About 10 years ago, a prominent tech executive confidently informed me that computer files would become obsolete. The exec was Bret Taylor, who at the time was building a Microsoft Word alternative ...

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It’s very easy to say “you must back up your computer,” but doing so can sometimes feel like a chore. After all, catastrophic data loss doesn’t feel like it should be a common occurrence. It couldn’t ...

OneDrive, Microsoft's built-in cloud storage platform, is deeply embedded in Windows and positioned as a central part of the company's cloud ecosystem. When Windows updates or ...

Google Drive's recently introduced Gemini-based summarization features make me uncomfortable about my private document.

CleanMyPC is a cleaning utility for Windows computers. It’s designed to improve your computer system’s performance by getting rid of junk files and other unnecessary data. It features a number of ...

If your Windows computer has reset itself and you have lost all your files, one of the following two statements may be true for you: Case 1: Your computer might be infected Case 2: It might be a ...

Whenever I try to backup my computer files online, I get tripped up somehow. It’s inexplicably complicated, with most products unable to backup all my files simply — and to keep on doing that over ...