Microsoft is finally allowing some users to uninstall Copilot in Windows 11, but the option comes with strict conditions and ...

Ever since the tech giant started automatically installing Copilot across Windows 10 and 11 PCs in 2023, Microsoft has ...

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Google had removed the ability to uninstall updates for system apps via the Play Store. Users had to visit app settings in the settings menu to uninstall system app updates. The change appears to have ...

Windows gets a lot of flak from users for having more bloat than macOS or Linux, and rightfully so. The term "bloatware" is synonymous with a fresh Windows install, to the point that there are custom ...

There are lots of things that have gone viral, for all sorts of different reasons. The latest viral craze struck after a developer released a tool to strip Windows of its AI capabilities, and X is ...

Microsoft is pushing AI into all parts of Windows, attracting massive criticism from the community. But the company is also making some minor quality-of-life improvements For example, Microsoft is now ...

If you use more than one Android device with the same Google account, you know how messy things can get. Tracking which apps are installed on which phone or tablet can quickly become confusing. The ...

There is perhaps nothing that has plagued the electronics consumer quite as much as bloatware. It’s omnipresent in most modern operating systems and products, whether it’s extra stuff on Android ...

Pre-installed software, often called bloatware, can clutter your Windows 11 experience from the moment you first turn on a new PC. These unwanted applications consume valuable disk space, use up ...

Listening to music via Bluetooth isn't as simple as plugging in a pair of headphones and playing audio from your device. Yet Bluetooth headphones and earbuds offer a wireless connection that's ...

Cortana was Microsoft’s voice assistant designed to compete with Siri and Alexa, but it has now been officially discontinued. Despite this, it still appears on many Windows 11 systems, consuming ...