This is the new, more productive Windows 11. On Friday, Microsoft said that it has begun making improvements to File Explorer, speeding up Windows under the hood, and minimizing distractions from the Windows widgets, all in the name of getting more done.
Microsoft’s moves underscore what it began talking about in March: emphasizing a cleaner, more efficient Windows while scaling back on Copilot…
It’s the end of April. If we were living in less chaotic times, we might be testing out a new Super variant of an Nvidia graphics card right about now, or seeing if we can squeeze it into an upgrade budget. Alas, it is 2026, there are no new cards, and you’re more likely…
If you’re shepherding storage devices on a regular basis, or you’re prone to setting stuff in odd places, or you just want something innocuous in your laptop or camera bag that can be geo-located, then you should look at Teamgroup’s Expert P34F with its Apple Find…
Why Windows updates keep getting bigger and more bloated
April 30, 2026
Over time, Windows updates have become increasingly comprehensive and much larger in file size. The monthly cumulative updates that Microsoft releases every Patch Tuesday now regularly exceed 4 to 5 GB each, and in some cases even reach 9 GB. Just two years ago, many Windows updates were only 300 to 500 MB in size.
Windows Latest has investigated the reasons behind this trend. According to their…
Microsoft’s collection of free PowerToys apps shines when it identifies the things you hate about Windows computing, and solves them with a keystroke. April’s 0.99 update adds Power Display and Grab And Move, which do just that.
Both seem fantastically useful in their…
Back in March, Microsoft promised to make fundamental changes to Windows 11 to make the operating system faster and better. It was reported that, in order to regain users’ trust, the company even intended to scale back its focus on AI features.
Windows Central now claims…
I never really thought I’d welcome AI as a part of my ongoing business day. But Microsoft’s ongoing productivity updates to Outlook actually have me tempted.
By now, drafting an email using AI is old hat, and something that I generally wouldn’t do. But Microsoft has begun adding agentic AI to Outlook via its experimental “Frontier” program…and it actually sounds like something that…
External USB/Thunderbolt SSDs and/or hard drives (aka direct-attached storage, or DAS) are a super-convenient way to add storage capacity to your system as well as back it up. External drives are also extremely handy for transporting data between locations and devices in…
I don’t want a thinner laptop. I want a better one
April 28, 2026
I used to think thinner laptops were the better option. I don’t anymore.
Thinner just seemed like the natural direction for laptops, especially given how they first started out (big and boxy!). I get the appeal, too. A featherlight laptop is seriously impressive…
Sync.com review: Superb online device sync and backup
April 28, 2026
Where online storage services such as Dropbox, iCloud, and others only allow you to sync data across devices, Sync.com adds discrete unsynced storage to the mix via its Vault folder. This makes it particularly well-suited for backup. I like the approach, and I think the company should take it even further.
Sync.com is an online storage service that sports a web interface that you can use to drag…
