Your PC Has Over 1,400 (Known) Security Flaws—Here's How to Fix Them

Microsoft's monthly Patch Tuesday bug count has been trending higher since the beginning of the summer, and October is no ...
How-To Geek on MSN

I decided that my smart home should ask me more questions (here's why and how to set it up)

Finding a balance between full automation and manual control.

Anthropic warns of imminent self-replicating AI that might even work off an oven or TV

Anthropic claims that small AI models could be merely a few months away from self-replicating and turning into a dangerous swarm, and they won't need powerful devices to run amok.

Some Googlebooks can play HDR. Others are oddly stuck without it

Some HP and Dell Googlebook owners have discovered that HDR video playback isn’t available on their new laptops, but Google ...
PCMag

3 Simple Tricks to Create a Password You'll Never Forget (and Hackers Can't Touch)

Forget painful gibberish like &!pR8B>5. Here's how to build a single, bulletproof master password using Shakespeare, random ...
MUO on MSN

My Windows PC locks itself when I walk away, and I didn't install a thing to make it happen

Your PC can tell when you’ve walked away from it, and all it needs to figure that out is the phone in your pocket ...
CNET

7 Home Security Tricks to Create a Howlingly Happy Halloween

Google Home and Nest doorbells: Visit the doorbell Settings, choose Doorbell Theme, then choose the Halloween theme.