The latest update to the Telegram app introduced group voice chats. This new feature adds a voice layer to regular chats, allowing participants to not only write text messages, but also speak.
Author: Sergey Tkachenko
Edge Collections now appear in a flyout rather than in a sidebar
A small visual change has landed in the latest Canary build of Microsoft Edge. Similar to the recent Favorites user interface update, the Collections feature now appears in its own flyout. You can now pin and unpin it to the right side, or left it undocked.
Xfce 4.16 is out with client-side decorations and a ton of improvements
After 1 year and 4 months of development, the team behind the Xfce project released Xfce desktop 4.16. This is a new stable version that supersedes
Xfce 4.14. Xfce is my favorite desktop environment in Linux which remains relatively lightweight and yet remains somewhat close to the classic desktop paradigm.
Firefox 84.0.1 is out with crash fixes
A minor update to Firefox 84 is now available for download. Firefox 84.0.1 comes with stability issues and resolves a number of crashes reported by users since the release of version 84.
How to change mouse hover time in Windows 10
Here's how to change mouse hover time in Windows 10.
Windows 10 allows you to change the time in milliseconds that the mouse pointer has to stay hovered over a button, file, or some other control before the OS performs the assigned "mouse over" event. For example, changing the the mouse hover time affects the taskbar thumbnail previews and file selection in Explorer when it is set to single-click mode.
Microsoft is on the way to deprecate passwords
Microsoft wants passwordless authorization to become the new normal in the near future. The company considers traditional passwords unsafe, and is interested in moving on to safer alternatives like Windows Hello recognition, fingerprints, and other solutions.
Microsoft is working on its own ARM Chip
Similar to Apple's very own Silicon SoC (M1), which now powers this year's Macs, Microsoft is about to build its own hardware platform around a customized ARM chip. The final product will be used in servers and Surface products.
How to show Windows 10 version on desktop
Here's how to show Windows 10 version on desktop.
In Windows 10, you can make the OS show the current Windows version and its build number as a watermark on the desktop. You can enable it for the current user, and for all users registered on your computer.
How to show Firefox bookmarks toolbar only on new tab
How to show the Firefox bookmarks toolbar only on the new tab page.
By default in Firefox the bookmarks toolbar appears on every open tab in the browser. You can toggle enable it with Ctrl + Shift + B, or show/hide using the browser's menu. What many users want is to have the bookmarks bar appear on the new tag page only, similar to what Google Chrome has. Here's how it can be done.
How to install themes in Microsoft Edge
Here's how to install themes in Microsoft Edge from the Edge Add-on Store.
Microsoft Edge, the latest browser app from the Redmond software giant, is built using the Chromium engine. The same engine is used by Google Chrome. Both apps support themes, so you could install a Chrome theme in Edge without issues. Microsoft today released 23 gorgeous themes for Edge Chromium.
