“Ask David!”: My computer was running fine, with a valid Windows license that came with it, and now I am getting the Windows activation watermark on the bottom right of my laptop screen. How can I fix it?
It has happened to me too. One day your computer is working perfectly fine. The next day, you suddenly notice a message in the corner of your screen saying:
Activate Windows Go to Settings to activate Windows
The Pentagon just made one thing clear: control matters more than capability.
On May 1, 2026, the Department of Defense moved forward with a sweeping set of AI agreements - while cutting out one of its most prominent partners, Anthropic. In its place, a new coalition of eight tech companies is being integrated directly into the military’s most sensitive systems.
At stake isn’t just performance. It’s who gets to decide how these systems are used.
It's Spring 2025. You might think everyone is browsing the web with the latest version of Chrome, Safari, or Firefox these days - but that’s not always the case. In fact, we recently had a surprising visit from someone using Internet Explorer 9.0. Yep, IE 9, which was released in 2011 and officially discontinued by Microsoft years ago, is still making rare appearances on the web.
This unexpected visit inspired us to dive deeper into what browsers users
On January 17, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (PAFACA), mandating ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, to divest its ownership by January 19 or face a nationwide ban. The decision stems from national security concerns over TikTok’s data collection practices and alleged ties to the Chinese government.
Supreme Court Ruling and Enforcement
The court's ruling requires Google and Apple to halt new downloads of TikTok, with a fine of
Heads up, Windows users! Prepare for a new addition to your keyboard family: the Copilot key. Yes, the first new key since 1994 (remember the Start button's debut?). It's a bold move, sparking curiosity (and maybe a bit of skepticism).
So, what does this fancy button do?
Basically, it's a one-click shortcut to Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant. Need a document summary, a quick translation, or some AI-powered magic? Bam, tap the Copilot key and let the silicon sidekick handle it.
Anyone here watch the tv show "How I Met Your Mother"? "Nothing Good Happens After 2 A.M." is the 18th episode in the first season of the television series. In this case, it was around 1:20 AM Eastern Time, on Tuesday September 29. Sanmay Ved was testing out the Google Domains interface, typed "google.com", and then something strange happened. Google Domains showed that the domain google.com was actually available:
Ved thought for sure that at some point in the... Continue reading
You probably know about .com, .org, and .net domain names. But did you know that there are now over 547 new gTLDs, or generic top-level domains, on the Web, with new suffixes released every month? And starting from June 1, new descriptive domain name extensions will be released in the x-rated adult section, including .porn, .adult, and .sucks.
To protect their brand, a select group of people and companies, including trademarked brands, can take advantage of ICANN's (nonprofit Internet... Continue reading
This week at the Microsoft Convergence conference, marketing chief Chris Capossela announced that Project Spartan will be replacing the 90's go-to internet browser, Internet Explorer (IE). Most welcome the upgrade, to have a more advanced/compliant and therefore compatible web browser with better security.
There have been a lot of funny tweets about this, here's a funny one:
"If Internet Explorer is brave enough to ask you to be your default browser, you're brave enough to ask that girl out" via ... Continue reading
Microsoft has just released a security patch to fix the major security bug that was reported for Internet Explorer (IE) this previous weekend. And they included Windows XP too, since the security flaw was found so close to its end of support date, April 8th, according to Adrienne Hall, general manager with Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing section:
"Of course, we're proud that so many people loved Windows XP, but the reality is that the threats we face today from a security... Continue reading
