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Most times, attackers use Excel spreadsheets to spread malware or inject trojans into your computer. Although there are many ways to do that, macros are the most common thing they use. That is why you ...

Adam Benjamin has helped people navigate complex problems for the past decade. The former digital services editor for Reviews.com, Adam now leads CNET's services and software team and contributes to ...

These controls, which are buried inside products from Apple, Google, Meta and others, make us share more data than we need to. By Brian X. Chen There’s a catchy saying going around with a valuable ...

In this post, we will show you how to reset Windows Terminal customization settings to default in Windows 11/10. It’s easy to do. You can do it via Terminal Settings or via the JSON file. We will also ...

"Some assembly required" isn't an effective model for protecting your data. Alfred Ng Senior Reporter / CNET News Alfred Ng was a senior reporter for CNET News. He was raised in Brooklyn and ...

It was declared the winner of the search-engine wars way back in 1998. Fortune magazine said the company was poised for much bigger things. That company was, actually, Yahoo. As it turned out, that ...

Windows doesn’t always “just work" — but with a little touch of tinkering, you can fix most of its unfortunate choices. A modern Windows PC works without much tweaking — mostly. But some settings out ...

Likely fed up with the new Windows 11 default apps interface, Mozilla has bypassed Microsoft's policies to make it easier for users to switch their default browser. In the past, when a Windows ...

Late last year I had, shall we say, compelling reasons to set up LinkedIn for the first time. I didn't find a job. I did, however, find a staggering number of emails in my inbox. LinkedIn, if you ...