YouTube’s homepage has run on one algorithmic feed for almost its entire existence. At the Made on YouTube 2026 event on September 23, YouTube announced Custom Feeds, a feature that lets you describe the kind of feed you want in plain language and get a dedicated homepage tab built around it. Here’s what it actually … Read more
“Could not find jvm.dll” and “could not find main class” are two different error messages, but they tend to get lumped together because they both mean Java can’t locate the file it needs to start. The fix depends entirely on when you see it: right after installing Java itself, or when launching a specific program … Read more
YouTube Studio’s Ask Studio assistant just picked up two genuinely new capabilities announced at the Made on YouTube 2026 event on September 23: personalized feedback on unpublished video drafts, and dynamic thumbnails that YouTube tests automatically without you setting anything up. Here’s what each one actually does, how it’s different from the manual A/B testing … Read more
If Windows 11’s File History suddenly stopped backing up your files after the September 2026 update, you’re not imagining it — and it’s not your external drive. Microsoft has confirmed that its own security patch broke the feature, and as of late September the real fix isn’t something Windows installs for you automatically yet. What’s … Read more
If you opened YouTube Shorts recently and noticed the thumbs-up icon has turned into a heart — and the thumbs-down is gone entirely — you’re not imagining it. YouTube rolled out a genuine redesign of the Shorts reaction bar in 2026, and it’s a permanent change, not another short-lived test. Here’s exactly what changed, when, … Read more
An Xbox controller that won’t connect, or that connects fine and then drops out mid-game, is one of the most common Xbox support questions there is — and also one of the most frequently mis-diagnosed, because “just reconnect it” fixes some causes and does nothing for others. Here’s what’s actually behind it and the fixes … Read more
On September 30, 2026, YouTube TV removed three channels from its lineup — Court TV, Tastemade, and The Young Turks — along with two add-on feeds, Tastemade Español (part of Spanish Plus) and Tastemade in 4K (part of 4K Plus). If your guide suddenly looks different or a recording vanished, here’s exactly what happened and … Read more
Windows 11’s October 2026 Patch Tuesday update lands on October 13, but you don’t have to wait to see what’s in it. Microsoft already shipped KB5124010 as an optional preview, and it shows exactly which features are about to become mandatory for everyone. What KB5124010 Actually Is KB5124010 is a non-security preview update, offered as … Read more
Xbox began rolling out six new console features to Xbox Insiders on September 9, 2026, covering everything from startup animations to higher-quality Remote Play streaming. None of it is final yet, but it’s a good preview of what’s coming to every Xbox Series X|S console in the weeks and months ahead. Here’s what each feature … Read more
Windows 11’s September 2026 update (KB5124008) shipped the movable taskbar people had been asking for since 2021, plus fixes for two zero-day vulnerabilities already being exploited in the wild. It also broke audio, Remote Desktop, and more on a meaningful number of PCs. Microsoft has already shipped one emergency follow-up, KB5129195, that fixes some of … Read more
