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Is Microsoft Outlook down? Live tracking email outage
By Scott Younker Last updated
Microsoft Outlook appears to be suffering from an outage.

I tested 6 RTX Spark laptops for gaming — and the winner completely shocked me
By Jason England Published
I just played games on 6 Nvidia RTX Spark laptops. From the Dell XPS 16 to the HP OmniBook Ultra 16, here is our definitive gaming tier list.

'Human Reserved’: Bill Gates says some jobs should be off-limits to AI
By Amanda Caswell Published
Bill Gates says some jobs should be “Human Reserved” as AI advances. Here’s what he means and why he thinks we need to decide now.

New Windows zero-day flaw could give hackers deep access to your PC — how to stay safe
By Scott Younker Published
Two different Windows flaws popped up this week. What connects them is that both could give bad actors system privileges.

Windows 11 is broken — and Microsoft is fixing the wrong things
By Lloyd Coombes Published
Microsoft has been rolling out updates and corrections to Windows 11 but perhaps the operating system is past saving?

Microsoft is still using ‘deceptive tactics and design’ to force you to use Edge
By Jason England Published
Mozilla’s new "Over The Edge 2.0" report proves Microsoft is still using deceptive dark patterns and Copilot overrides to force Windows users to use Edge.

From hidden menus to frustrating trade-offs, our complete comparison of major AI chatbot privacy controls shows exactly how ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and others track your chats and what you can do to stop them
By Amanda Caswell Last updated
I compared the privacy settings of ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Claude, Copilot, Meta AI and Grok to see which made it easiest to opt out of AI training.

Microsoft extends Windows 10 support for another year: what you need to know
By Scott Younker Published
Windows 10 support was supposed to end for good this year, but Microsoft quietly extended it for at least one more.

Microsoft blames "components crisis" for rising Xbox prices amidst AI greed, which was partly caused by...Microsoft?
By Scott Younker Published
Xbox announced new price increases for the Xbox Series X and S and sunsetting of the 2TB version.

NVIDIA claims its new AI data centers use almost no water — here's what that actually means
By Amanda Caswell Published
NVIDIA says its new AI data centers can use almost no water thanks to advanced liquid cooling. Here's how the technology works and whether it really solves AI's growing environmental problem.
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