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5 niche Windows 11 apps that you should install on day one

Microsoft PowerToys is an official power-user toolkit from Microsoft that adds a ton of advanced functionality to Windows 11. It serves as a one-stop solution for adding many useful features to the ...
How-To Geek on MSN

Ho to run Linux GUI apps natively on Windows 10/11 with WSL, No VM Required

Installing Linux distributions using WSL is simple enough. The official Microsoft Store has plenty of distros to choose from, ...

10 Mac Apps Worth Trying in 2026

We've rounded up 10 excellent Mac apps that are worth checking out. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more ...

10 Hacks Every Windows Power User Should Know

Windows is no doubt a powerful operating system, and you can tweak system settings and add power user utilities to speed up ...

I was jealous of MacOS 26 users, until I realized Windows PCs already had these 4 features

Apple's latest MacOS 26 has a slew of useful features - but a few of them appeared on Windows first, including one that dates back decades.

Word and PowerPoint get automatic, on-device Alt Text on Copilot+ PCs

Microsoft has unveiled a new feature for Copilot+ PCs that utilizes on-device NPUs to automatically generate rich, ...
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Macworld picks Apple’s biggest hits and misses of 2025

As 2025 comes to a close, Macworld is proud to present our Apple awards, a look back at the best and worst of everything ...

This neat Windows registry trick boosts NVMe SSD performance up to 80% but it's only officially available for enterprise users

Native NVMe support is an opt-in model, so enterprise users need to enable it via the registry. What some users have found ...