Tom Fenton tackles seven free and open-source AI tools bring local chat, coding, voice, design and research capabilities to personal computers and self-hosted environments.

Microsoft frequently introduces new features in Windows 11, but not all of them are immediately available to every user. Many upcoming tools, interface changes, and experimental capabilities are ...

President Trump gave the keynote speech as relations between his administration and the press continue to deteriorate. By Shawn McCreesh Shawn McCreesh reported from the White House Correspondents’ ...

Anyone who has used the Internet in recent years is probably used to encountering telltale signs of LLM prompting that lazy users sometimes forget to remove from their AI-generated pabulum. But a ...

Opening a crafted XZ archive in 7-Zip could let an attacker run code on the machine. The flaw, CVE-2026-14266, is a heap-based buffer overflow in how the archiver processes XZ chunked data, and Trend ...

States and cities are loosening building code requirements in an effort to lower construction costs and boost affordable housing. Some of these changes include allowing low-rise apartment buildings to ...

Windows 11 got so many features and security updates this month that it’s easy to overlook the most exciting ones. Here are the five most important new Windows 11 features you shouldn’t miss. The ...

Microsoft is focused on addressing complaints with Windows 11 this year, and you can test out major improvements in Insider builds before anyone else. These 10 are my top picks. I've been writing ...