Got a spare PC? How I turned mine into an open-source smart home hub for free

Smart homes make sense. The devices that bring a certain level of automation to your home are exciting, and they can also ...

How Claude helped my 65-year-old dad finally ditch his handwritten ledgers

My dad has run his small business on handwritten ledgers for years. Here's how I used Claude to finally get him off paper and ...
PCMag

Windows 11's Start Menu Is Getting Better...But These 3 Launchers Still Run Circles Around It

Microsoft is refining the Start menu in Windows 11, but you can get faster search, deeper customization, and better workflows ...
Windows Latest

Ex-Microsoft engineer rebuilds Notepad in 2.5KB using nothing but stuff Windows already had

Dave Plummer rebuilt Notepad in 2.5KB using only what Windows already ships, exposing how bloated Windows 11's own Notepad ...
XDA Developers on MSN

Forget Alfred or PowerToys Run, the new PowerToys Command Palette already does everything

It's everything PowerToys Run was supposed to be.

Former Microsoft dev built a 2.5KB Notepad clone with zero AI features

Plummer is the man who claims to have created some major Windows features, including the original Task Manager application. Now, the YouTuber and retired developer shared ...

Microsoft lets Azure Linux 4 out of the cloud in downloadable ISO form

Microsoft's Fedora-derived Azure Linux 4 has hit a new milestone: you can now run it outside of Azure. The project's GitHub page now offers ISO file downloads in addition to its A ...