Make Tech Easier

Your Windows Secure Boot Certificates are Expiring Soon: Here’s How to Update to the Latest

Microsoft is taking its time with the boot certificate rollout, but you don't have to. Activate the latest UEFI CA 2023 right now.
Ars Technica

How to encrypt your PC’s disk without giving the keys to Microsoft

In early 2025, Forbes reports, investigators at the FBI served Microsoft with a warrant seeking the BitLocker encryption recovery keys for several laptops it believed held evidence of fraud in Guam’s ...
TechRadar

'Simply irresponsible': Microsoft confirms it will give your BitLocker encryption keys to the FBI if asked - but there is a way to keep your data private

Microsoft confirms FBI can access BitLocker keys via valid legal orders Cloud accounts store unencrypted keys, enabling law enforcement access; local accounts avoid this risk Senator Wyden criticizes ...
PC Magazine

Report: Microsoft Hands Over Keys for BitLocker-Encrypted Data to FBI

Microsoft handed over keys to BitLocker-encrypted data stored on its servers during an FBI probe last year, granting access to data on three separate laptops. BitLocker, a built-in data protection ...
Yahoo

Drive to Survive Season 8: Release date, how to watch and everything you need to know

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo by Bryn Lennon - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images Netflix have confirmed when the eighth season of Drive to Survive will ...
Hosted on MSN

Learn to drive manual transmission step by step

Step-by-step guide to learning how to drive a manual transmission with confidence. #ManualTransmission #DrivingTips #CarTutorial #LearnToDrive Donald Trump sends warning to Republican for 'betrayal': ...
Digital Trends

Android 17’s native app lock may also hide notifications from locked apps

Fresh leaks from Android 17’s Canary build suggest that Google is actively working on how notifications behave for locked apps. According to a new Android Authority report, notifications from apps ...
HotHardware

Microsoft's Hardware-Accelerated BitLocker Promises A Huge Performance Boost

For Windows' BitLocker drive encryption, performance has been a long-standing pain point, especially as high-speed NVMe drives have become more dominant in the market. Fortunately, Microsoft has taken ...
itechhacks

How to Enable Quick Machine Recovery to Fix Boot Problems on Windows 11

Microsoft introduced Quick Machine Recovery (QMR) in Windows 11 Version 24H2, allowing computers with boot problems to connect to Microsoft servers to download and apply a fix automatically without ...
Windows Central

How to get started with Windows Recall on Windows 11 and give your Copilot+ PC a secure photographic memory

Windows Recall is an AI-powered feature that tracks and remembers everything you do on your Copilot+ PC running the latest version of Windows 11. This feature can be thought of as a photographic ...
GitHub

bitlocker-drive-lock

A C# Windows Forms application to manage BitLocker-encrypted drives. Features include drive detection, lock/unlock with password or Windows Hello, secure password storage using DPAPI, auto-elevation, ...