At the edge of tweaking
It is a powerful system utility that supports Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, and Windows 11 and includes hundreds of settings. It also includes many options that were earlier available exclusively in my standalone applications.
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Besides Winaero Tweaker, there are a number of other useful freeware tools created by Winaero. Check them out here: Winaero apps. Continue reading "Winaero Tweaker"
During its Surface even, Microsoft introduced a new desktop wallpaper. This is another version of the Bloom wallpaper, which color scheme resembles the Copilot logo. It makes a special emphasis on AI-powered features which are part of the Copilot+ wave of devices. Continue reading "Here’s the new Bloom wallpaper made for Copilot+ Surface devices"
As the May 20 event was mostly dedicated to Surface and "new era PCs", Microsoft has announced new variations of Surface Laptop and Surface Pro powered by the Snapdragon X chip. Also, there are now new devices with the same option from Dell, HP, Acer, ASUS & Lenovo.
Continue reading "These are new Surface devices powered by Snapdragon X, joined by other OEMs"
During the Surface event, Microsoft introduced Copilot+, a new set of AI-powered features and capabilities exclusively for Windows 11. These features will be available on new PCs launching under the Copilot+ brand this summer, marking "a new era for Windows PCs." Continue reading "Recall is the official name of AI Explorer, part of new Copilot+ PCs"
Nightly builds of Firefox, which represent Firefox 128, now include a weather widget. It appears every time you open a new tab page, and has a few options. Continue reading "Firefox is adding a weather widget to the New Tab page"
Last week Google released Chrome 125, a major release and the first one with native ARM64 builds. Besides, there is now in-depth executable file scan that runs automatically, an extra warning for add-ons installed outside of the Web Store, and a few more changes. Continue reading "Chrome 125 is out with ARM64 builds"
Microsoft is now rolling out the stable version of Microsoft Edge 125, which brings with it general improvements, fixes, and a few new features. The full version is 125.0.2535.5.
Continue reading "Microsoft Edge 125 stable is now available"
Microsoft is working on a new variant of the Home folder, the default location of File Explorer in Windows 11. The layout of the contents is slightly reworked, with the middle Favorites section to become a tab next to the Recent section. Finally, there will be a new Shared tab. Continue reading "The Home folder of File Explorer gets tabs with Recent, Favorites and Shared files"
Microsoft has released another update for the Snipping Tool, version 11.2404.39.0, which brings with it Bing's visual search feature. It allows you to quickly find similar images and objects in a screenshot by sending them to Bing. The latter will process the image without you have to upload it. Continue reading "Microsoft has released Snipping Tool with Bing Visual Search"
Microsoft today released Windows 11 Builds 22621.3668 and 22631.3668 (KB5037853) to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel on Windows 11, version 22H2 (Build 22621) and version 23H2 (Build 22631). Both come with a huge number of improvements, including the ability to drag files between breadcrumbs in the File Explorer address bar, a new account manager in the Start menu, the option to create a QR code from the Share menu, and much more. Continue reading "The ability to drag-n-drop files to Explorer address bar is now in Release Preview"
Windows 11 Build 22635.3640 is a new release for the Beta channel. It is notable for adding archive creation support for the popular 7z format and also for the tar format widely used on Linux. There is also Emoji 15.1 support, and several fixes. Continue reading "Windows 11 Build 22635.3640 (Beta) Adds new 7z and Tar archive write support, new Emoji"
