Between roller-coaster tariffs and inflation, it's too easy today to overpay. Here’s my proven playbook for landing the right ...

Microsoft Threat Intelligence provides analysis of a ClickFix campaign that uses fake CAPTCHA prompts, DLL sideloading, and a reverse tunnel, with detections and hunting guidance.

Qualcomm’s new acquisition gives the chip maker a boost in AI software, a new services business and a key position in the layer that decides where AI workloads run.

Microsoft has pushed back its deadline to transition away from Windows 10, offering users an additional year of Extended Security Updates until 2027. Is it a consequence of rising prices? Or a ...

Update: Added Microsoft's statement to the article. Microsoft has quietly extended its free Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) program for consumers by an additional year, allowing enrolled ...

Microsoft ended official support for Windows 10 in 2025, but the company may have a harder time than expected putting the operating system out to pasture. After promising a year of optional extended ...

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Microsoft says it's rolling out a revamped Windows Insider Program experience as part of the broader plans to address reliability concerns in Windows 11. For those unaware, the Windows Insider Program ...

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If you have found Windows 11's feature rollouts confusing, Microsoft hears you and is overhauling the Windows Insider Program. Now, instead of three Insider channels, there are just two: Experimental ...

The Windows Insider channels are also being simplified to Experimental and Beta. The Windows Insider channels are also being simplified to Experimental and Beta. is a senior correspondent and author ...

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