Lithium-ion batteries are found in everything from smartphones to cars, and while they are generally very safe if stored and charged correctly, there are thousands of documented cases of them catching ...

You try to turn on your car, and it just won’t start. Maybe the dashboard doesn’t even light up. A likely cause: The 12-volt battery is dead. All cars lose a little battery power when parked. If you ...

Members of the Windows 1.0 team at their 40-year reunion this week. L-R, kneeling/sitting: Joe Barello, Ed Mills, Tandy Trower, Mark Cliggett, Steve Ballmer (holding a Windows 1.0 screenshot) and Don ...

Every so often, a wonderful thing happens: someone young enough to have missed out on using computers in the early 1990s is introduced to the Windows 3.1 "Hot Dog Stand" color scheme. Back in the day ...

The latest Windows 11 Task Manager icon takes Microsoft's modern amorphous blob aesthetic to its (il)logical limit. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

AI agents on the taskbar, Copilot in the File Explorer, and much more. AI agents on the taskbar, Copilot in the File Explorer, and much more. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been ...

CHARLESTON — Campus and city officials are still seeking information about a College of Charleston student who was last seen at 2 a.m. on Oct. 31. Owen Tillman Kenney, 19, was reported missing Nov. 1.

Two Windows vulnerabilities—one a zero-day that has been known to attackers since 2017 and the other a critical flaw that Microsoft initially tried and failed to patch recently—are under active ...

SHERMAN, Texas (KTEN) — The Grayson County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help to find a missing Sherman teen. Jonah Durham, 17, was last seen on Sunday.

A South Carolina man allegedly told a woman "you're going to die" before smashing her face in with an electric bike battery — leaving her permanently disfigured — after she confronted him over a ...

The company, which leases out residential batteries as well as sells energy, is betting that it can profit from a new approach to soaring energy demands. By Michael J. de la Merced As cities around ...

In the summer of 1976, a man collecting moss found partial human remains in the woods about a mile south of U.S. 20 in rural Linn County. The woman had worn a leather coat with fringe, a belt adorned ...