As this update is mandatory, it will automatically install and prompt you to restart your device when it is complete. After installing this update, Windows 10 will be updated to build 19045.6691, and ...

AVX stands for Advanced Vector Extensions. It is a set of CPU instructions designed to speed up complex CPU tasks. Many games require the AVX instruction set to function properly. Therefore, if AVX is ...

In this post, we will show you how to fix a Windows 11 Update slow download issue. If your Windows 11 Update is taking a very long time to download, you are not alone. Many users have reported that ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

Microsoft is rolling out hardware-accelerated BitLocker in Windows 11 to address growing performance and security concerns by ...

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Google’s Pixel 10 phones, based on the company’s Tensor chips, simply do not have the same raw performance as some other Android flagships. Yet, recent updates to the Pixel 10 series appear to have ...

Support for Windows 10 ended on October 14, 2025. Despite millions of Windows users still on Windows 10, that date has come and gone, with all of those PCs now over the security cliff. Some users will ...

PCWorld reports that Microsoft released critical security updates fixing 15 Office vulnerabilities, including 14 remote code execution flaws affecting Excel, Word, Outlook, and Access. One zero-day ...

• Tanker seized: President Donald Trump said the US has taken control of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. The seizure was denounced by Venezuela as an “act of international piracy.” • Defense ...

No. 2 Indiana claimed its biggest win in program history, knocking off No. 1 Ohio State 13-10 to win the Big Ten Championship Game. It is Indiana’s first outright Big Ten title since 1945. The ...