After skipping the previous week, Microsoft is back with a new Dev and Beta build for Windows 11 25H2 insiders. It is a big ...

AI agents on the taskbar, Copilot in the File Explorer, and much more. AI agents on the taskbar, Copilot in the File Explorer, and much more. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been ...

A new Windows 11 update benefits users with multiple monitors. You can now access notifications on any secondary monitor. Select the date and time on any monitor to view your notifications. If you run ...

Fresh options in Windows 11 25H2 let you get fancy with the screen that appears before you log in to your PC and after you lock it. Here’s how to get the most out of widgets on the underutilized lock ...

Windows 11 is testing a network speed test that you run from the taskbar. The speed test icon takes you to the Bing website. For now, you need a Windows 11 Insider build to use the feature. Now ...

Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61649-6 Researchers at The University of Manchester's National Graphene Institute have developed a new class of programmable nanofluidic ...

Programmable optics startup Lumotive has added a few more strategic backers to its recent Series B round. Redmond, Washington-based Lumotive reopened its recent Series B funding round to bring in ...

One weakness of Valve’s Steam Deck gaming handheld and SteamOS is that, by default, they will only run Windows games from Steam that are supported by the platform’s Proton compatibility layer (plus ...

Having a full Windows 11 taskbar at the bottom of my display seems like a waste of space to me, seeing as I tend to pin just a few icons to it – my browser, Word, Teams, and Zoom. In fact, the taskbar ...

Have you ever felt like your computer’s interface just doesn’t quite fit your workflow? The Windows 11 taskbar, often overlooked as a static feature, is actually a powerful tool waiting to be tailored ...

In a nutshell: Microsoft has quietly introduced a new Windows feature allowing you to deal with unresponsive applications faster. A new "End Task" option is available directly from the taskbar, ...