Chrome, Edge, and Firefox are full of bloatware, with AI among the features most of us don't want. This free tool is your ticket back to the good old days.

Apple, Google, and Microsoft all offer free parental control apps or settings to help you keep your kids safer online. We walk you through the benefits and drawbacks of each. I review privacy tools ...

Samsung Galaxy users are finally receiving a long-awaited software update. One UI 8.5 is here, and brings a suite of new features with it. One way Android phones continue to improve over the life of ...

As lights go up and holiday music follows us into every store, grief has a way of slipping into the season uninvited. Someone mentioned to me recently that the "five stages of grief" have been ...

Over two dozen states incorporated the free tax software in 2025, but the IRS has decided to discontinue the program. Peter is a writer and editor for the CNET How-To team. He has been covering ...

Infostealer malware keeps popping up in the news these days. Those headlines about millions of compromised passwords, some linked to major services like Gmail? Just a year or so ago, such big info ...

What’s happened? Canva just dropped a bomb on the design world: Affinity, once a paid pro design suite, is now free forever. The move marks Canva’s loudest challenge yet to Adobe, arriving alongside ...

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Rahul Naskar has years of experience writing news and features related to Android, phones, and apps. Outside the tech world, he follows global events and developments shaping the world of geopolitics.

PS Plus users have great new games to play starting today, but there are bonus free downloads that they shouldn’t overlook. PS Plus Premium users can now try universally-acclaimed PS5 exclusive Death ...