productivity

Apple’s macOS Sequoia finally brings a built‑in window tiling system that mirrors many of the conveniences Windows users have enjoyed for years — a native, simple way to snap windows into side‑by‑side, stacked, three‑panel, or four‑corner layouts without installing third‑party tools. The...

PowerToys has quietly eaten a lot of the small, focused utilities that used to be paid staples of the Windows power‑user toolkit — and for many people that means a one‑time purchase or subscription is no longer necessary. A recent XDA piece argued that five paid apps...

Windows 11 is quietly getting a small but genuinely useful input tweak: two new system-wide keyboard shortcuts that insert the en dash (–) and em dash (—) directly while typing, saving writers, editors, and anyone who types punctuation frequently from clumsy Alt‑codes or digging through the...

Microsoft’s latest Insider drops — packaged as KB5064089 for the Beta channel and KB5064093 for the Dev channel — extend Click to Do with deeper Microsoft 365 integration, bringing Live Persona (profile) cards into the on‑screen assistant and adding a “Convert to table with Excel” action, while...

File Explorer is fine for most people — and with six focused PowerToys add‑ons it can be quietly transformed into a faster, smarter, and more forgiving file manager without leaving the familiar Windows shell. Overview Windows File Explorer has improved over the years, but it still leaves gaps...

Microsoft’s analysis of actual Copilot usage — drawn from roughly 200,000 anonymized conversations — offers one of the clearest snapshots yet of where today’s generative AI is already reshaping work: not in factories or on construction sites, but squarely in the cognitive, language‑heavy heart...

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...

Microsoft is adding a native, system-wide keyboard shortcut for the en dash and em dash—Win + Minus for an en dash (–) and Win + Shift + Minus for an em dash (—)—delivered as part of recent Insider builds and being rolled out gradually to Windows 11 users. (blogs.windows.com) Background Writers...

HP’s latest quarter reads like a watershed moment: revenue and unit trends that outpaced expectations, a sharpened focus on AI-capable PCs, aggressive supply‑chain moves to sidestep tariff risk, and a targeted buy of Humane’s AI assets that accelerates device‑level AI strategy—taken together...

The era when meeting prep meant skimming an inbox and scribbling a one-line agenda is ending — generative AI is now offering pre-meeting intelligence that reads past conversations, surfaces likely priorities, and hands executives five concise, context-aware talking points before they walk into a...

I avoided Copilot for years, but after forcing myself to try specific features I quietly use them every day — not because the assistant is flawless, but because a handful of targeted tools actually save time and reduce friction in common tasks. The move from novelty “chatbot” to practical...

Microsoft is quietly shifting a fundamental part of the Word for Windows experience: new documents created in Word will now default to being saved in the cloud (OneDrive or another configured cloud destination) with AutoSave enabled, and the change begins with Word for Windows version 2509 and...

Microsoft’s decades‑old Notepad is finally getting the basic writing tools most users expect: real‑time spellcheck and an autocorrect option are now rolling out to Windows Insiders as a preview, with settings that let you opt out for code files and keep the classic plain‑text experience when you...

Microsoft’s glossy marketing often highlights the big, headline features of Windows 11, but a recent explainer that rounds up “13 features you probably didn’t know about” is a useful reminder: the OS is full of practical, time‑saving tools that rarely make the launch‑pad demo. The original list...

Microsoft PowerToys quietly transforms Windows 11 from a rigid, predictable environment into a highly malleable productivity powerhouse — and once you start using tools like Workspaces, PowerToys Run, FancyZones, Peek, and Keyboard Manager, the OS feels fundamentally different. Toys has evolved...

Windows 11 quietly preserves the long-standing “God Mode” trick — a simple, hidden folder that consolidates hundreds of Windows configuration panels, admin utilities, and legacy Control Panel applets into a single, searchable view — making it a fast, power-user shortcut for anyone who regularly...

Microsoft’s Copilot is no longer an experiment you can buy and forget; it’s a capability that demands the same programmatic rigor as ERP, CRM, or any other enterprise-grade system if organizations want predictable ROI and real, sustained change. Background: why Copilot adoption matters now...

Android phones quietly run a constellation of AI services every day — from autocomplete and face unlock to route planning — and in 2025 a small set of free Android apps now make that intelligence easily accessible to anyone with a smartphone. This feature distills a TechCabal roundup into a...

Windows 11 hides a surprisingly practical productivity trick behind a single folder name: the so‑called God Mode folder — a Master Control Panel view that gathers hundreds of system settings and administrative tools into one browsable container and can dramatically speed up troubleshooting and...

Windows PowerToys is one of those quietly powerful Windows add‑ons: a free, modular toolkit that can shave minutes off everyday tasks for heavy desktop users, but it’s deliberately optional — and for many casual users it’s a luxury rather than a necessity. Background / Overview Windows PowerToys...