Telegram adds support for custom notification sounds, mute duration, new animated emoji

Telegram adds support for custom notification sounds, mute duration, new animated emoji

Telegram has updated its apps with improvements for notifications, auto-delete, emojis and more. Here's a brief overview of the new features, and how to use them. Custom Notification Sounds for chats When […]

Microsoft is planning to allow ads in free-to-play Xbox games

Microsoft is planning to allow ads in free-to-play Xbox games

Microsoft is reportedly working on a way to show ads in free-to-play Xbox games. A report reveals that the tech giant is working with adtech companies to build an ad network for […]

WhatsApp to increase attachment size to 2GB, add emoji reactions, larger group calls

WhatsApp to increase attachment size to 2GB, add emoji reactions, larger group calls, and more

WhatsApp Messenger has laid down plans for some changes coming to its apps. The Facebook-owned service is also set to introduce a new feature called Communities, to help organizations, schools, local clubs, […]

Proton Calendar for Android launched

Proton Calendar app for Android is now available for all users

Proton AG has rolled out Proton Calendar for Android for all users. A beta test version of the app was launched last year, with the same end-to-end encryption system used in Protonmail. […]

Windows Spotlight in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22598

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22598 released for Dev and Beta Channels

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22598 has been released to the Dev and Beta Channels. It adds some new features to the Media Player app, Windows Spotlight, and fixes a number of […]

DuckDuckGo browser for Mac

DuckDuckGo browser for Mac is now available in beta (via waitlist)

DuckDuckGo browser for Mac has been released in beta. The search provider had revealed its plans to release a desktop browser in December 2021. DuckDuckGo for Mac - an overview It comes […]

Protonmail users can activate a free Proton.me email address until April 30th

Protonmail users can activate a free Proton.me email address until April 30th

Proton AG has launched a new email domain called Proton.me. Users who have a Protonmail.com address can activate a free Proton.me ID with the same username, for a limited time. This isn't […]

Hackers distributed a modified version VLC to launch a malware attack

Symantec says that hackers distributed a modified version of VLC and exploited it for malware attacks

Last week, news began circling around that VLC was being abused by hackers to inject some malware. The issue came to light after Symantec published a report on its Security Threat Intelligence […]

Microsoft Edge 100 improves the resources saved by Sleeping Tabs

Microsoft Edge 100 improves Sleeping Tabs ability to save more resources, and allows you to monitor its performance

Microsoft Edge 100 was released a few days ago, and is essentially a security update. The Redmond company has highlighted that the latest version improves the browser's performance with a more optimized […]

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22593 brings Home page for File Explorer

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22593 brings Home page for File Explorer, new shortcuts for Snap Layouts

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22593 is now available for users in the Dev Channel. It brings some features that were announced in the recent Windows 11 event, along with various bug […]

Waterfox G4.1.0 update sets Startpage as the default search engine for Private Tabs

Waterfox G4.1.0 update reduces requirement to SSE 4.1, sets Startpage as the default search engine for Private Tabs

Waterfox has been updated to version G4.1.0 which introduces a new feature called Tab Unloading. It also fixes some bugs and adds a couple of new options. Waterfox G4 is compatible with […]

AMD GPU drivers are overclocking CPUs on their own

AMD GPU drivers are overclocking CPUs on their own

AMD seems to be having a rough year, a month ago it acknowledged that its Ryzen processors were causing Windows 11 systems to stutter. While users are waiting for a fix for […]

Microsoft unveils Tabs in File Explorer

Microsoft unveils new features for Windows 11 including Tabs in File Explorer, Folders in Start Menu, Do Not Disturb and more

Microsoft announced some important features during its Windows 11 event. Here is a breakdown of what you can expect in the near future. Tabs in File Explorer are official Tabs in File […]

Microsoft's roadmap confirms that Teams will soon be supported in Firefox

Microsoft's roadmap confirms that Teams will soon be supported in Firefox

Microsoft has updated its roadmap for Teams to confirm that Teams support for Firefox is in the works, it's about time. Many people view Teams as the successor to Skype, not just […]

Microsoft To Do app for Windows adds support for Smart due date and reminder recognition

Microsoft To Do app for Windows adds support for Smart due date and reminder recognition

To do lists are a great way to get things done, Windows 10 and 11 come with an app to help you with this, Microsoft To Do. The latest version of the […]

Video Ad-Block for Twitch extension banned from Chrome and Firefox for redirecting users and injecting referral links

Video Ad-Block for Twitch extension banned from Chrome and Firefox for redirecting users and injecting referral links

Video ads are perhaps the most annoying thing on the internet. This is one of many reasons why one should use an ad-blocker, but what happens when an add-on that is supposed […]

Microsoft renames Your Phone Companion to Phone Link

Microsoft renames Your Phone Companion app to Phone Link, and overhauls its interface

Remember the redesigned interface that Microsoft teased for the Your Phone Companion app in November 2021? It's finally here, and with a new name, Phone Link. This is not an April Fool's […]

Opera GX Video Pickup button

Opera GX introduces Video Pickup to sync video timestamps, and GX Profiles for muting tabs, deleting data on exit

Opera has added two features, called GX Profiles and Video Pickup, to its gaming-centric browser, Opera GX. The company has been making impressive strides to improve the video experience with Automatic Video […]

How to set the default browser in Windows 11

Windows 11 allows you to set the default browser in a single click, here's how to do it

Windows and its default browser, I don't think you could name a more controversial duo in recent history. Microsoft has toyed with the settings for changing the default browser too many times, […]

Clipchamp's free plan now allows you to save 1080p videos

Clipchamp's free plan now allows you to save 1080p videos

Windows 11 Build 22572, which was released a few weeks ago, brought a couple of new stock apps to the operating system. One of these was Clipchamp, an app for a web-based […]

Microsoft releases KB5011563 Update Preview for Windows 11

Microsoft releases KB5011563 Update Preview for Windows 11 stable channel

The KB5011563 Update for Windows 11 is now available for users in the stable channel. The patch was released a couple of weeks ago for Insiders in the Beta and Release Preview […]

Windows Defender is causing videos to open slowly in Windows 11 Beta

Windows Defender is causing videos to open slowly in Windows 11 Beta; here's how to fix it

Microsoft rolled out Windows 11 Build 22581 a few days ago for users in the Developer and Beta Channel of the Insider Preview Program. While it brought some bug fixes, it has […]

ProtonMail desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux is in development

ProtonMail desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux is in development

Proton has revealed its roadmap for the year 2022, to share its plans with users. It confirms that a ProtonMail desktop app is coming in the future. The privacy-centric email service, has […]

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22581 lets users switch from the Dev to Beta Channel for a limited time

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22581 lets users switch from the Dev to Beta Channel for a limited time

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22581 has been released to the Dev and Beta Channels simultaneously. If you want to switch from the Developer Channel to the Beta Channel without reinstalling Windows […]

KB5011543 Update brings Search Highlights to Windows 10

KB5011543 Update brings Search Highlights to Windows 10

KB5011543 Update for Windows 10 is rolling out to users as a Cumulative Preview Update. It brings a new feature called Search Highlights. You may be aware about it, if you read […]

KeePassXC 2.7.0 update with improved Auto-Type, Tags for entries launches out of beta

KeePassXC 2.7.0 update with improved Auto-Type, Tags for entries launches out of beta

KeePassXC 2.7.0 has been released to the stable channel. The update brings several new features that were tested in the beta version. My previous article covers most of the changes in this […]

Western Digital's EdgeRover desktop program had a bug that granted elevated privileges on Windows and macOS

Western Digital's EdgeRover desktop program had a bug that granted elevated privileges on Windows and macOS

Last year, Western Digital users ran into trouble with their My Book Live Drives, which were wiped automatically due to a bug in the firmware. Now, the company's desktop utility, EdgeRover, has […]

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22579 lets you name folders in the Start Menu

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22579 lets you name folders in the Start Menu, adds CD Playback in Media Player

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22579 has been released for users in the Developer Channel. It lets you name folders in the Start Menu, adds CD Playback in Media Player, and more. […]

Microsoft Edge can now auto-generate image labels for Narrator and other screen readers

Microsoft Edge can now auto-generate image labels for Narrator and other screen readers

A picture is worth a thousand words. Microsoft is taking the old adage quite seriously, it has introduced a new feature in Edge, called Automatic Image Descriptions, to assist people with visual […]

Mozilla Firefox now displays subtitles for videos in Picture-in-Picture mode in the Nightly channel

Firefox now displays subtitles for videos in Picture-in-Picture mode in the Nightly channel

Picture-in-Picture mode is a priceless feature in browsers, it is a great way to watch videos in a small window on your monitor, or your second screen while working on something else. […]

vivaldi reading list sync

Vivaldi's Reading List feature is now available in the latest snapshot for Android devices

Remember the Reading List feature that Vivaldi brought to its desktop browser about a month ago? The latest Snapshot build of Vivaldi for Android ships with the same save-it-for-later feature. How to […]

Microsoft releases DirectStorage API for Windows 10 and 11 PCs

Microsoft releases DirectStorage API for Windows 10 and 11

Microsoft has released its DirectStorage API for PC game developers. The technology debuted as part of the Xbox Velocity Architecture for the Xbox Series X and S in 2020. The Redmond-based company […]

Brave Browser for Android removes Tab Stack view

Brave Browser for Android removes support Tab Stack view, forcing users to use the Grid layout

Brave Browser for Android was updated to version 1.36.112 recently. The latest build of the app has removed the Tab Stack view, and instead forces the Grid layout as the only way […]

Xbox PC app update brings a redesigned sidebar

Xbox PC app for Insiders gets a redesigned sidebar with better navigation options

The Xbox PC app has been updated for users in the Insider Program. The latest version changes the appearance of the home screen. Microsoft has moved the navigation options that were previously […]

How to enable tabs in File Explorer in Windows 11

Microsoft is adding Tabs to File Explorer, and here's how to enable the feature in the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview

Windows 11 Build 22572 was released to the Insider Preview Program yesterday. It brought a couple of additional default apps. But there was something else too, a change that went unannounced in […]

windows 11 build 22572 access the show more options menu directly

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22572 lets you access File Explorer's old menu directly, adds two more stock apps

Microsoft has announced Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22572 for users who have participated in the Dev Channel. It adds some new apps, changes a couple of options, and introduces a new […]

AMD acknowledges Ryzen stuttering issues on Windows 10 and 11

AMD acknowledges Ryzen stuttering issues on Windows 10 and 11 are caused by fTPM bug

Are you experiencing intermittent stutters on your AMD computer? You are not alone, the Santa Clara-based company has acknowledged that it is a known issue that affects Ryzen systems running on Windows […]

Opera 86 dev channel update adds horizontal tab scrolling

Opera 86 dev channel update adds support for horizontal tab scrolling

The latest version in the Dev channel of Opera browser, version 86, adds a new way to navigate through your tabs. This maybe useful for users who are in the habit of […]

Apple, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla are working together to improve web development standards

Apple, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla are working together to improve web development standards

Apple, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla are working together in order to improve the web standards that are used across browsers and devices. It might sound like a cool crossover episode of superheroes, […]

Microsoft Store gets a new web interface similar to the one on Windows 10 and 11

Microsoft Store gets a new web interface similar to the one on Windows 10 and 11

A new design for the web version of the Microsoft Store is live. It has the Preview tag at the top, which indicates it is still an experimental design. Microsoft overhauled its […]