PCWorld highlights Winhance, a free open-source tool that simplifies removing Windows 11 bloatware, ads, and unwanted pre-installed applications through an easy-to-use interface.

Software companies’ pitch to investors could use an upgrade. Once a favorite of Wall Street, software stocks have been sliding lately, with investors increasingly concerned about how the sector could ...

The hardest hit appear to be users of Outlook Classic who rely on POP email accounts or local PST files, particularly those stored in cloud folders such as OneDrive. For these users, Outlook may hang, ...

China bans use of software from Palo Alto Networks, CrowdStrike, and several others, sources say Alphabet's Mandiant, Thales' Imperva, Wiz, SentinelOne, Rapid7 also on cyber blacklist Authorities cite ...

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Google had removed the ability to uninstall updates for system apps via the Play Store. Users had to visit app settings in the settings menu to uninstall system app updates. The change appears to have ...

Software stocks have lagged AI names by a significant margin for most of 2025. Software stocks are significantly undervalued, according to Morningstar analysts, and many have sound fundamentals ...

There is perhaps nothing that has plagued the electronics consumer quite as much as bloatware. It’s omnipresent in most modern operating systems and products, whether it’s extra stuff on Android ...

This is important because: If you own multiple Android devices, the update means you no longer need to dig through each device individually just to remove an unwanted app. The Play Store is in the ...

OpenAI on Thursday announced it has acquired Software Applications Incorporated, a small company that developed a Mac product called Sky. All employees from Software Applications will join OpenAI.