Tech updates from around the web

I swapped Task Manager for a 17-year-old free app that runs circles around it

Windows’ New menu was useless until I added my own files to it

My old Android phone runs real Windows games locally, and wrapper is why

5 network services worth self-hosting before a media server

There's a 40-year-old bug in every copy of Excel and Microsoft says it will never fix it

3 reasons I'd pay $200 more for the Z Fold 8 Ultra over the Z Fold 8

Stop trusting the gold badge on your power supply — here's what actually matters

I disable 6 Windows green settings on every laptop, and I never get any weird hardware glitches

I kept all my passkeys in one place until a security expert explained what I was risking

My new GPU swallowed three PCIe slots — here's how I got them back

I disabled adaptive battery and took manual control of my Android's power

Samsung's Device Care runs in the background constantly for nothing — but you can tell it to stop