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This Is the Easiest Way to Set Up Your New Windows PC

Moving files and configuring settings and preferences when setting up a new Windows computer (or after a reset) can be frustrating. But with Windows Backup integrated into Windows’ Out-of-Box ...
NPR

Smoke knows no boundaries: What Canada's fires mean for the U.S. in the future

Paige Fischer was driving to the picturesque Traverse City region along Lake Michigan for a family vacation. But even as she was leaving her home in Ann Arbor this week, the smoke from massive ...
Popular Science

9 settings to change on your Mac

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. You’ve unwrapped your new Mac desktop or laptop and you’re ready ...
Ars Technica

Windows RDP lets you log in using revoked passwords. Microsoft is OK with that.

From the department of head scratches comes this counterintuitive news: Microsoft says it has no plans to change a remote login protocol in Windows that allows people to log in to machines using ...
The Verge

Microsoft is redesigning the Windows BSOD, and it might change to black

Microsoft is testing a new BSOD that drops the frowning face, QR code, and traditional blue color. Microsoft is testing a new BSOD that drops the frowning face, QR code, and traditional blue color. is ...
The New York Times

How A.I. Is Changing the Way the World Builds Computers

The race to build artificial intelligence is driven by little silicon chips called GPUs, which were originally created for video games. A drawing of a GPU chip Tech companies are now packing GPUs — ...
The Verge

Microsoft is replacing Remote Desktop with its new Windows app

The Remote Desktop Connection app that’s built into Windows is sticking around, though. The Remote Desktop Connection app that’s built into Windows is sticking around, though. is a senior editor and ...
The New York Times

How Chinese A.I. Start-Up DeepSeek Is Competing With Silicon Valley Giants

The company built a cheaper, competitive chatbot with fewer high-end computer chips than U.S. behemoths like Google and OpenAI, showing the limits of chip export control. By Cade Metz and Meaghan ...
Scientific American

How Climate Change Could Trigger Earthquakes

Southern Colorado’s Sangre De Cristo Mountains jut up abruptly from the flat expanse of the San Luis Valley. The mountains’ namesake fault system sculpted this imposing geographical transition over ...
Windows Central

How to update audio drivers on Windows 11

On Windows 11, you can make sure that the audio device drivers are up-to-date in more than one way, and in this guide, I will outline the steps to complete this configuration. It's not a secret that ...
Ars Technica

“Windows 365 Link” is Microsoft’s $349 thin client for Windows in the cloud

Microsoft is announcing some new hardware today, but it’s a bit different from a typical Surface device. The Windows 365 Link, which launches in April for $349, is a mini desktop PC that exists ...