Microsoft's PC Manager promises to optimize your machine's performance at no cost. I tried it out to see if it's good enough to replace third-party tools.

I ditched built-in apps I never use — my PC feels lighter, faster, and less cluttered.

Can you really get a Windows PC running like new again? Using this free tool from Microsoft, you can get pretty close.

Running Android apps on my PC used to feel wrong, but Linux makes them feel right at home, and it's better than any Winddows solution.

When you install Windows 11, you get a wide variety of programs and apps (in the Windows world, these words get mixed up a lot, and they really mean the same thing). Many of them are linked to the ...

The desktop apps for Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini used to confine AI to a chat box. Now they’re aiming to unleash AI agents on your PC, and that’s only the beginning.

In the name of convenience, many apps these days are designed to be cross-platform. They can run on both mobile and desktop, so you can readily switch between devices without starting from scratch. It ...

It has happened to all of us: You press the power button on your PC to start your day, go make a cup of coffee, come back, and see that it's still booting up. This can be really frustrating and can ...

Artificial intelligence took center stage last year. The launch of Chat-GPT in the fall of 2022 generated significant excitement, leading software manufacturers to quickly incorporate actual or ...

PC Game Pass is awesome, but the app that powers it has been ... less-than-awesome. But that's starting to change. Despite the quality of the service overall, and the value within Xbox Game Pass full ...

The Xbox app on PC now lets you manually add any game or app to your library. Learn how this new feature works and why it is a big deal for handheld gamers.