Facepalm: Users have long criticized Windows 11 File Explorer as inferior to its Windows 10 predecessor. The essential tool suffers from slow launches, sluggish file searches, and delayed right-click ...

Microsoft is testing a “fix” to Windows 11’s File Explorer, which is supposed to improve its launch performance by preloading it in the background. But how fast is the ‘faster’ File Explorer? The move ...

The Windows Insider Program has evolved tremendously in the last 11 years. For enterprise customers, those changes have been a source of confusion. Recent key leadership shifts suggest more unwelcome ...

With the first Patch Tuesday following Windows 10’s end of support approaching next week, users who continue to run the operating system should enroll in the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program to ...

WASHINGTON—The Internal Revenue Service is officially ending Direct File, the free, government-run tax-filing pilot program that the Biden administration started last year. Instead, the Trump ...

The new program, Direct File, helped low- and moderate-income taxpayers file their returns more easily, and had been expanding. By Tara Siegel Bernard The Internal Revenue Service is shutting down its ...

What just happened? The market for single-board computers continues to expand, creating new opportunities for both Arm- and x86-based products. MSI is launching a new single-board computer aimed at ...

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After launching in late 2024 / early 2025, the Google Store’s Pixel Referral Program is back for the Pixel 10 series. With the launch of the Pixel 10, Google is refreshing the Pixel Referral Program ...

Support for Windows 10 ends today, but that doesn’t have to be the final curtain for the operating system. With Extended Security Updates, you can keep receiving support for up to 10 PCs for one year ...