…Alaina Yee , Senior Editor, PCWorld A 15-year veteran of technology and video games journalism, Alaina Yee covers a variety of topics for PCWorld. Since joining the team in 2016, she’s…
…Welcome to The Full Nerd newsletter—your weekly dose of hardware talk from the enthusiasts at PCWorld. Missed the surprising topics on our YouTube show or latest news from across the web…
…first, a new AI-powered malware threat, and second, additional emergency updates from Microsoft fixing critical security vulnerabilities. This combination highlights just how rapidly the threat landscape in the Windows environment is…
…However, Microsoft explains via a message in the Windows Message Center that this behavior is intended in certain cases. Multiple restarts aren't an issue After installing the optional April 2026 update…
Back in March, Microsoft promised to make fundamental changes to Windows 11 to make the operating system faster and better. It was reported that, in order to regain users' trust, the company…
…However, Bing isn’t a supported search engine — so diehard Microsoft fans may have to bite the bullet and use Google instead to get full coverage. Scheduled and manual scans PCWorld McAfee…
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…The monthly cumulative updates that Microsoft releases every Patch Tuesday now regularly exceed 4 to 5 GB each, and in some cases even reach 9 GB. Just two years ago, many Windows…
…Alaina Yee , Senior Editor, PCWorld A 15-year veteran of technology and video games journalism, Alaina Yee covers a variety of topics for PCWorld. Since joining the team in 2016, she’s…
With April's Patch Tuesday hitting just yesterday, Microsoft released updates to address 167 security vulnerabilities. This is the second highest number of vulnerabilities ever patched on a Patch Tuesday (beat out…
