Your Windows 11 PC has a free battery health feature that's seriously underutilized - how to find it

Windows 11 has a built-in report that provides insight into your laptop's battery health, including whether a replacement is actually needed.

Vital Windows 11 certificates are expiring: how to check if you’re affected

Important security certificates for Windows 11 will soon expire for many users. In some cases, you will need to take action ...
Bleeping Computer

Fake MAS Windows activation domain used to spread PowerShell malware

A typosquatted domain impersonating the Microsoft Activation Scripts (MAS) tool was used to distribute malicious PowerShell scripts that infect Windows systems with the 'Cosmali Loader'.
Bleeping Computer

Windows PowerShell now warns when running Invoke-WebRequest scripts

Microsoft says Windows PowerShell now warns when running scripts that use the Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet to download web content, aiming to prevent potentially risky code from executing. As Microsoft ...
TWCN Tech News

How to use MSG.exe to send message to network computer

To use MSG.exe to send a message to a network computer, you need the name or IP address of the target computer. Also, the destination computers should be connected to the same local network. Add ...
BGR

Does It Matter Which USB Port You Use On Your Computer?

When you're getting ready to plug an external hard drive or USB flash drive into your favorite device, you have a choice to make. That's because most computers have multiple USB ports, and despite ...
The New York Times

Can I Use My Parents’ Address to Get Our Kids Into a Better School?

I feel guilty about the lie we’d have to keep up, but we would be much happier. By Kwame Anthony Appiah Kwame Anthony Appiah has been The New York Times Magazine’s Ethicist columnist since 2015 and ...
PC World

Get these three apps before getting a new computer

TL;DR: The PC Transfer Kit Bundle gives you three apps to move, backup, and permanently erase files, and it’s only $30. Moving to a new computer doesn’t have to be annoying. The PC Transfer Kit Bundle ...
Wall Street Journal

Using Your Credit Card at the Checkout Is Set to Get a Lot More Complicated

Your favorite latte at the local coffee shop could soon cost $5, $5.10 or $5.25—depending on how you pay. A settlement between Visa, Mastercard and U.S. merchants announced this week could usher in a ...
CSOonline

Defending digital identity from computer-using agents (CUAs)

Hackers are using AI agents to outsmart old logins. It’s time to ditch passwords and move to phishing-proof credentials like passkeys. For years, organizations have relied on passwords and ...
TechCrunch

Tinder to use AI to get to know users, tap into their Camera Roll photos

Tinder is looking to AI to revitalize its dating app, which has now reported nine straight quarters of paying subscriber declines, as of the third quarter this year. The dating app maker, Match Group, ...