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 ...

I didn't always take online security seriously. I made basic mistakes, like using the same password for all my accounts, logging onto public WiFI networks without a VPN and giving out my email and ...

iOS 26.1 recently introduced a big change for how you turn off alarms and timers, replacing the ‘Stop’ button with a new ‘Slide to stop’ action. Here’s how to get the button back. Apple lets you ...

A photo is circulating on social media that appears to show President Donald Trump using a walker, but it is AI-generated. The image was originally posted on X by Democratic strategist Keith Edwards, ...

Nearly a third of US teenagers say they use AI chatbots daily, a new study finds, shedding light on how young people are embracing a technology that’s raised critical safety concerns around mental ...

When otter hunters returned to Santa Barbara from California's most remote island in 1853, they carried more than cargo and a diverse crew. Also aboard was a 50-year-old woman—a passenger who spoke a ...

In 1943, biochemist Albert Hoffman accidentally ingested a chemical that he had synthesized from a fungus and discovered that it created hallucinations. The mind-bending chemical was lysergic acid ...

Microsoft has cut its sales targets for its agentic AI software after struggling to find buyers interested in using it. In some cases, targets have been slashed by up to 50%, suggesting Microsoft ...

London is the setting of this week’s first important meeting in the interminable succession of summits that now attend the war in Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelensky is flying in to meet, on December 8th, ...

Windows’ built-in Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) command, a.k.a. dism.exe, is something of a Swiss Army knife when it comes to working on Windows OS images. Among its many ...

Artificial intelligence has become almost impossible to avoid, and for many, it's slowly replacing Google and other search engines. But while ChatGPT and its competitors can be useful, it's important ...