Windows 11 gives you more than one way to open the Settings app — and knowing the right method for the moment can save minutes or avert a full restart when you’re troubleshooting. The platform exposes the app everywhere: Start, Taskbar, Quick Settings, File Explorer, Run and command-line tools...
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Microsoft has quietly remapped the Xbox (Guide) button on controllers when paired with Windows 11, turning a once-single shortcut into a three-state, controller-first multitasking tool: a quick tap still opens the Xbox Game Bar, a long press now opens Task View, and a continued sustained hold...
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Mozilla’s Firefox 143 lands as a pragmatic, Windows‑focused update that finally closes several long‑standing feature gaps while introducing new privacy, accessibility, and media improvements — notably taskbar‑pinned web apps (PWA‑style), Microsoft Copilot in the AI sidebar, camera preview in...
Mozilla’s latest stable cycle, Firefox 143.0, arrives as a pragmatic, platform-focused update that finally restores a long-requested desktop convenience—pinning web sites as taskbar apps on Windows—while folding Microsoft Copilot into Firefox’s AI sidebar, expanding fingerprinting protections...
Windows 11’s dark mode finally has a practical, reproducible setup that makes the whole desktop — not just a handful of modern apps — feel cohesive, and the path to get there mixes built‑in settings, small automation tools, and a few targeted third‑party utilities that fill the remaining gaps...
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Mozilla’s Firefox 143 landed as a significant, pragmatic update: it finally brings a long‑promised form of desktop web‑app support to Windows, folds Microsoft Copilot into the browser’s AI sidebar, tightens several privacy and accessibility gaps, and introduces a clutch of media and UX...
Windows 11 Insiders on the Dev Channel are getting a small but significant usability upgrade: Dev build 26220.6682 introduces a new three‑state behavior for the Xbox (Guide) button on connected controllers — a quick tap opens the Xbox Game Bar, a long press now brings up Task View, and a...
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Microsoft is quietly turning the Xbox button on controllers into a small but consequential multitasking shortcut in Windows 11: a long press now opens Task View so gamers can switch between apps and games without leaving the controller, while a short press still opens the Game Bar and a...
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Microsoft’s quiet tweak to the Xbox controller on Windows 11 — making a long press of the central Xbox button open Task View while preserving a tap for Game Bar and a sustained hold to power the controller off — is small in code but large in intent, signaling a deliberate push toward...
Microsoft is slipping keyboard backlight controls into Windows 11’s Settings app, putting hardware lighting adjustments a few clicks away and folding legacy keyboard options into the modern configuration surface.
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Microsoft’s Settings app has been steadily absorbing features...
Microsoft has quietly adjusted how the Xbox/Guide button behaves when an Xbox Wireless Controller is paired with Windows 11, turning a familiar single-action shortcut into a three-state input that now opens the Game Bar on a tap, launches Task View on a long press, and still powers the...
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Microsoft has quietly remapped how the Xbox button behaves when an Xbox controller is paired with Windows 11, and the change—now rolling out to Windows Insiders—has immediate practical benefits for controller-first play and deeper strategic implications for handheld gaming on PC...
Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider preview adds a small but meaningful change to how the Xbox controller interacts with the desktop: a short tap of the Xbox/Guide button still opens the Game Bar, a long press now brings up Task View, and a sustained hold continues to power the controller off...
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Firefox’s latest release delivers the kind of practical Windows-focused refinements power users have been asking for — and a high-profile AI tie‑in that will keep privacy wonks and enterprise admins debating for weeks.
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Mozilla’s rapid-release cadence means the browser you...
Microsoft’s latest Insider preview quietly repurposes the Xbox/Guide button into a three‑state system control: a short tap still summons the Game Bar, a long press now opens Task View, and a sustained hold continues to power the controller off — a small UX tweak that signals a deliberate push to...
Microsoft has quietly repurposed the Xbox button on controllers in recent Windows 11 Insider builds so that a short tap still summons the Game Bar, a long press opens Task View, and a sustained hold continues to power the controller off — a compact input change that carries outsized implications...
Mozilla’s latest stable build, Firefox 143, lands as a pragmatic — and at times polarizing — update: it brings a sidebar shortcut to Microsoft Copilot and the wider AI-chat ecosystem while doubling down on user-facing privacy controls, accessibility fixes, and platform-specific media and web-app...
Windows 11’s latest Insider flight borrows a small but decisive interaction from the emerging generation of Windows-powered handhelds: a long press of the Xbox/Guide button on a controller now opens Task View, while a short tap still summons the Game Bar and a sustained hold continues to power...
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Microsoft has quietly begun remapping the Xbox controller’s central Guide button in recent Windows 11 Insider builds so that a short tap still opens the Game Bar, a long press now opens Task View, and a sustained hold continues to power the controller off — a small input-change that signals a...
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Microsoft is quietly experimenting with a small but consequential change to how the Xbox button behaves on Windows 11: a long press of the Xbox button now opens Task View, while a short press still summons the Game Bar and a sustained hold continues to power the controller off...
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