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I replaced File Explorer with a dual‑pane manager and will never look back

File Explorer lacks polish and shortcuts that I’ve come to expect from modern apps. You can middle-click to open a folder in ...

17 of the best Windows 11 features introduced in 2025

As we approach the end of 2025, it's a good moment to look back at the many improvements Windows 11 has received throughout ...
The Hacker News

Zero-Click Agentic Browser Attack Can Delete Entire Google Drive Using Crafted Emails

A new agentic browser attack targeting Perplexity's Comet browser that's capable of turning a seemingly innocuous email into a destructive action that wipes a user's entire Google Drive contents, ...
ZDNet

You have weeks left to claim your AT&T data breach settlement of up to $7,500 - here's how

AT&T's $177 million settlement is for data breaches in 2019 and 2024. Claim up to $5,000 (first breach) and $2,500 (Snowflake hack), or both. File claim by Dec. 18, 2025, either online or by mail. If ...
The New York Times

U.S. Pauses Immigration Applications From Nations on Travel Ban List

The pause, which will halt green card and U.S. citizenship processing for broad swaths of people, deepens a remarkable crackdown on legal immigration pathways in recent days. By Hamed Aleaziz and ...
PC Gamer

Hooray, Microsoft is making File Explorer faster, but it's still slower than Windows 10 and consumes more RAM. Boo

Windows 11 adoption has been slow for many different reasons, from hardware constraints to people just not wanting to do it. Both valid reasons, I think. But today's File Explorer tests prove that ...
dakotanewsnow

Workers continue to remove snow after recent storm

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Just one day after heavy snowfall, South Dakotans are getting to work and digging themselves out one shovel-full at a time. Local snow removal companies are doing ...
TweakTown

Microsoft's plan to speed up File Explorer in Windows 11 backfires: double the RAM, still slow

TL;DR: Windows 11's File Explorer remains slower than Windows 10 despite a fix that preloads the app at startup, doubling its RAM usage without significantly improving speed. The slower performance ...
The American Conservative

Why Is the Establishment Ignoring the Recently Declassified JFK Files?

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Overshadowed by the recent revelations in the Epstein files, the 62nd anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination came and went ...
TechSpot

Microsoft finally admits File Explorer is slow, now it's testing a preload fix

Windows XXX: First introduced as "Windows Explorer" back in the Windows 95 era, File Explorer has been an integral part of the PC operating system for decades. File Explorer now serves double duty as ...
The Verge

Microsoft is speeding up and decluttering File Explorer in Windows 11

Preloading will help File Explorer launch more quickly on less powerful hardware. Preloading will help File Explorer launch more quickly on less powerful hardware. is a senior editor and author of ...
PC Gamer

Windows 11 is going to start quietly preloading File Explorer in the background to make it faster, which is a good reminder that you should probably try a different file ...

In the latest Windows Insider beta update released November 21, Microsoft announced the arrival of its full-screen Xbox experience for laptops and desktops alongside a number of other new features and ...