Adobe Flash sitting around anymore. Nobody uses it, modern web browsers will rid themselves of it by the start of nex

Windows: PlayStation 5 owners can now use their PS5’s DualSense controllers to play PC games on Steam. Valve’s most recent Steam beta adds full compat

It’s one of the best times of the year if you’ve been thinking about upgrading your PC. Odds are good that you can score great deals on components fro

Ready for more Windows 10 features? Microsoft is now testing out a new “feature experience” program that’ll slap tiny little extras into Windows 10 ou

Who would have thought that one of the more useful troubleshooting tools in Windows 10—good ol’ chkdsk—would itself become wrapped up in a paralyzing

If you woke up last week and found a drone under your tree (or more likely, in a cardboard box wherever you receive package deliveries) you probably c

Whether you have a brand-new Windows laptop or you’re giving your PC a little TLC in the form of a new reinstallation of Windows 10, setting up your o

One of the conveniences of playing games through Steam is the app’s built-in controller support. The client automatically recognizes dozens of control

I didn’t use Windows 10's search feature often, because I didn’t find it very useful. By default, it’s handy to look up an app in a pinch or skip to a

Hackers are exploiting a strange bug that lets a simple text string ‘corrupt’ your Windows 10 or Windows XP computer’s hard drive if you extract a ZIP

You can now install YouTube as a progressive web app (PWA) on Windows. What does this mean? PWAs are like desktop shortcuts to websites that run in th

Want to try out the latest major feature update for Windows 10? If you don’t mind living on the wild side with a beta—something you might not want to

Laptops manufacturers typically try to strike a balance between power, battery life, and heat concerns for a device’s default settings. Since everyone

Microsoft is adding Auto HDR to Windows 10. The new setting, borrowed from the Xbox Series X/S, adds HDR (High-Dynamic Range) color and brightness lev

There’s nothing like coming back to your Windows PC to find that everything’s been refreshed. None of your apps are open. Your web browser tabs are go

Microsoft is changing up the legacy icons of its popular operating system. You’ve already seen some of these changes hit classic Windows 10 apps like

Nothing against Windows 10, but if you want to simplify it a bit by giving it the Chromebook treatment—tweaking various settings and UI elements to ma

You don’t need a fancy app to shut down your computer at a certain time in Windows 10, but having one on hand doesn’t hurt. A quick line dropped into

A new version of Nvidia’s GeForce Experience software is available now. The update is packed with new features, expanded device and game support, and

We all know Fitbit’s smartwatches track your daily physical activity, but they can now help you track your stress levels, too. Fitbit recently announc

According to numerous reports, Windows 10 updates KB5000842 and KB5001330 cause annoying performance bugs for games running in windowed modes. Per Mic

Having multiple displays is a great productivity boost when you’re streaming, editing, or trying to distract yourself with a show in the background wh

Windows 10’s News and Features feed for your taskbar is rolling out now as part of the operating system’s KB5001391 system update. Like Microsoft’s Ne

Microsoft is rolling out an Outlook update to fix a strange bug for Microsoft 365 users that’s causing email text to disappear as it’s typed and incom

The recent Firefox 89 update overhauls the browser’s desktop interface and introduces several welcome quality of life tweaks and expanded data privacy

If you’ve updated to Chrome OS 91, there are a few hidden features you can turn on, including a new trash can folder and a more convenient interface f

An unfinished build of what is assumed to be Windows 11 leaked online, and people are installing it. Based on early impressions, it looks like Windows

Windows 11 was officially unveiled this week, and many eager users are checking to see if their PCs can run the upcoming OS with Microsoft’s Windows H

After the design overhaul of Firefox 89, the version 90 update is comparatively timid. But it focuses on two important things—privacy and tracker bloc

If you’ve enabled automatic updates on Windows 10, you’ve probably noticed the addition of a new—and rather annoying—weather and news widget in the ta

Chrome OS users have reported a severe bug in the latest system update that locks them out of their Chromebooks. For some reason, Chrome OS fails to r

If you’ve been playing Xbox games on Windows 10, whether through Game Pass or otherwise, there’s a good chance you’re receiving notifications every ti

For all the discourse and debate surrounding Mac versus PC, Chromebooks remain the no-brainer choice for many, especially students heading back to sch

Alt+Tab is one of Windows 10's best shortcuts. It allows you to not only switch between apps, but to see a preview of all your open windows so you can

Data encryption makes it nearly impossible for someone to access a protected file without the proper decryption key or password. Many apps use encrypt

Not all users are equal in Windows. Without administrator access, you can use the computer, but you aren’t allowed to install certain apps or perform

Chrome’s new tab groups is a polarizing subject among users, but Google continues to bolster the feature with new capabilities that make it worth tryi

Microsoft’s strict hardware requirements for the upcoming Windows 11 have left many users behind, but it turns out there’s a way to install the new OS

There’s a lot of hype around how many cores a device’s CPU (aka Central Processing Unit) has. It’s common to hear people say that more cores equals mo

Security vulnerabilities are an inevitable part of digital life. Google recently discovered 11 for Chrome—two of which are in the wild and active—and

After all the news, hype, and previews, Microsoft’s Windows 11 is finally here. You’re likely excited to update your Windows 10 machine to experience

The Microsoft Store has struggled in the past to garner approval from its users. It has had a reputation for being dysfunctional—or missing critical a

A good computer is understandably expensive, but it sometimes feels like it isn’t worth the sticker price. After a few years of use, many laptops and

If you hate digging through Windows 11’s menus to find a tool or setting tucked away in the Control Panel or System Settings, try turning on the hidde