How to use Google Messages on your laptop or desktop

Open a browser and go to Google Messages. Sign in with your Google account details. When you enter your Google login ...
PC Gamer

Windows 10 might be a goner but there are still some ancient icon relics inside Windows 11 that date all the way back to Windows 95

A few of the weird, wonderful and often ancient icons that can be found in the Windows System32 folder to this very day. (Image credit: Microsoft) The System32 folder in the main Windows directory, ...
PC Gamer

Google and Qualcomm are prepping 'desktop' Android to enable 'mobile and PC' in one device, but should Windows and x86 be afraid?

So, Google and Qualcomm are bigging up what's basically a desktop version of the former's Android OS for smartphones (via 9to5Google). The idea, apparently, is to fuse "mobile and PC" into a single ...
UPI

Google: Gemini AI chatbot now for free to all U.S. users

Sept. 18 (UPI) --Google announced Thursday that its artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini now will be available to all Mac and Windows desktop users in the United States without a subscription. In ...
gadgets360

Google Search App for Windows Launched With Spotlight-Like Features

Google’s new Windows search app, available via Search Labs, launches with Alt + Space to quickly search files, Google Drive, and the web. Installing like Chrome and requiring sign-in, the app also ...
Ars Technica

Google’s experimental Windows app is better than Microsoft’s built-in search

Google has so many products that it can be near-impossible to keep track. And yet, the company has rarely created desktop apps to go with those services. There are a handful, like Drive and Quick ...
The Verge

Microsoft releases lightweight Office taskbar apps for Windows 11

The new Microsoft 365 companion apps provide quick access to contacts, file search, and calendar. The new Microsoft 365 companion apps provide quick access to contacts, file search, and calendar. is a ...
TweakTown

Google Chrome is reportedly checking whether your Windows 10 PC can be upgraded to Windows 11

TL;DR: With Windows 10 support ending in October 2025, Google's Chrome browser is reportedly now tracking PC eligibility for Windows 11 upgrades (using anonymized data). This appears to be an effort ...
Windows Central

How to show app labels in the Taskbar for Windows 11

On Windows 11, you can display labels for apps in the Taskbar, and in this guide, I'll walk you through how to enable this configuration quickly and easily. In earlier versions of the operating system ...
Ars Technica

Google is bringing every Android game to Windows in big gaming update

The annual Game Developers Conference is about to kick off, and even though Stadia is dead and buried, Google has a lot of plans for games. It’s expanding tools that help PC developers bring premium ...
GitHub

No pin prompt for native windows smart card UI in outlook

Using reader with a card: QEMU QEMU USB CCID 0 3b:7a:18:00:00:73:66:74:65:20:63:64:31:34:34 minidriver reg entry Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ...
GitHub

[Problem/Bug]: Webview2 WPF does not show Windows PIN Credential Box with OKTA Authentication

We are utilizing WebView2 within our application and are encountering an issue with Windows Hello authentication in conjunction with OKTA. Specifically, the PIN prompt is not being triggered, and the ...