Windows, Security & Privacy, Open Source and more
Internet users have plenty of options to make their connections more private. Popular choices include content blocking, using VPNs, or disabling services or features that may reveal information about them. However, in rare circumstances, it is the very tools designed to protect users that may reveal information about them. Enter Adbleed Adbleed is a proof-of-concept…
If January was the warm-up, February is the sprint. Microsoft’s second Patch Tuesday of 2026 has arrived with significant urgency, addressing 59 vulnerabilities in total. While the total count is manageable, the severity is high, as it contains six zero-day vulnerabilities that are currently being exploited in the wild. Here is the breakdown of what…
Microsoft revealed recently that it plans to regain the trust of its users and focus in areas such as Windows stability and security. Yesterday, the company announced two new initiatives that it says will strengthen “Windows trust and security through user transparency and consent”. The two features, Windows Baseline Security Mode and User Transparency and…
Ask any PC enthusiast what the most critical component for gaming is, and they will almost certainly say “the graphics card” — but Microsoft begs to differ. In a controversial update to its official Windows Learning Center, the tech giant is now aggressively positioning its AI-centric Copilot+ PCs as the ‘ideal’ hardware for gamers, recommending…
If you have installed the preview update (KB5074105) for Windows 11’s February update, you may have noticed that something is amiss. Opening the Storage part in the Settings app fires an UAC prompt now and some options seem to have been removed. Microsoft says the security prompt is introduced to “ensure that only authorized Windows…
If you are using Chrome and are signed-in to a Google account, you may have received a fair share of requests to sign-in with your account on third-party websites, provided that you do not have an account there already. The main idea is to make sign ups on third-party sites easier and more secure by…
In a few years, hard drives could cross the 100 TB barrier, but at what cost? Western Digital, now rebranded as WD, lifted the veil on a roadmap that it hopes will shatter the 100 terabyte storage barrier by 2029. Announced at its Innovation Day 2026, the strategy leverages a dual-path approach using both Heat-Assisted…
It usually happens in the first five seconds: you click on a video expecting the familiar, expressive voice of your favorite creator, only to be greeted by the flat, sterile drone of a synthetic narrator. That Japanese video game trailer? Has a voice over that sounds like a bored car salesmen from the Midwest. If…
The eBay marketplace offers a treasure trove of sales data, readily available for everyone. It is a great option to find out if your first-press record is worth next to nothing or a fortune. Most Internet users know that they can search on eBay for items and they get a list of sellers that sell…
When Microsoft announced Smart App Control, a feature designed to make Windows more secure by blocking processes the moment they are started, it limited the feature to new systems. You either had to install Windows 11 from scratch or start with a new PC altogether to even get the feature. Worse, once deactivated, you’d never…