Figure 1: Occasionally, Windows Update shows a link that reads “View optional updates.” (Click image to enlarge it.) This, by the way, is a return to functionality offered in Windows 7, when optional ...

When a college or university says it's "test-optional," it means that school does not require students to provide their SAT or ACT scores when applying. This means it's left to each student to decide ...

Microsoft introduced support for named and optional parameters in C# 4.0. While a named parameter is used to specify an argument based on the name of the argument and not the position, an optional ...

A few days ago, Microsoft rolled out KB5120998, an optional update for Windows 11 that introduces several new features and improvements (like the taskbar being repositionable again). Another ...

In November 2022, Intelligencer published this story about MIT’s decision to require applicants to submit SAT and ACT scores again, two years after nearly every elite college in the country made test ...

Windows 10 has a frustrating and annoying problem where Windows Update will only offer one optional update at a time. Microsoft commonly releases new updates that are considered optional that won't be ...