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    Sony Expands PlayStation Link to Windows with PC Driver for PULSE Gear

    Sony appears to be widening its PC support for PlayStation audio gear: a newly reported PlayStation Link PC Driver for Windows — said to support the PULSE Elite headset and PULSE Explore earbuds — would let PC users update firmware and tune audio without needing a PS5, while September’s...
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    Firefox fixes Windows virtual desktop bug: links stay on current desktop

    Mozilla appears to have closed a workflow gap that’s annoyed Windows users for years: external links opening in a Firefox window on a different virtual desktop, pulling you out of your current workspace. The fix—reported as part of the recent rapid-release updates—changes the browser’s launch...
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    Chrome Canary: Flash Overlay Scrollbars Only on Hover or First Show

    Chrome Canary’s overlay scrollbars will now flash selectively — only when a scrollbar first appears in view or when the mouse actually hovers over it — reducing the distracting, page‑wide flicker users have complained about for years. This behavior is exposed in Canary behind a new experimental...
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    WSL on Windows 11: A Practical Linux-Windows Hybrid for Developers

    Windows Subsystem for Linux has quietly become one of the most consequential developer features in Windows 11 — not because it’s flashy, but because it removes long-standing friction between two operating systems that many of us need to use every day. What used to require dual‑booting, slow...
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    Top Open-Source Windows Toolkit: 9 Apps for Privacy, Productivity, Mastery

    Windows ships with a competent baseline of tools, but for users who prefer transparency, control, and long-term maintainability, the open-source alternatives on this How‑To Geek roster are worth considering — this article examines the nine apps the original author installs on every fresh Windows...
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    Best Task Scheduler Alternatives for Windows: Z-Cron, RoboIntern, Task Till Dawn, RoboTask

    If you rely on Windows Task Scheduler but secretly wish it had a friendlier interface, richer triggers, or workflow-style automation, here are four solid alternatives that can replace or augment Task Scheduler for everyday and power-user automation needs. Background / Overview Windows Task...
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    Windows 11 Android-to-PC Handoff Begins with Spotify

    Microsoft has started testing a native Android-to-PC handoff in Windows 11—beginning with Spotify—so you can start a song or podcast on your phone and continue with a single click on your desktop, complete with a one‑click app install if Spotify isn’t already on your PC. The preview is rolling...
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    GNOME 48.3: Quiet bugfix release that improves Linux desktops and Windows workflows

    GNOME 48.3: A “boring” bugfix release that quietly makes Linux desktops better — and why Windows users should care GNOME rolled out the 48.3 point release on July 8, 2025, as the third maintenance update in the GNOME 48 “Bengaluru” series. On paper, it’s a routine set of refinements. In...
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    4 Practical Ways to Build iOS Apps on Windows: VM, Cloud Mac, Hackintosh, xtool

    You cannot install Xcode natively on Windows — but there are four practical workarounds that get you to a working iOS build and release workflow from a Windows PC: run macOS in a virtual machine, rent a Mac in the cloud, build a Hackintosh, or use cross‑platform build tooling such as xtool. The...
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    My Apps on Xbox PC: The Central Hub for Third-Party Apps and Handheld Gaming

    Xbox’s PC app is getting a major usability push for PC and handheld gamers with a new “My Apps” hub that collects browsers, utilities, and rival storefronts in a single launcher inside the Xbox PC app — a move designed to make the Xbox app the central home for everything you play on Windows. The...
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    Five Free Windows Apps for Instant Day-One Productivity

    ZDNET’s compact “five apps I always install first” playbook is an efficient, pragmatic shortcut for getting a fresh Windows PC productive in minutes: install Everything for instant local search, Google Chrome for cross‑device browsing and extensions, VLC Media Player for near‑universal media...
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    Gemini 2.5 Pro in Copilot vs Free Gemini Tools for Solo Developers

    Microsoft’s move to add Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro to GitHub Copilot for paying customers is a notable escalation in the cross-cloud AI arms race — but for many individual developers the better value may already be free, open-source tooling from Google that gives surprisingly broad access to the...
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    Open-Source Windows Toolkit: 10 Apps for Privacy, Productivity, and Local AI

    Open-source software quietly underpins a huge amount of the modern Windows experience, and ZDNET’s recent roundup of “10 open-source apps I recommend every Windows user download — for free” lays out a practical, privacy-conscious toolkit any Windows user can assemble without spending a penny...
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    Xbox Series X|S Legacy and the Windows-First Hardware Era

    Carl Ledbetter’s short, reflective note about the Xbox Series X and Series S is less a farewell than a bookmark: an acknowledgment that one clearly defined hardware era is closing even as Microsoft’s ambition to expand “what Xbox means” accelerates into new form factors and a Windows‑centric...
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    Nocturne: Could Chrome OS Tablets Dual-Boot Windows 10?

    Google’s recent code-level traces for a device codenamed Nocturne have rekindled talk of a Chrome OS tablet that could—under certain conditions—run Windows 10, a possibility that would mark one of the most surprising cross-platform experiments between a major silicon/OS ecosystem and the...
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    Was Samsung's Windows Phone Plan Real? A 2017 Rumor Analysis

    A terse rumor out of a regional tech blog says Samsung may be reconsidering a return to Windows on smartphones — allegedly proposing a Windows 10 Mobile variant based on Galaxy S8-class hardware, possibly branded ATIV S8 and timed to appear around Microsoft’s early‑May education event. The...
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    Windows 10 Fall Creators Update: What Shipped After Build 2017

    Microsoft’s Build 2017 keynote set the stage for a major autumn refresh to Windows 10, but several widely circulated reports — including one that mistakenly called the release “Windows 9” and predicted a September ship date — blurred factual detail with translation noise and optimism; the actual...
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    Battlefield 6 Open Beta Weekend 2: Custom Search & Rotating Playlists

    Battlefield 6’s second Open Beta weekend goes live today, and this test brings the most significant matchmaking and playlist changes yet: a new Custom Search feature that lets players prioritize specific map-and-mode combinations, daily-rotating mode playlists inside the All-Out Warfare pool...
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    Xbox August Update: Play Anywhere Filter & Play History Boost Cross-Device Play

    Microsoft’s quiet August update for Xbox is a textbook example of product teams prioritizing everyday usability over headline-grabbing features: the system refresh (build 10.0.26100.5362) quietly ships a new Play Anywhere filtering option and a Play History surface that makes cross-platform...
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    ChatGPT Expands with Google Workspace Connectors: Gmail, Calendar, Contacts

    OpenAI’s ChatGPT can now reach into your Gmail inbox, read your Google Calendar, and look up people in Google Contacts — all from inside a single chat — marking a clear escalation in the product’s push from a conversational assistant toward a full-fledged, context-aware workspace tool. The...
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