My gift to Windows 11 users — here are 10 keyboard shortcuts I actually use on a daily basis

These are the 10+ Windows 11 keyboard shortcuts I can't live without… Windows + . Windows + V Ctrl + C Windows + V Windows + ...

Remembering what Windows 10 did right—and how it made modern Windows more annoying

Windows 10 wasn’t perfect; these examples of what it did right are cherry-picked. But part of the operating system’s ...
GeekWire

Inside the Windows 1.0 reunion: How a scrappy team shipped the product that changed everything, eventually

Members of the Windows 1.0 team at their 40-year reunion this week. L-R, kneeling/sitting: Joe Barello, Ed Mills, Tandy Trower, Mark Cliggett, Steve Ballmer (holding a Windows 1.0 screenshot) and Don ...
al.com

Suspect claiming self-defense shot motionless man to make sure he was dead, prosecutor says

The suspect in the shooting death of a 31-year-old man stood over the injured and motionless victim in a Birmingham street and fired one last shot to make sure the man was dead, according to court ...
PC Gamer

Windows 3.1 included a red and yellow 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme so garish it was long assumed to be a joke, so I tracked down Microsoft's original UI designer to get the ...

Every so often, a wonderful thing happens: someone young enough to have missed out on using computers in the early 1990s is introduced to the Windows 3.1 "Hot Dog Stand" color scheme. Back in the day ...
The New York Times

Here are the Chiefs’ chances to make the playoffs if they finish 5-0 … and 4-1, too

Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs hope to run the table, but they might not need to win the rest of their games to make the playoffs. Stacy Revere / Getty Images Kansas City Chiefs quarterback ...
Nature

These ‘programmable’ knots harness physics to make surgical stitches safer

Inserting easy-to-release slipknots into surgical thread could help surgeons to tie perfect sutures — tight enough to help heal a wound but not so tight that they damage tissue. Researchers worked out ...
The Verge

Windows handhelds are getting the new Xbox Full Screen Experience tomorrow

Microsoft is also testing its new Xbox full screen mode with regular Windows 11 PCs. Microsoft is also testing its new Xbox full screen mode with regular Windows 11 PCs. is a senior editor and author ...
PCGamesN

Grab a free key for Escape From Tarkov as the extraction shooter finally hits 1.0

For almost ten years now, Battlestate Games has toiled away on Escape From Tarkov with the help of its community. The hardcore, realistic survival FPS game birthed the extraction shooter genre, paving ...
PC Gamer

Escape from Tarkov launch times and release date for 1.0

After a lengthy eight-year beta the Escape from Tarkov 1.0 release date is finally upon us, and after such a long wait, I'm here counting down the final hours with launch times carved up by region.
Northcountrypublicradio.org

Proposition 1 Explained: NY ballot measure would make amends in the Adirondacks

Every New Yorker will have a chance to vote on an Adirondack issue in this election. On the back of each ballot is Proposition 1. If voters approve the measure, it would fix a constitutional violation ...
MarketWatch

Why Nov. 1 is a make-or-break day for millions of Americans’ finances

If the government shutdown stretches beyond October, experts warn that Nov. 1 could mark a grim cutoff for low- and middle-income families. Open enrollment begins Nov. 1, and millions of Americans ...