Microsoft's latest Stable release of Edge, version 139.0.3405.111, quietly brings a small but useful productivity tweak — Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat Summarization baked directly into the right-click context menu — alongside a roster of bug fixes and performance refinements that continue Edge’s...
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Making Google Chrome the default browser across your devices is one of the simplest changes that delivers the biggest practical payoff: links open the way you expect, bookmarks and passwords follow you, and your browsing sessions stay consistent across platforms. This guide walks through how to...
Microsoft’s latest round of Start menu experiments surfaces a familiar irritation: Microsoft is testing a Copilot recommendation in the Start menu’s Recommended area that functions — for all practical purposes — as another nudge to use Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot from inside Windows 11...
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Mozilla is changing how Private Browsing handles downloaded files: instead of silently removing certain files when a private window closes, Firefox Nightly is now prompting users and offering a new setting to keep or delete downloads, a behavior expected to land in Firefox 143 if the experiment...
Microsoft’s Start menu design debate has taken a new turn: a growing chorus of users are asking the company to bring the new, reimagined Start menu interface—the one shipping with recent Windows 11 updates—back to the “regular” Windows 10 experience, and that request exposes tensions between...
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Microsoft has quietly changed how the Microsoft Store handles app updates on Windows 11 and Windows 10: the long-standing option to permanently turn off automatic app updates in the Store UI is being removed for many users, and instead the Store now only offers time-limited pause options...
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Mozilla’s quiet move to add a native “Search Image with Google Lens” entry in Firefox’s context menu closes a long-standing usability gap with Chrome and Edge while reopening familiar privacy and platform questions for Windows users and IT administrators alike. The change—visible today in...
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If your Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter (MWDA) is misbehaving—no sound, choppy video, failed pairing, or a frozen second screen—you’re far from alone. These tiny HDMI + USB dongles rely on a fragile dance of Wi‑Fi Direct, graphics drivers and HDMI/USB power; when one partner stumbles, the...
A tiny green halo that flashes when you copy from a terminal may sound like a cute UI trick, but it addresses a surprisingly common pain point: not knowing whether what you selected actually made it to the clipboard. Microsoft PowerToys may soon offer exactly that — a proposed module called...
Microsoft Edge’s latest Canary build contains an eye-catching — and quietly aggressive — internal experiment: a pop-up that nudges users who habitually use Google Chrome to pin Microsoft Edge to the Windows 11 taskbar when they close the browser. The code names and feature flags discovered in...
Windows 11 already includes a small arsenal of productivity tools that, when used together, can shave hours off your weekly workload — and you don’t need to install a single third‑party utility to get started. The Pocket‑lint piece that inspired this roundup highlights five built‑in tools the...
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Content Formula’s Xoralia Policy Management Solution is now officially listed in Microsoft AppSource, marking a strategic milestone for both the solution provider and organizations seeking robust, Microsoft-integrated policy management capabilities. This latest development, as reported by...
Windows 11 KB5058502 has arrived as a notable update for users running version 23H2, and it signals one of the last substantive feature rollouts before the operating system reaches its designated end-of-life in November. While the update is technically optional—and must be manually installed...
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Microsoft’s latest preview cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2, KB5055627, delivers an extensive suite of new features, performance improvements, and critical bug fixes. Positioned as an optional monthly non-security preview update, this release serves as a prelude to next month’s Patch...
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