When a major Windows release is made available, one of the most noticeable differences is the Taskbar. This can be reflected with new colors, graphical effects, and how the Start button looks. When Windows 11 was released back in 2021, it heralded one of the biggest changes to the Taskbar yet, in the form of apps being placed in the center, as well as a revamped Start Menu. This huge change has been a point of contention among Windows users, with many missing the Taskbar from the past, like the one from Windows XP. This is where RetroBar comes in.

If you've got a shiny new Copilot+ device on hand, there's a good chance you're itching to give it a spin with some new AI tools. While Microsoft didn't include everything it wanted during the Copilot+ release (with the flagship Recall feature being AWOL over privacy concerns), the company has been slowly enhancing what its devices can do. Now, the company has released a new "super resolution" feature to the Insiders build that puts your Snapdragon's NPU to good use.

Home security is a worthwhile investment, especially when the price is so affordable. And while it used to be difficult to set up, there are now plenty of options out there that make it simple and convenient, even for someone without any experience. Wyze is brand that's been around for a while, offering some of the most affordable camera options on the market. The Wyze Cam v4 is one of the brand's latest devices, providing awesome video quality and a wide range of features for a great price.

A portable monitor is going to be the only way to go if you're looking to expand your screen real estate without adding a lot of bulk and clutter. And if you've been looking to expand your workspace without spending a lot of money, then we think this Asus portable monitor is going to be a great buy right now, especially with its convenient connectivity and large 15.6-inch panel.

If youre a Gmail user, you might want a richer or just different email experience than the web interface. Switching to a dedicated email client can give you greater privacy, customization, control over your data, and offline access. Most also handle multiple email accounts with ease.

So far, the implementation of generative AI has been rather limited in the gaming space. One might argue that the so-called next-gen artificial intelligence can be used in coding and creating assets for games, but we haven't seen many practical cases where LLMs and generative artificial intelligence models can be beneficial for gamers.

It is almost essential for your child to have access to a computer for their studies and online learning these days. However, with that access comes the responsibility of ensuring their safety and managing how they use it. Thankfully, there are several Windows settings you can adjust and precautions you can take to ensure your child stays safe while enjoying the benefits of having their own computer.

As I write this, Qualcomm is holding its annual Snapdragon Technology Summit in Hawaii, and while the news revolves around the mobile-focused Snapdragon 8 Elite, it still took some time to boast its PC wins. Intel launched Lunar Lake months after Snapdragon X Elite arrived, and these benchmarks are publicly available from a wide range of reviews (including our own), but Qualcomm wants to make sure you've seen them.

CapCut is the video-editing tool owned by ByteDance, the developers of TikTok. While the social platform itself has been in and out of hot water with the U.S. Senate over whether or not TikTok should be banned in the USA, its video-editing tool, CapCut, is flying under the radar with its shady privacy practices. Once you read the Privacy Policy, youll question whether CapCut should continue being your go-to video-editing tool or not, and it might even make you question the ethics of TikTok too.

Your computer is home to countless files, and not all of them look or even function the same. Youve got your standard .doc files for Word documents, .jpg and .png files for pictures, and .mp4 files for videos. When your computer encounters the dreaded Blue Screen of Death (or BSOD), it creates a .dmp file, which is made to help you diagnose the situation. The .dmp extension refers to "dump", and it's a memory dump file that contains information about what's happening to running processes on your computer.

Jack Sweeney says that 38 of his jet tracking accounts have been suspended. | Illustration: The Verge Meta has suspended several Threads and Instagram accounts that track the private jets of celebrities such as Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Kim Kardashian, and former US president Donald Trump. Jack Sweeney, who gained notoriety for his @ElonJet account on X and maintained many of the suspended accounts, said on Threads that the development is “reminiscent of all my accounts getting suspended on Twitter.” The shuttered accounts, which used publicly available data to show the flight paths of private jets, initially displayed a message on Monday that read, “The link you followed may be broken, or the page may have been removed.”Meta provided no direct warning or explanation for the suspensions, according to Sweeney, who says the... Continue reading…

Keeping your PC up to date can be boring and is often overlooked. If you're one of those people who sees a software update available and says "No thanks" or "I'll do it later," you may want to rethink things. Most of the time, updates are there either to help improve performance or, more importantly, to address critical security vulnerabilities.