Age verification laws are moving from adult websites straight to your operating system—and putting your anonymity at risk.

Answer: If you held onto Windows 10 after Microsoft ended free support last October, you just got some unexpected breathing room. Microsoft has extended its Extended Security Updates program, known as ...

Spread the loveAh, the virtual background. It’s gone from a niche tech trick to an absolute staple of our online lives, hasn’t it? Whether you’re trying to hide a mountain of laundry, project a ...

Sift Edge keeps aerospace hardware testing data safe during power or network outages with local telemetry capture and cloud ...

Happy Friday! We close out July with a delightfully short Ask Paul ahead of a weekend that can't happen quickly enough.

OneDrive Photos arrived through an update, groups the faces in your pictures, and asks you to identify them—even though Microsoft says the preview is meant for Windows Insiders.

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Microsoft’s default Windows 11 apps often fall short. These six apps make a better PC experience.

Nadella’s confirmation comes months after a report from Fortune revealed that Microsoft is working on a super app that blends ...

Endstate reinstalls your software and brings back your custom preferences in one go. Would you use an open-source tool like ...

Microsoft's Windows 11 insider builds let you preview and try upcoming new features and settings. Here are my five favorites this year so far and how you can check them out.