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U.S. customers wake up to find Kaspersky antivirus replaced with UltraAV
By Anton Shilov published
Kaspersky antivirus abruptly uninstalls itself and installs UltraAV without asking customers.
Microsoft Edge popup highlights performance-leeching extensions
By Christopher Harper published
Microsoft Edge begins a limited rollout of a performance monitor that looks out for extensions causing slowdown.
How to connect to serial devices with Tio on Linux
By Les Pounder published
Tio, is a tool for Linux that enables easy and fast connections to serial devices. If you are working with the Raspberry Pi Pico or Arduino, then this is a great tool for you.
Microsoft now allows you to reprogram the Windows Copilot key, but there's a catch
By Aaron Klotz published
Microsoft published a new insider preview beta build of Windows 11 that allows users to customize the Copilot key's functionality, enabling you to open a program other than the Copilot app.
Windows 11 24H2 will not arrive for non-Copilot+ PCs on October 8
By Aaron Klotz published
Microsoft has updated one of its blog posts to confirm no targeted release date yet for Windows 11 24H2's general availability.
Windows Media Player and Silverlight are losing legacy DRM services on Windows 7 and 8
By Christopher Harper published
Microsoft deprecates legacy DRM services, crippling Windows Media Player and Silverlight.
How to resolve hotkey conflicts in Windows
By Avram Piltch published
If you want to know which program owns your Prtscr key or other keyboard combo, a free utility called Spy++ can help.
Microsoft promises major performance improvements for modern Windows 11 apps
By Anton Shilov published
Microsoft's Native Ahead-Of-Time compilation promises to reduce load times, while changes to Edge WebView2 SDK can reduce app sizes.
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