Tech pro ThioJoe explores hidden Windows folders that most users never encounter but still play important system roles.

StegoAd Microsoft Edge extensions malware affected up to 2.6 million users after the company removed 119 add-ons that hid ...

Windows 11 is packed with powerful features and hidden settings that many users overlook. Discover these lesser-known tools ...

A TidBITS reader named Stan wrote in recently, thinking he had identified an iOS 26 bug that could make apps completely inaccessible except through search. An Apple Store employee had confirmed what ...

Unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) whistleblower and former Air Force intelligence officer David Grusch accused intelligence agencies Tuesday of hiding billions of dollars in secret government ...

Are two sets of data genuinely different, or is it because of randomness? This question, known as the two-sample testing problem, becomes notoriously difficult in modern datasets, because they are ...

What if the knowledge that could fuel the next scientific breakthrough has simply been forgotten in an old graph or table? Valuable scientific insights may already exist across decades of published ...

Last week, while the world watched President Trump and Xi Jinping meet in Beijing, a much quieter piece of research dropped in Nature. It should have been on every front page. A team of seven ...

Tech pro ThioJoe demystifies the mysterious ProgramData folder and explains why it exists and how Windows quietly depends on it.

Next time you go to the pharmacy, you might be offered a coupon on your prescription drugs. While it may sound like a great deal — with the prospect of saving hundreds of dollars — the decision to ...

In many K–12 schools today, fragmented student data has quietly become one of the most significant barriers to effective decision-making and day-to-day operations. While digital tools have expanded ...

Many people are hoping—nay, praying—that the potential AI bubble will burst soon. But to hear Google tell it, generative AI is the future, and the company’s products have to change to keep up with the ...