Every Patch Tuesday, there’s a moment where you hover over that “Install” button and wonder what you’re getting into. The ...

A new guide outlines four adjustments that can noticeably improve a Windows laptop’s performance beyond default factory settings. These include changing the power mode, removing preinstalled bloatware ...

If BitLocker is asking for Recovery Key after Windows Update, and you don't have the BitLocker Recovery Key, see this post ...

Critical154Important1Moderate0LowMicrosoft addresses 163 CVEs in the April 2026 Patch Tuesday release, including two zero-day ...

I always want to make sure my new Windows PC is protected against security threats. Here are five things I do with that goal in mind.

USB flash drives were once the best to move files between devices. However, flash drives have largely been made obsolete by the rise of cloud backups and portable SSDs that get the job done much ...

For years, we’ve been told that encryption is the gold standard for digital privacy. If data is encrypted, it is supposed to be locked away from hackers, companies and governments alike. That ...

The mass killing of 14 people in San Bernardino in December 2015 saw the FBI trying to access what it described as “relevant and critical data” on the locked iPhone of one of the shooters. The agency ...

In early 2025, Forbes reports, investigators at the FBI served Microsoft with a warrant seeking the BitLocker encryption recovery keys for several laptops it believed held evidence of fraud in Guam’s ...

The disclosure underscores how recovery keys stored in Microsoft’s cloud can be accessed under warrant, even when enterprise data is encrypted. Microsoft gave Windows users’ BitLocker encryption keys ...