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Your device's GPU may be used for fingerprinting purposes

Researchers from universities in Israel, Australia and France have discovered a device identification technique that is based entirely on GPU fingerprinting. Fingerprinting in the computing world refers to the identification of devices […]

Microsoft Edge is testing a Sports Ticker to display Live Scores, News in all pages and new tabs

Microsoft Edge is testing a Sports Ticker to display Live Scores, News on all pages/new tabs

Do you watch sports? When a game/match is going on, do you use Google or rely on other sites for live scores? Well, you may not have to do that anymore if […]

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Windows 11 is on 16% of all PCs according to AdDuplex

Microsoft's Windows 11 operating system market share grew to over 16% in January 2022, according to AdDuplex. The company monitors "around 60,000" Windows 10 and Windows 11 PCs and publishes frequent reports […]

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What happens to all the Windows 10 devices that are incompatible with Windows 11 in 2025?

Microsoft released Windows 11 in late 2021 and shifted the focus of development from Windows 10 to Windows 11. Customers with Windows 10 devices may upgrade to Windows 11 for free, but […]

Windows 10's Sync Your Settings improves Windows 11 migrations, but it is late to the party

Microsoft released optional updates for its operating systems last week. The update for Windows 10, KB5009596, improves the Sync Your Settings feature to improve the migration experience to Microsoft's Windows 11 operating […]

Firefox's Picture-in-Picture mode to support site-specific wrappers for improved functionality

Mozilla laid the foundation for site-specific video wrapper scripts in this week's release of Firefox Nightly, the cutting-edge development version of the Firefox browser. These video wrapper scripts improve the browser's Picture-in-Picture […]

Microsoft explains why Windows PCs are not updated to the most recent version

Not all Windows PCs have the latest updates installed. Microsoft decided to analyze why Windows 10 or 11 devices are lagging behind in updates and published the conclusion of its findings on […]

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Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22543 brings Natural voices for the Narrator, volume level indicator to the flyout

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22543 is now available in the Dev Channel. Microsoft has been steadily improving the accessibility features in Windows 11. Build 22538 brought some new options for Voice […]

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Google Chrome: tab muting is making a return

Google is working on a reintroduction of tab muting functionality in the company's Chrome web browser. Chrome did support tab muting previously, but Google removed the functionality and replaced it with a […]

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Firefox 96.0.3 and Firefox 91.5.1 ESR fix search Telemetry data sending issue

Mozilla will release Firefox 96.0.3 Stable and Firefox 91.5.1 ESR, Extended Support Release, later today. The new versions of Firefox address a Telemetry data sending issue in the browser. The rollout of […]

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Windows 11 will be offered to all eligible PCs ahead of schedule

Microsoft changed the rollout status of its Windows 11 operating system to broad deployment on January 26, 2022; the new status means that Windows 11 will be offered to all eligible devices […]

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Microsoft to roll out Android apps preview for Windows 11 next month

Microsoft to roll out Android apps preview for Windows 11 next month along with Taskbar improvements, new Media Player and Notepad apps

Windows 11 is set to bring some improvements to the user experience such as the Taskbar, a new Media Player and a Notepad app next month. The company is also set to […]

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Open Source app TapTap brings Android's Quick Tap feature to unsupported devices

TapTap is an open source application for Google's Android operating system that brings Android 12's Quick Tap feature to devices running Android 7 and up. Google implemented Quick Tap in Android 12 […]

Why I won't buy a new phone when my Google Pixel Android phone runs out of support

I bought a Google Pixel 3a Android phone shortly after it was released. Google pledged three years of support for the device, which will run out in May 2022. Previously, I bought […]

KB5008353 Update for Windows 11 fixes File Explorer lag

KB5008353 Update for Windows 11 fixes File Explorer lag and SSD performance issues

Microsoft is rolling out the KB5008353 Update for Windows 11. This is a preview update that addresses several problems that were reported by users. In December 2021, many users reported poor SSD […]

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Google drops FLoC and announces Topics as the future cookie-less advertising system

Google announced the new Topics API for its Privacy Sandbox project on January 25, 2022, which replaces the controversial FLoC project. When Google announced FLoC, Federated Learning of Cohorts, back in mid-2021, […]

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The Ultimate Software Testing Bundle contains 11 software testing related eLearning courses with 84 hours of total content. The bundle includes introductory courses for beginners but also specialized courses for intermediate and […]

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FastCopy 4 is now available

FastCopy, a Windows tool that is designed to speed up and improve copy processes on Windows machines, has reached version 4 recently. The developer of the application released FastCopy 4, 4.01, and […]

Moonbounce is a persistent malware that can survive drive formats and OS reinstalls

Moonbounce is a persistent malware that can survive drive formats and OS reinstalls

A new malware has been making the headlines over the past few days. The rootkit, that has been identified as Moonbounce, is a persistent malware that can survive drive formats and OS […]

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WinRAR 6.1 drops Windows XP support, adds Windows 11 context menu support

RARLAB, the developer of the archiving software WinRAR, released WinRAR 6.1 in January 2022. The new version of WinRAR changes the system requirements, as support for Microsoft's Windows XP operating system has […]

Opera browser will automatically pop-out videos when you switch to a different tab

Opera browser will automatically pop-out videos when you switch to a different tab

The Opera 83 update is being rolled out to users in the stable channel. This version introduces a new feature called, automatic video pop-out, aka picture-in-picture mode. It is a useful option […]

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Microsoft tests a new quick actions sidebar in Edge

Some Microsoft Edge Canary users are seeing a new quick actions sidebar on the right side of the web browser. It appears that Microsoft is A-B testing the functionality at the time; […]

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Microsoft does not want you to set 25 Windows Update policies anymore

Microsoft's Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems have different sets of policies that administrators may configure. Some policies should not be set anymore according to Microsoft because "they have become irrelevant […]

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How to restore Firefox's classic download behavior

Mozilla plans to change the download behavior of the Firefox web browser in Firefox 97; this guide helps restore the classic download functionality of the browser. Firefox users who download files currently […]

Microsoft force installs Windows 10 version 21H2 on 20H2 devices

Microsoft announced this week via the company's Windows Update Twitter channel that it is rolling out Windows 10 version 21H2 to devices running the older 20H2 version of the Windows 10 operating […]

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ProtonMail introduces Tracking Protection feature

Secure email provider ProtonMail launched a new protective feature called Tracking Protection recently. The feature aims to protect users of the service better against tracking attempts. ProtonMail users who use the web […]

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Windows 11 has a new Task Manager with a fluent design, here's how you can try it in the Insider Program

Yesterday, Microsoft released Build 22538 for testers in the Dev Channel, which brought a couple of minor changes to the UI. But it included something else which the announcement did not mention, […]

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Here is what is new in Firefox 96.0.2

Mozilla released Firefox 96.0.2 to the Stable channel on January 20, 2022. The new version of the browser fixes three issues that affect Facebook, LastPass and audio play on Linux. Firefox 96.0.2 […]

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Startpage Search Engine launches Privacy Protection extension

Startpage Privacy Protection is a new browser extension by the privacy-focused search engine Startpage with two main purposes: reveal privacy scores of visited websites and give users more privacy-related controls to reduce […]

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Google launches Android Games for Windows PCs in limited beta

Shortly after Microsoft announced that Windows 11 will run Android apps natively, Google revealed its own plans to bring Google Play Games for Windows. The platform has now been soft-launched in 3 […]

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Windows Insider Preview Build 22538

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22538 brings some improvements to Voice Access and the UI experience

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22538 is now available in the Dev Channel. This release focuses on improvements to Voice Access, Voice Typing, a couple of changes to the interface and fixes […]

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Chrome 97 update fixes 26 vulnerabilities (1 critical)

Google released a new version of its Chrome web browser to the public. The new version of the web browser, Chrome 97.0.4692.99, is a security update that addresses 26 different issues in […]

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Google ends the G Suite legacy free edition leaving users worried

G Suite legacy free edition was a free edition of Google's G Suite offering that customers could sign-up for prior to December 6, 2012. Google announced recently that it will end support […]

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You may soon display vertical tabs in Microsoft Edge on the right side

Microsoft's Chromium-based Edge browser will soon get a couple of new features and improvements, including several that improve the vertical tabs feature of the browser. One of the distinguishing factors of Edge […]

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Audible app for Windows has been discontinued, company advises users to switch to the Cloud Player or mobile apps

The Audible app for Windows has been discontinued. The popular audiobook streaming platform has sent users an email to inform them about the program's removal. The app in question, which debuted in […]

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Firefox will soon download files automatically instead of displaying a prompt

Firefox users who download files from the Internet will soon notice that Mozilla changed the default process from displaying a prompt for each download to downloading files automatically, just like Chrome and […]

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O&O DeskInfo: display system information on the Windows desktop

O&O DeskInfo is a free application by the German software company O&O Software GMBH. The application displays system information on the desktop when it is run. O&O DeskInfo has a download size […]

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