Microsoft has redesigned all the icons for its various Office applications (officially known as Microsoft 365 apps), this time focusing on color gradients and contrasts. The result? These new ...

It's the first time that the symbols have been updated since 2018—and the new designs are meant to help Microsoft usher in ...

Have you ever stared at a massive Excel spreadsheet, overwhelmed by rows of numbers, wishing there was a faster way to make sense of it all? Here’s the good news: Excel 365’s conditional formatting ...

Apple added the option to customize your home screen icons back in iOS 18, allowing you to make them darker or even tint them based on a color in your wallpaper. Now, though, the company looks to be ...

If you want to customize your Windows XP desktop and add a new, interesting effect, you can make your desktop icons have a background color. You can use the advanced settings of the Appearance menu to ...

Want to switch back to full-color icons? Just repeat steps 1-3, but select Default instead of Clear. iOS 26 also lets you choose between always using Dark icons, automatically switching from Default ...

Making science fascinating to an audience beyond the lab is not always easy. But the winners of the 2008 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge pull it off in impressive style.