How to edit text files directly from Command Prompt and PowerShell

You can now use Microsoft Edit to create and edit text files directly in Command Prompt or PowerShell without switching apps, ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows PowerShell now warns when running Invoke-WebRequest scripts

Microsoft says Windows PowerShell now warns when running scripts that use the Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet to download web content, aiming to prevent potentially risky code from executing. As Microsoft ...
USA Today

The best winter thermostat temperature? Set your heat to this number.

It happens each year when the weather turns cold: The coats, hats, sweaters and blankets come out. The lights come on earlier. And the arguments over how high or low to set the thermostat begin. But ...
Business Insider

Creator ad spending is set to hit $37 billion this year and is growing 4x as fast as the overall media industry

Advertiser spending on creators is expected to hit $37 billion in 2025, according to a new IAB report. The category's growth comes as legacy formats like linear TV lose audience. More marketers ...
Pew Research Center

Americans’ Social Media Use 2025

To better understand which social media platforms Americans use, Pew Research Center surveyed 5,022 U.S. adults from Feb. 5 to June 18, 2025. SSRS conducted this National Public Opinion Reference ...
Wall Street Journal

Using Your Credit Card at the Checkout Is Set to Get a Lot More Complicated

Your favorite latte at the local coffee shop could soon cost $5, $5.10 or $5.25—depending on how you pay. A settlement between Visa, Mastercard and U.S. merchants announced this week could usher in a ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Knicks Tell Mamdani to Stop Using Team Logo in Campaign Ad

The New York Knicks sent Zohran Mamdani, the frontrunner in next month’s mayoral election, a cease-and-desist for the use of the team’s iconic logo in his campaign ad. Mamdani ran an ad during the ...
The Verge

Verge subscribers, here’s how to set up ad-free podcasts

Ad-free Decoder, Version History, and The Vergecast! Here’s how to get them. Ad-free Decoder, Version History, and The Vergecast! Here’s how to get them. is The Verge’s managing editor who oversees ...
SlashGear

6 Reasons You Need An Ad Blocker (And It's Not Just For Ads)

Inevitably, whenever there is a discussion on the internet about how YouTube (or any other website) is choked with ads, someone will say, "Just use an ad blocker." The name seems to say it all. An ad ...
Variety

Spotify Opens Up Ad Inventory to Amazon’s Demand-Side Platform

Spotify competes directly with Amazon Music for subscribers and ad dollars — but now Spotify is teaming up with a different division of the ecommerce giant in an effort to amp up programmatic ...
Reuters

Meta in talks to use Google's Gemini to improve ad business, the Information reports

Sept 25 (Reuters) - Meta (META.O), opens new tab staffers have had discussions with Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google Cloud about the possibility of using its Gemini models to improve the ...
TheServerSide

How to set a Git username and password in Git config

Repeated prompts to enter your Git username and password are a frustrating annoyance developers can live without. Unfortunately, if your Git installation has not been configured to use a credential ...