How to Convert YouTube Videos to MP3 Files
Do you use YouTube for the music? If you want to save your favorite YouTube videos as audio files, certain websites and software can strip out the music tracks and…
DuckDuckGo confirms tracker blocking limit linked to Microsoft contract
DuckDuckGo, the self-styled "Internet privacy company" — which, for years, has built a brand around a claim of non-tracking web search and, more recently, launched its own 'private' browser with…
Apple, Meta, and Discord All Handed User Data Over to Hackers. Now What?
Last week, Meta, Discord, and Apple admitted to a deeply bizarre and troubling mistake: They had all handed user data over to hackers who forged law enforcement emergency data requests…
How to Install Microsoft’s VS Code Source Code Editor On Mac or Linux
Since its introduction, Visual Studio Code, often called simply "VS Code", has quickly moved to the top of editor choices by programmers. It's easily one of the most configurable, developer-friendly…
Microsoft releases Defender ATP for Linux
Which seems more unlikely to you? Dogs and cats living together in peace or Microsoft releasing a security program for Linux? Actually, both are true. On June 23, Microsoft released…
The Windows Subsystem for Linux BUILD 2020 Summary
At BUILD we demonstrated an early version of this work, running a few GUI sample apps directly from WSL such as Eye of Gnome, gedit and the mpv media player.…
How to install Microsoft Teams on Linux
Microsoft Teams is now available as a Linux desktop client. Learn how to install and connect, so you can begin collaborating with team members. You may or may not have…
Why I made the switch from Mac to Linux
This Linux story begins with a kid reading about Linux in issues of PC Magazine from his childhood home in Costa Rica. Today, he's a passionate member of the global…
Microsoft Office 365: Banned in German schools over privacy fears
Schools in the central German state of Hesse have been have been told it's now illegal to use Microsoft Office 365. The state's data-protection commissioner has ruled that using the…
The 5 Tech Giants you Hate to Love
NPR "Fresh Air" Interview with New York Times Technology Columnist Farhad Manjoo on the "Frightful 5". Manjoo discusses how Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, and Google are companies we all rely…