Saturday, May 31, 2025

Technology

Microsoft is ruining Notepad with pointless formatting in Windows 11

Sigh. Microsoft just can’t leave well enough alone. The company is now injecting formatting features into Notepad, a program that has long been appreciated for one thing -- its...

Ditch Windows 11 and try Alpine Linux 3.22 with GNOME 48 and Plasma 6.3

Alpine Linux 3.22 is finally here (download), and if you’re tired of bloated operating systems like Windows 11, this release might be the breath...

UK tech leaders want the government to stop buying US cloud

New research reveals a surge in interest in data sovereignty among UK IT leaders since the implementation of the United States government's historic raft...

Best Windows apps this week

Six-hundred-forty-nine in a series. Welcome to this week's overview of the best apps, games and extensions released for Windows 10 and 11 on the Microsoft...

Why data privacy is a fundamental human right

In an age where every click, swipe, and search can be tracked, stored and analyzed, data privacy is no longer a luxury but a...

Safeguarding your marketing channels: how AI-powered automation is fueling new threats and how to defend against them

Scammers are already using AI-powered automation to manipulate marketing channels. We don't want to hand out a playbook for bad actors, but it's important...

The top priorities and biggest worries for cyber leaders [Q&A]

The technology world is a fast moving one and keeping up with the latest trends can be difficult. Yet it's also essential if you're...

Instagram announces support for the most commonly used photo aspect ratio

Post an image to Instagram and it will almost certainly be automatically cropped. The reason for this is that, until now, the platform has...

No prizes for guessing what’s to blame for the latest problem that stops Windows 11 booting (yep, it’s another OS update)

Windows updates that cause problems are far from being uncommon, sadly, but the latest issue is a pretty serious one. Some users who have...

Your WhatsApp status just got a huge upgrade that injects creativity and personality

While WhatsApp is, ostensibly, a messaging, chat and video calling platform, it is more than that; it is also a pseudo social media platform....

The rise of the million dollar CISO

While the average total compensation for CISOs at large enterprises is $700K, those at $20B+ firms average $1.1M, with top earners exceeding $1.3M. These...