If your PC won’t open Google Chrome, there may be a culprit: Microsoft. Google determined that Microsoft’s Family Safety app is blocking Chrome, though the company hasn’t discovered how or why. “For some users, Chrome is unable to run when Microsoft Family Safety is enabled,” Google support engineers posted on the company’s support blog. The
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Omnicom strikes partnerships with PayPal and X as its ‘live’
By Michael Bürgi • June 18, 2025 • Digiday covers the latest from marketing and media at the annual Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. More from the series → Having decided that the value of live — be it live sports, live shopping, live-streaming, live events or live conversations — is of essential importance
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Windows Hello webcams have stopped working in the dark. I
Image: Logitech Will your laptop recognize you in the dark? Maybe. Maybe not. An April patch update for Windows now “requires color cameras” to see a visible face when signing in, according to Microsoft via Windows Central. Technically, that means that Windows Hello is now using your webcam as well as the infrared depth camera
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PC gamers are panic-buying Windows 11 Pro
Image: StackCommerce TL;DR: Save 92% on Windows 11 Pro keys for a very limited time—only the first 100 people will get this price. Gamers have recently discovered a goldmine in a simple PC upgrade: moving from Windows 10 to 11. Yeah, those annoying upgrade reminders had a point. Currently just $14.97, Windows 11 Pro packs a suite of
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WhatsApp seeks to join Apple in legal challenge against Home
Aleksei - stock.adobe.com WhatsApp today applied to intervene in an Investigatory Powers Tribunal case that is considering the UK’s ability to issue a technical capability notice on Apple to ‘weaken encryption’ By Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly Published: 11 Jun 2025 17:19 Encrypted messaging service WhatsApp is seeking to intervene to support Apple in its legal
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Your PC deserves around-the-clock privacy protection—get AdGuard’s Family Plan for
Skip to content Image: StackCommerce TL;DR: AdGuard’s Family Plan can block ads, shield your PC from malware, and restrict inappropriate content for kids for only $15.97 (reg. $169.99) with code FAMPLAN. Privacy solution: Your digital life deserves anonymity and security, and with AdGuard, you can shield your data from trackers, activity analyzers, and other bad actors. Block
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AMD’s powerful AI chips can finally be unleashed on Windows
Skip to content Image: AMD AMD’s hardware teams have tried to redefine AI inferencing with powerful chips like the Ryzen AI Max and Threadripper. But in software, the company has been largely absent where PCs are concerned. That’s changing, AMD executives say. AMD’s Advancing AI event Thursday focused on enterprise-class GPUs like its Instinct lineup.
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Air vs. liquid cooling for CPUs: We debated it with
Image: Willis Lai/Foundry You need to cool your PC’s processor no matter what, but you can do so in different ways—with a heatsink and one or more fans for old-school air cooling, or with an AIO liquid-cooled setup as seems to be the trend for any high-end PC setup. But which is better? PCWorld’s Adam
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Labour commits £17.2m to support Spärck AI scholarships
The government puts up money to help drive the UK’s expertise in artificial intelligence By Cliff Saran, Managing Editor Published: 09 Jun 2025 16:45 The government is funding a scholarship named after British computer scientist Karen Sparck Jones, who pioneered a technique for indexing documents quickly. Labour said it would be providing full funding for
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Own Microsoft Office & Windows 11 for life—all for $55
Image: StackCommerce TL;DR: Get a lifetime license for Microsoft Office Pro 2021 and Windows 11 Pro for just $54.97 (reg. $418.99). If your PC is still running outdated software—or worse, you’re still paying monthly fees for essential tools—it’s time for an upgrade. For just $54.97, you can score a lifetime license to both Microsoft Office Professional