Ben Khalesi covers the intersection of artificial intelligence and everyday tech at Android Police. With a background in AI and data science, he enjoys making technical topics approachable for those ...

It can be alarming to find an unknown folder or file on your computer, not least because malware can install temporary files without your knowledge that allow an infection to hide or spread. If you're ...

Unfinished downloads, tidbits of earlier installations, and other junk files over time build up and take up your disk space. While removing these unwanted materials can be cleaned up using Disk ...

If you feel the need to delete empty 0-byte files in Windows 11/10, you can use the command line or this free software to get it done quickly. Zero-byte files are files that do not have any data.

Another day means another Windows update, and this time it comes with a warning from Microsoft. You may have noticed a new folder in your root C:\ folder after applying the latest cumulative update ...

Remove Empty Directories is a small freeware program that hunts out and deletes empty folders to clean your system up. It works well, but would be better with a restore feature. One of the downsides ...

In context: Every now and then, Microsoft security patches can wreak havoc on Windows PCs. Users are understandably cautious these days, and even an innocent, empty folder can raise concerns about ...

Windows 11 is based on the same core as Windows 10, which is great for stability. But the new operating system inherited several issues in the process. The latest problem pertains to hundreds or ...