Tech pro ThioJoe exposes hidden and lesser-known functions built into the Windows Calculator that go far beyond basic math. Watch what happens when a penny falls 1,453 feet from a helicopter Coffee ...

PCWorld reports that Windows 11 still relies on code from the 1990s, particularly the Win32 API from Windows 95, for basic functions like right-clicking. Microsoft CTO Mark Russinovich acknowledges ...

Fulleffort, trained by Brad Cox, has scratched from Kentucky Derby 2026. Ocelli, trained by Whit Beckman, is now in the 2026 Kentucky Derby field. Cox said Fulleffort was jogging Thursday morning and ...

PCWorld explores why Windows updates have grown significantly larger, with some exceeding 4GB due to Microsoft’s cumulative update strategy that bundles all previous patches and AI features. Microsoft ...

The April 1 launch is the first crewed lunar mission since Apollo 17 in 1972 A Southwest Airlines passenger captured a rare view of the Artemis II lunar mission launch from his plane window Artemis II ...

As part of this week's GDC news, Microsoft has announced 'Xbox Mode' for Windows 11 PCs, and it sounds like a big step forward for the team's existing Xbox Full Screen Experience. Xbox Mode will be a ...

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In Vernor Vinge’s science fiction novel A Deepness in the Sky, one of the characters works as a software archaeologist, mining thousands of years of code and libraries to find the solutions to ...

Sometimes, the YEAR function returns the correct value, but Excel displays an unexpected year, such as 1900 or 1905. This occurs when the cell containing the YEAR formula is formatted as a Date ...

Shutting down or restarting a PC remains a core Windows function, and Microsoft recently confirmed a Windows 11 shutdown bug, followed by an emergency fix. Alongside that news, a lesser-known restart ...