gestures

Windows 11’s touch gestures turn many repetitive clicks and keyboard shortcuts into a single, natural motion — swipe, tap, pinch — and once you enable and master them they can dramatically speed navigation, multitasking, and accessibility on touchscreens and precision touchpads alike. Background...

Apple’s Magic Trackpad has quietly become the easiest way for Windows users to add laptop-style gestures and a premium, spacious touch surface to a desktop PC — and for many power users the tradeoffs are worth it despite one inconvenient truth: Apple doesn’t officially support it on Windows...

Windows 11 quietly packs dozens of productivity shortcuts and system tools that most users never discover — and that’s a shame, because three of them alone can shave minutes (and frustration) off everyday workflows. Flip on Clipboard history, learn the three- and four‑finger touchpad gestures...

Microsoft has quietly repurposed the Xbox button on gamepads when used with Windows 11 Insiders: a long press now opens Task View while a short press still launches the Game Bar, and a press-and-hold continues to power down the controller — a small but practical tweak rolling out to Dev and Beta...

Microsoft’s latest Insider preview (Build 26220.6682, KB5065782) sharpens Narrator’s reading and navigation behavior, brings a small curated set of Emoji 16.0 glyphs to the emoji picker, and rolls out incremental Click to Do (Copilot) refinements — changes that are small in headline but...

Lenovo has quietly pulled a pair of deceptively simple but potentially game-changing proofs of concept onto the IFA stage: a ThinkBook that lets its 14‑inch display rotate a full 90 degrees into portrait mode, and a self‑orienting, AI‑assisted laptop stand that tracks your face and responds to...

Modern Windows laptops hide a tiny productivity powerhouse under your thumb: the Precision Touchpad and its rich set of gestures — many of which people only discover years into ownership. These gestures let you scroll, zoom, switch apps, show the desktop, and much more without touching a...

You probably use Windows every day without realizing it already comes with dozens of tiny productivity and security features that feel like magic once you know they exist—features such as dictation that types your words for you, OCR that pulls text straight out of images, a cloud-backed...

A recently disclosed memory-safety flaw in Chromium’s Aura windowing component — tracked as CVE-2025-8882 — allows a remote attacker who can trick a user into specific UI gestures to trigger a use‑after‑free that may lead to heap corruption; the bug was patched upstream in Google Chrome...

A newly recorded Chromium vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-8881, exposes a weakness in the browser’s File Picker implementation that can be coaxed into leaking cross‑origin data when a user is tricked into specific UI gestures on a crafted page; the bug affects Google Chrome builds prior to...

The future of personal computing has rarely felt as contested, or as exhilarating, as it does in Microsoft's bold new vision for Windows in 2030. The company is painting a picture that upends the legacy of decades: the keyboard and mouse, those twin mainstays of digital interaction, are poised...

Magnifier, a core accessibility tool in Windows, empowers users to zoom in on specific portions of their screen for enhanced clarity and readability. Whether dealing with visual impairments, temporarily struggling with small on-screen text, or just wanting closer inspection of particular...

Microsoft's AI assistant, Copilot, is undergoing a significant transformation with the introduction of "Copilot Appearance," an experimental feature that endows the AI with a visual persona capable of real-time expressions and gestures. This development aims to make interactions with Copilot...

Microsoft's AI assistant, Copilot, has taken a significant leap forward with the introduction of "Copilot Appearance," an experimental feature that endows the AI with real-time facial expressions and gestures. This development aims to create a more natural and engaging user experience, moving...

The ongoing evolution of desktop operating systems has always sparked lively debates among power users, productivity enthusiasts, and IT professionals alike. As Microsoft's Windows and Google's ChromeOS continue to develop competing visions for personal and professional computing, many users...

Choosing a keyboard for your Android smartphone might seem trivial at first—until you realize how integral a keyboard app is to daily communication, productivity, and even privacy. As smartphone usage becomes even more central to our lives, the keyboard sits at the crossroads of efficiency and...

Cloanto has recently unveiled version 11 of its renowned emulation suites, Amiga Forever and C64 Forever, marking a significant milestone in the preservation and emulation of classic Commodore systems. This latest release introduces a suite of features designed to bridge the gap between vintage...

Windhawk has emerged as a powerful tool for Windows 11 users seeking to enhance their computing experience through customization. This open-source platform offers a variety of mods that can significantly improve productivity and aesthetics. Here are some standout Windhawk mods that have become...

For anyone who has spent years immersed in the Windows ecosystem, the notion of switching to a Linux-based operating system like Linux Mint can seem both daunting and exhilarating. Having committed to the experiment of running Linux Mint natively and exclusively on a work laptop, a seasoned...

Few releases in Microsoft’s multi-decade march through operating system history have sparked as much debate, confusion, and—retrospectively—underrated admiration as Windows 8. When Microsoft launched its bold, famously divisive OS in 2012, it was greeted with a chorus of criticism from long-time...