Microsoft is officially killing off the Remote Desktop app. It’s unfortunate since it is/was one of the easier ways to connect to your PC while on vacation. System admins also rely on it to connect to PCs and servers remotely. However, starting May 27th, 2025, the RDP app for Windows will no longer be available in the Microsoft Store. It also won’t be supported or available for installation. Instead, the company is moving RDP to the free Windows App (yes, a terrible name), which also includes other features.

Not every console can be as iconic as the NES or sell over 150 million units like the Nintendo Switch. For every system that defines a generation, there are those who struggle to find an audience — whether due to poor timing, bad design, or decisions that doomed them from the start. Some had ambitious ideas but were held back by hardware limitations, while others never stood a chance thanks to high prices or a lack of developer support.

The company says it will remain in operation during the bankruptcy process. | Image: Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesDNA testing firm 23andMe has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to help the company sell itself after years of financial difficulties. Anne Wojcicki, 23andMe’s co-founder and CEO, announced on X that she has resigned with immediate effect to become an independent bidder for the company, with chief financial and accounting officer Joe Selsavage stepping in as interim CEO.“After a thorough evaluation of strategic alternatives, we have determined that a court-supervised sale process is the best path forward to maximize the value of the business,” Mark Jensen, chair and member of the Special Committee of the Board of Directors, said in a statement. “We expect the court-supervised process will advance our efforts to address the operational and financial challenges we face, including further cost reductions and the resolution of legal and leasehold liabilities.”23andMe is best known for its at-home gene testing kits that use a customer’s saliva to dig into their ancestry. The company was briefly valued at $6 billion after going public in 2021, but has since plummeted to $50 million after failing to turn a profit. It settled a lawsuit for $30 million in September that alleged the firm had failed to protect the data of almost seven million customers during a data breach in 2023, and announced in November that it was cutting 40 percent of its workforce.23andMe says that it intends to “continue operating its business” throughout the bankruptcy proceedings and that customer’s access to data and subscriptions won’t be affected.“We have had many successes but I equally take accountability for the challenges we have today,” Wojcicki said. “There is no doubt that the challenges faced by 23andMe through an evolving business model have been real, but my belief in the company and its future is unwavering.”

Google has started rolling out new AI features to Gemini Live that let it “see” your screen or through your smartphone camera and answer questions about either in real-time, Google spokesperson Alex Joseph has confirmed in an email to The Verge. The features come nearly a year after Google first demonstrated the “Project Astra” work that powers them.A Reddit user said the feature showed up on their Xiaomi phone, as spotted by 9to5Google. Today, the same user posted the video below demonstrating Gemini’s new screen-reading ability. It’s one of the two features Google said in early March would “start rolling out to Gemini Advanced Subscribers as part of the Google One AI Premium plan” later in the month. The other Astra capability rolling out now is live video, which lets Gemini interpret the feed from your smartphone camera in real-time and answer questions about it. In the demonstration video below that Google published this month, a person uses the feature to ask Gemini for help deciding on a paint color to use for their freshly-glazed pottery. Google’s rollout of these features is a fresh example of the company’s big AI assistant lead as Amazon is preparing the limited early access debut of its Alexa Plus upgrade and Apple has delayed its upgraded Siri. Both are supposed to have capabilities similar to the ones Astra is starting to enable now. Meanwhile, Samsung still has Bixby, but Gemini is nevertheless the default assistant on its phones.

Most of us spend hours on the internet daily and trust our browsers with our sensitive information. The truth is that most browsers track our online activity and use our information to create profiles about our interests, spending habits, and other personal details we'd rather keep private. They then sell our information to third parties, who'll use it for targeted advertising to get more money from us.

Building a self-hosting workstation lets you sidestep the privacy issues with modern apps while sparing your wallet from monthly subscription fees. But the caveat is that you can only access your favorite services over your local network and will have to look into firewall rules, DMZ, and/or port forwarding to connect to your home server from an external network.

3D printing allows makers of all skill levels to create practical and personalized objects that can save time and effort. Whether you enjoy improving your home setup or experimenting with functional gadgets, there are many helpful tools you can easily produce with a printer. These items range from everyday conveniences to specialized aids that address unique needs. With some creativity, you can transform everyday chores into enjoyable and efficient tasks.

Many fans love the Borderlands series and are looking forward to the next game, Borderlands 4. Unfortunately, these same fans are skeptical about the upcoming sequel, thanks to a short string of bad releases. Because of this, they have been asking for specific upgrades and features to be added to Borderlands 4 to ensure its success. Whether or not Gearbox Entertainment will listen is up for debate, but many have said that these features are required if the developer wants the game to succeed.

If you've been keeping tabs on your Nvidia news, you'll likely remember that the RTX 5090 got hit by a nasty black screen driver bug soon after release. And while this issue made a good case for not upgrading to the RTX 50 series, it seems that even RTX 40 owners can't catch a break. Users are reporting that older cards are also experiencing nasty display issues after installing the latest patch.

How much do you use Google Maps Timeline? For me, it's a handy way to see where I was on a given day and revisit some old memories. Well, there's a chance that some of those memories have been obliterated into nothingness, as Google has confirmed that it accidentally erased some Maps Timeline data.

Steam has been around since the early 2000s, launching alongside Half-Life 2much to the chagrin of the gaming community at the time. What was seen as yet another needless DRM solution has ballooned into one of the most important pieces of software in gaming today, snowballing Valve into a powerful position capable of forcing developers as large as Activision Blizzard to comply with rules only found on Steam.

Do you remember what the Win + C hotkey did? If not, you probably don't recall when Microsoft cruelly wrenched the hotkey out of our hands in a bid to get people using the then-new Copilot key on keyboards. However, since then, Microsoft has reneged on the Copilot key, allowing users to rebind it to perform other jobs. Now, it appears that the company is experimenting with giving us the Win + C shortcut back, alongside some options for changing what it does.