How to use your smartphone as a Windows 11 PC webcam
Although it was already possible in the past to use smartphones as a webcam on a Windows PC, this was cumbersome, not very stable and hardly useful. Now Windows 11 has been updated to allow…
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Microsoft’s latest Windows update breaks VPNs, and there’s no fix
Microsoft said this week that the most recent Windows security update for Windows 10 and Windows 11 may break VPN connections. According to Microsoft (via Bleeping Computer), “Windows devices might face VPN connection failures after…
Microsoft Windows EOL pop-ups: Watch their long, annoying history
In recent weeks and months, Microsoft has increased the pressure on Windows 10 users to finally upgrade to Windows 11, highlighting the impending end of Windows 10 support. However, this end of support is not…
Arc’s new browser for Windows is too twee for me
I’ll admit it — I was turned off by the new Arc browser from the beginning. For one, there’s the maker’s name: The Browser Company of New York. Are we meant to imagine the browser…
How to turn off Windows 11’s new Start Menu ads
With the latest optional update KB5036980 for Windows 11 version 23H2 and 22H2, Microsoft is adding ads for programs and Windows services that users can buy in the Microsoft Store to the Windows 11 Start…
13 important Microsoft Windows settings to adjust immediately
After installing Windows 11, you should check some settings and adapt them to your requirements — or to recommendations from experts to improve the security of the operating system. In this article, we show you…
Controversial Windows 11 Start menu ads begin rolling out
Microsoft is pushing advertising into every possible corner of Windows 11 that it can find, and the Start menu is definitely not a safe space. We reported a few weeks ago that Windows Insider builds…
4 just-added Windows 11 features that make your life easier
Windows 11 Moment 5 is currently the latest version of Windows 11, released on April’s Patch Tuesday. The update prepares for the update to Windows 11 version 24H2, which will be released later this year,…
Kremlin-backed hackers exploit critical Windows vulnerability reported by the NSA
Getty Images Kremlin-backed hackers have been exploiting a critical Microsoft vulnerability for four years in attacks that targeted a vast array of organizations with a previously undocumented backdoor, the software maker disclosed Monday. When Microsoft…
Microsoft tests a handy Windows account summary – and another ad
Microsoft said Friday that it will begin to roll out a handy summary of your account settings within the Windows 11 Start menu — but that also it will be pushing an ad for the…