Shrink your Windows 11 taskbar icons with this simple tweak

Click the Taskbar page on the right side. (Option 1) Select the "Always" option in the "Show smaller taskbar buttons" setting ...
How-To Geek on MSN

This open-source tool fixed Windows 11's ugly taskbar

Windhawk is a free and open-source utility that allows you to customize most aspects of the Windows user interface, including ...

10 Hacks Every Windows Power User Should Know

Windows is no doubt a powerful operating system, and you can tweak system settings and add power user utilities to speed up ...
PCMag Australia on MSN

Still Using Windows 10? Here Are 10 Big Reasons You Should Upgrade Now

Now that Microsoft has officially ended Windows 10 support, upgrading to Windows 11 simply makes sense. And trust me—once you ...
iTech Hacks

How Do I Turn Off Do Not Disturb? A Guide for iPhone, Android, Mac, and Windows

Wondering "how do i turn off do not disturb"? We explain how to disable Do Not Disturb on iPhone, Android, Mac and Windows.
ZDNet

How to clear your Windows 11 PC cache (and put a stop to lag for good)

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. If your computer desktop looks a little chaotic and you're noticing some performance slowdown, it might be time to do a cleanup. The best way to ...
Ars Technica

Kindle Scribe Colorsoft brings color e-ink to Amazon’s 11-inch e-reader

Amazon has been updating the large-screened Kindle Scribe tablet more frequently and regularly than it updates its standard e-readers, and today the company is announcing the tablet’s third hardware ...
The New York Times

‘The King of Color’ Review: He’s Just Into Hue

In a new documentary, the creator of the Pantone system explains how he standardized colors across the globe. By Ben Kenigsberg When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through ...
PC Gamer

Windows 3.1 included a red and yellow 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme so garish it was long assumed to be a joke, so I tracked down Microsoft's original UI designer to get the ...

Every so often, a wonderful thing happens: someone young enough to have missed out on using computers in the early 1990s is introduced to the Windows 3.1 "Hot Dog Stand" color scheme. Back in the day ...
NPR

How To Do Everything

Half advice show. Half survival guide. Half absurdity-fest. (Wait, how does this work again? We're not numbers people.) Each episode, we answer all your burning questions, from how to survive a public ...
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Pantone's Color of the Year for 2026 revealed

WASHINGTON — Pantone has unveiled Cloud Dancer, a shade of white, as its Color of the Year for 2026. Officially named PANTONE 11-4201 Cloud Dancer "serves as a symbol of calming influence in a ...
Forbes

Pantone’s 2026 Color Of The Year Is Cloud Dancer, An Off-White

Pantone named its lightest Color of the Year to date on Thursday: Cloud Dancer (11-4201), a neutral with a narrative that’s all about wiping the slate clean. The off-white shade was chosen as a ...