A wave of websites is offering to check whether your antivirus is working. They call themselves SysScan, carry Microsoft branding, and all reach the same conclusion ...

Patch Tuesday updates are usually a shrug-and-install affair, but Microsoft’s July 2026 release actually gives you something to be excited about. You can grab this update, tagged KB5101650, right now ...

Microsoft has flipped its stance regarding the installation of Windows updates. You should now install these updates on your Windows computers as soon as possible ...

China’s Alibaba will ban employees from using Anthropic’s programming tool Claude Code, starting on July 10, according to multiple reports. Anthropic already prohibits Chinese companies, as well as ...

Anthropic Product Manager and Anthropic engineer Boris Cherny in a video introducing Claude Code on Feb 24, 2025. Anthropic.com Anthropic's Boris Cherny has stopped writing prompts. The creator and ...

Anthropic shipped Claude Code Dynamic Workflows as a research preview on May 28, 2026, and the feature is architecturally more consequential than the Opus 4.8 benchmarks that dominated most coverage ...

Piling on guardrails is the sign of a system permanently compensating for its own unreliability. There’s a better approach. According to Sonar’s State of Code Developer Survey report for 2026, based ...

Tech pro ThioJoe shows how experts decode confusing Windows error codes to better understand system failures and hidden issues. Coffee linked to significant new side ...

Microsoft says Win32 remains central to Windows decades later, showing how compatibility still shapes Windows 11 and enterprise apps. Microsoft has long promoted Windows 11 as its most advanced ...

Windows 11 is the most modern, secure, and updated Windows ever—at least that’s what Microsoft keeps saying. But a senior Microsoft executive recently revealed just how much of the underlying ...

Jeff's been involved in the IT industry since before the Internet and spent more than 20 years working in technical support, system administration, network administration, and consulting roles. He ...

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