Seattle may not be quite ready yet to reboot the “turn out the lights” billboard from 1971, when thousands of laid-off Boeing workers left town. But the rising tide of tech sector layoffs that began ...

Microsoft launches a personalized news feed that you can access on Windows 10 or 11, or through your browser or phone. Managing Editor Alison DeNisco Rayome joined CNET in 2019, and is a member of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. “Reset and recovery operations on some Windows versions might fail,” ...

A few weeks ago, Microsoft released its usual monthly patch update on Tuesday, fixing 100 security flaws and a vulnerability already exploited in the wild. However, there have been widespread ...

Microsoft has released emergency Windows out-of-band updates to resolve a known issue breaking reset and recovery operations after installing the August 2025 Windows security updates. As the company ...

Microsoft has confirmed that the August 2025 Windows security updates are breaking reset and recovery operations on systems running Windows 10 and older versions of Windows 11. "After installing the ...

Over 500 million people have played Microsoft Solitaire since its 1990 release as an included game in the Windows 3.0 operating system. In 2019, it was inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame, ...

Microsoft is adding a new recovery mode to Windows to help revive crashing PCs. Called quick machine recovery (QMR), this technology enables Windows 11 PCs to boot into the Windows Recovery ...

Ten years later, and Microsoft is still trying to charge you a subscription to play Solitaire without ads. And pretty much everything else, too. It’s no joke. I wrote about the Microsoft Solitaire ...

Managing data can often feel like an overwhelming juggling act—whether you’re tracking project details, collecting team input, or organizing event logistics. Microsoft Lists, a tool within the ...