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One of the handier features on new cars is the ability to remotely unlock and start them. Microsoft is adding the opposite — the ability to remotely lock your PC — to its Windows toolkit.

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Mozilla is bringing all kinds of new features and improvements with the latest Firefox 141 update, including the ability to organize tag groups with the help of AI and use the address bar as a unit converter.

In addition, the developers have addressed several security vulnerabilities per usual, in both Firefox and Firefox ESR versions.

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The niche, privacy-focused Brave browser will now block Microsoft’s controversial Recall function by default, the company said this week. But you really don’t need Brave to do it yourself, either.

Microsoft Recall is Microsoft’s otherwise useful tool

For me, the biggest difference between a “gaming” mouse or keyboard and a regular one is the software. Gaming accessories need a lot more customization options, and preferably a tool that lets you change settings automatically for each game. But mouse maker Endgame Gear distributed a little something extra with its mouse software: a remote access trojan.

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A brand-new Kindle Paperwhite will run you at least $160—more if you don’t want lockscreen ads—and it rarely goes on sale. When it does go on sale, the price doesn’t drop much. So being able to grab a Kindle Paperwhite for just $107 is a pretty sweet deal.

But there’s a catch here: this is a “Like

Microsoft has released update KB5062660 for Windows 11 24H2, and that means the iconic “Blue Screen of Death” has officially been replaced by the long-awaited “Black Screen of Death” (which coincidentally shared the same BSOD

If you’re looking to speed up your PC, you should consider using two SSDs instead of one. One way to do this is to configure the two drives in a RAID 0 array. This allows the read and write speeds of both SSDs to be combined, resulting in impressive benchmark results. Another way is using one SSD for

Launched in 2001, Windows XP is still considered by many to be one of the best things Microsoft ever made, and it was a real loss when it was officially discontinued in 2014. Now, one project by Reddit user ducbao414 (spotted by

If you’ve used your computer during an electrical storm, you know that it can be a tense experience as you sit tight for the storm to finish, all the while not knowing if your PC components will short circuit or zap you when components burn out.

There’s nothing in a PC user manual about what to do in that situation. So, is it all a myth? Are fears about dam