Commentary: Though the cloud keeps changing how we build applications, the way we market it has hardly changed at all.
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Microsoft adds Windows Subsystem for Linux Preview to Windows 11 Microsoft App Store

It’s now even easier to install Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows 11. Jack Wallen lets you in on how it’s done.
Analysis: Google Workspace or Microsoft 365?

Comparing Google Workspace’s and Microsoft 365’s productivity and collaboration tools will help you decide which one is the best for you.
Windows 10: A cheat sheet

This comprehensive guide covers must-know Windows 10 details including features, system requirements, upgrade options and Microsoft’s Windows-as-a-service strategy.
How to Get Your Family to Actually Use a Password Manager


Whether it’s about sharing your Netflix login or getting your affairs in order, here are tips for convincing your loved ones to organize and protect their accounts too.
The 17 Best Mac Apps to Make Everyday Life Easier

Using Apple’s MacOS is as easy as pie—but it can be a little half-baked. Sweeten your setup with a few of these third-party programs.
New Microsoft analytics tools help identify and understand trends without compromising privacy

Developed to help policy-makers research human trafficking, these techniques for synthetic privacy, casual inference and visualizing complex graph statistics could be useful for many other problems.
Tech companies pledge to help toughen US cybersecurity in White House meeting

Apple, Google, Microsoft and others will fund new technologies and training as part of the nation’s struggle to combat cyberattacks.
Messaging Apps Have an Eavesdropping Problem


Vulnerabilities in Signal, Facebook Messenger, Google Duo, and more all point to a pervasive privacy issue.
Microsoft CEO accidentally underplays GitHub’s pervasiveness

Commentary: Few things rock a developer’s world like GitHub. Here’s why just about every developer depends on it.