Fake OpenAI Privacy Filter hit #1 on Hugging Face with 244,000 downloads, spreading infostealer malware to Windows users.

The website for the popular JDownloader download manager was compromised earlier this week to distribute malicious Windows ...

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Iran is set to execute its first female protester tied to the January 2026 uprising in Tehran, according to multiple human rights organizations. Bita Hemmati was named in a collective death sentencing ...

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Tired of all the Microsoft AI slop? You can remove it entirely. Some people love AI. If you're not one of them (or if you have a favorite AI tool that isn't baked into it), using Windows 11 can feel ...

When senior leaders make decisions you fundamentally oppose, you face a leadership paradox: How do you uphold your principles while executing a call that violates them? Kathryn Landis is an executive ...

Editor's take: Microsoft is doubling down on its plan to turn Windows 11 into an "agentic AI" platform, and in the process seems determined to strip away the last bits of user agency left in the OS.

Microsoft debuted a new visual style with Windows 11, but 4 years on there are still parts of the operating system that seem to be from a different era. That includes the venerable Run dialog box, ...