A few minutes now can save you from getting locked out of your PC later—and losing access to all your cloud files.

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Mobile devices sometimes get lost. A laptop bag gets left on the bus or train, a smartphone slips out of your pocket, or a USB flash drive falls to the ground unnoticed. Losing a notebook or phone ...

Passkeys offer a way of confirming you are who you say you are without remembering a long, complicated password, and in a manner that's resistant to common attacks on passwords like phishing and ...

If you use Microsoft's apps and services, like Microsoft 365, Outlook, and Teams, you have a Microsoft account that you use to log in to them. Since your data can be confidential and sensitive, you ...

Cup clash sees two Premier League teams looking to put their poor starts to the new season to one side. Kevin Lynch is a London-born, Dublin-based writer and journalist. The author of Steve Jobs: A ...

It should now be easier to refund PlayStation games, as Sony has scrapped its chatbot in favor of a more streamlined process. If you want to refund a game, you can't do it from your console. Instead ...

Kevin Lynch is a London-born, Dublin-based writer and journalist. The author of Steve Jobs: A Biographic Portrait, Kevin is a regular feature writer for a number of tech sites and the former ...

In context: Rust is a general-purpose language designed for building fast and secure software. Its strong focus on memory safety aims to eliminate most memory-related bugs and security vulnerabilities ...

In brief: Windows 11 is now the most popular version of Microsoft's desktop operating system worldwide, and has been for a couple of months now. According to the latest data from StatCounter, Win 11's ...

Many users prefer running a Linux distro such as Linux Mint alongside Windows. It offers the flexibility of both operating systems in a single computer. However, if the installation doesn’t go well, ...

It seems like a trend. A couple times a year, we get a new story along the lines of “Waygood Car Co. Will Bring Back Buttons and Knobs After Going All in on Screens.” Then a few months later, the ...