VPN provider built a script to block Microsoft’s hidden GDID tracking on Windows — Windscribe’s “deGDID” erases existing identifiers and blocks new ones from being created
VPN provider built a script to block Microsoft’s hidden GDID tracking on Windows —  Windscribe’s “deGDID” erases existing identifiers and blocks new ones from being created

You can run the deGDID script on your computer to delete cached GDID keys and prevent Microsoft’s servers from minting new ones in the background. The firewall you put up with this script will break certain Microsoft services and features, however, but you can always reverse it.

Microsoft quietly purges 32GB of RAM recommendations from its website — company reels from the effects of the memory shortage as it released 8GB base models for Surface laptops this year

Microsoft once recommended 32GB of RAM as a future-proof “no worries” upgrade for gamers, but it seems that it wants you to forget that it ever gave that suggestion. That’s because laptop manufacturers, including Microsoft itself, has once again started selling models with a base configuration of 8GB of RAM as companies memory prices skyrocket out of control.

Is Windows 11 spying on you via a new background process? No, it isn’t, but the controversy around this clearly shows Microsoft must do better with privacy
Is Windows 11 spying on you via a new background process? No, it isn’t, but the controversy around this clearly shows Microsoft must do better with privacy

Windows 11 process sparks controversy and user accusations of ‘spying,’ which are false — but still point to a wider issue around privacy for Microsoft.

Level up your creativity without paying full price — Adobe cuts Creative Cloud Pro subscriptions by 50% for your first year
Level up your creativity without paying full price — Adobe cuts Creative Cloud Pro subscriptions by 50% for your first year

Adobe cuts Creative Cloud Pro subscriptions by 50% for your first year, an unmissable deal for creators everywhere.

Microsoft acknowledges how dire the RAM crisis is by promising to reduce Windows 11’s ‘memory footprint’ on 8GB laptops — but it should have been this way from the start
Microsoft acknowledges how dire the RAM crisis is by promising to reduce Windows 11’s ‘memory footprint’ on 8GB laptops — but it should have been this way from the start

‘There needs to be a mechanism to prevent this from happening’: Microsoft vows to make Windows 11 run better on 8GB, but users complain something else needs fixing — rogue software installs.

Bazzite has been an excellent OS for my second gaming PC, but I can’t replace Windows 11 with it on my main rig — here’s why
Bazzite has been an excellent OS for my second gaming PC, but I can’t replace Windows 11 with it on my main rig — here’s why

Bazzite is almost the perfect Windows 11 replacement for my main gaming PC, but I can’t make the jump just yet.

After three weeks wearing the Meta Ray-Ban Scriber Optics I couldn’t be more in love — I just wish smart glasses weren’t so controversial
After three weeks wearing the Meta Ray-Ban Scriber Optics I couldn’t be more in love — I just wish smart glasses weren’t so controversial

Smart glasses need to get their act together — the Meta Ray-Ban Scriber Optics are my favorite tech of 2026 so far but I’m scared to wear them.