I've been studying Windows telemetry for a decade - here's the only setting I turn off ...

Microsoft has updated the Windows Subsystem for Android in Windows 11 to make telemetry collection optional and announced an upgrade to Android 12.1. As the Windows Insider Program Team revealed in ...

Gaming on a Windows 11 PC poses problems due to the idiosyncrasies of Microsoft's operating system, but there are tools ...

Ever since Microsoft launched Windows 10, privacy advocates and concerned users have loudly argued that the firm needed to improve and clarify its privacy policies. To date, the company has mostly ...

Recently we reported on the alarming amount of data that a fresh install of Windows 11 sends to third parties, where it seems like Microsoft's latest OS is all about geo-tracking and telemetry and ...

A new utility called SharpApp has been released that helps you debloat and increase privacy in Windows 10 by uninstalling preinstalled apps and disabling various telemetry settings. Developed by ...

The policy change was reported by Australian news site ARN yesterday. Microsoft and FireEye recently agreed to embark on a new joint effort to improve the security of Windows 10. Microsoft will ...

I spend so much time messing with Windows settings to make my computer faster, more reliable, or just less annoying. But there’s one hidden setting that does the opposite of protecting us. It doesn’t ...

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Windows 10 has come under fire recently for a who laundry list of problems with the May 2020 Update. Microsoft has been working overtime to address all of the outstanding issues, but new ones ...

The company has launched a preview of a new enterprise-focused option that blocks Windows' telemetry from reaching Microsoft's servers. Microsoft last week launched a preview of a new enterprise-only ...

The recent round of complaints about bugs in KB 4549951, this month’s Win10 version 1903 and 1909 cumulative update, have prompted a request from Microsoft to sound off. That’s great. But you have to ...