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Microsoft announced that it will disable the 30-year-old NTLM authentication protocol by default in upcoming Windows releases due to security vulnerabilities that expose organizations to cyberattacks.

In response to user feedback on AI integration, Mozilla announced today that the next Firefox release will let users disable AI features entirely or manage them individually. The new "Block AI ...

This process is called a clean install, which is ironic as there's nothing particularly clean about it: Microsoft has enshittified Windows Setup.

Windows 11 was born in enshittification, but the rise of Copilot and Microsoft's AI ambitions has only made matters worse.

It's free and open-source.

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

Default motion smoothing causes the unnatural "soap opera effect." Experts recommend turning off motion smoothing for most movies and shows. Motion smoothing improves fast-paced action like sports and ...

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If you're not interested in using Apple's AI features, here's the good news: You don't have to. Jeff Carlson writes about mobile technology for CNET. He is also the author of dozens of how-to books ...