You can’t avoid stressful situations in the workplace. The following story involves an employee who faced a demanding customer on the phone. He tried to remain calm and professional, but he eventually ...

Some fraudsters don’t know when to stop. This call center employee has had enough of scammers trying to buy expensive items using other people’s cards, so he created a clever script to immediately get ...

For many Windows users, PowerShell is just a strange black window you open once in a while to paste a command from a forum. In reality, PowerShell is one of the most powerful tools built into Windows.

Windows security updates tend to conjure thoughts of operating system vulnerabilities, including zero-days, being patched or even unexpected failures with serious consequences. This security update, ...

As part of the December 2025 Patch Tuesday Update for Windows 11 version 23H2, 24H2, and 25H2, Microsoft made some changes to PowerShell 5.1. So, if you came across a new security warning in Windows ...

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 ...

Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan is in talks to script and Lone Survivor’s Peter Berg is near a deal to direct Paramount’s live-action Call of Duty movie. The news comes via The Hollywood Reporter.

String manipulation is a core skill for every Python developer. Whether you’re working with CSV files, log entries, or text analytics, knowing how to split strings in Python makes your code cleaner ...

Jessica Wehrman talks with David Jordan, CQ Roll Call’s energy and environment reporter, about how energy affordability could become a sleeper issue in next year’s midterm elections.

A PowerShell script using WBAdmin can create full system backups of Windows 11, offering a simple, scriptable alternative for advanced users. Over the last couple of years, I have written a few blog ...