Five commands that end DNS guesswork for good.

One command reveals every Wi-Fi drop.

Here’s a curious conundrum: You use Windows 11, but you also want to minimize your use of other Microsoft products and services. In other words, you wish to use Windows as originally intended, as an ...

Users who rely solely on TPM-based BitLocker are most at risk, while those with a PIN or USB security key at boot are ...

Windows 11 is finally ditching web apps. Microsoft is doubling down on WinUI 3 to deliver a faster, fully native, and highly ...

Today, Microsoft released a brand new batch of Windows 11 Insider Preview builds across all of its active testing channels, with some Builds getting a huge touchpad upgrade. The May 8, 2026, release ...

A prompt injection flaw in Google’s Antigravity IDE turns a file search tool into a remote code execution vector, bypassing Secure Mode protections. Security researchers have revealed a prompt ...

The Windows Console is part of the open-source Windows Terminal project, receiving updates from its open-source community. With this release, we are bringing all the changes from the open-source ...

Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Sometimes when something breaks in Windows, I skip the Settings app and go straight to Command Prompt. Five built-in commands handle the bulk of common ...

I can't stand opening the Microsoft Store. It's slow to load, confusing to browse, and full of ads for things I don't care about. Luckily, thanks to a new feature, I don't have to open the Microsoft ...