Editor's take: Microsoft is doubling down on its plan to turn Windows 11 into an "agentic AI" platform, and in the process seems determined to strip away the last bits of user agency left in the OS.

Copilot and most AI features can be removed from Windows 11 entirely using a rather simple, free and open source tool. The ...

After years of disabling mouse acceleration in Windows, Raw Accel app finally made cursor movement feel natural and reliable.

Researchers uncover malware campaigns using cracked software and compromised YouTube videos to deliver CountLoader, ...

ESET researchers discovered a China-aligned APT group, LongNosedGoblin, which uses Group Policy to deploy cyberespionage ...

Windows PCs come pre-installed with plenty of apps. However, according to experts, some are a drain on computer resources and ...

A typosquatted domain impersonating the Microsoft Activation Scripts (MAS) tool was used to distribute malicious PowerShell ...

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There are lots of things that have gone viral, for all sorts of different reasons. The latest viral craze struck after a developer released a tool to strip Windows of its AI capabilities, and X is ...

Various factors can lead to high or excessive usage of system resources for the SearchFilterHost.exe file, as detailed below: The SearchFilterHost.exe file is generally stored in the ...

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