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Author: Martin Brinkmann

When I was young, I studied German, History and English at Essen University in Germany. I worked in computer support for several years at the time to help other computer users when they ran into issues. Writing started out as a passion project, as I wanted to help more users and not just the ones that I handled in support. This lead to the founding of Ghacks Technology News in 2005. First, as a side-project, but shortly thereafter as a full-time project as the site's popularity exploded. I sold Ghacks to Softonic some years ago, but stayed on as Editor. You can still read my articles on the site. I do publish on Betanews as well. In recent years, I started to write and publish technology books, including my latest book "Windows 11 From Beginner to Advanced", which is available on Amazon. I'm also a freelance writer for the German publisher Gamestar. Chipp.in is my newest project. I want to use it to talk about my book projects, sell my books directly, and write about technology, as this is what interests me.
Resume Android app on Windows 11

Windows 11: Resuming apps from Android is coming, again

Posted on August 24, 2025 by Martin Brinkmann

Microsoft released a new Windows 11 test build this week that is bringing the Dev channel version to 26200.5761. With it comes a new option to “seamlessly resume apps from Android phone on PC”, at least for some users, as Microsoft has the habit of split testing features even in developer builds. Microsoft admits that…

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YouTube Premium Lite Check

Google could go after YouTube Premium users who bought the subscription in another country

Posted on August 23, 2025August 23, 2025 by Martin Brinkmann

YouTube users who want to sign up for YouTube Premium have one or multiple options to do that. Officially, you get to pick between YouTube Premium, which is completely ad-free, and YouTube Premium Lite, which includes some ads in some videos. The price of the subscription differs significantly from region to region. Some Google users…

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Chrome

Ecosia latest to make an offer for Chrome, sort-of

Posted on August 22, 2025August 22, 2025 by Martin Brinkmann

Google is battling it out with the United States Department of Justice currently. If things go really bad for Google, the company could be forced to sell its web browser Google Chrome or make other changes to its business. Plenty of companies announced interest in Google Chrome already. Perplexity made a bid, Yahoo is eying…

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Sony announces PS5 price increase by $50 in the US

Posted on August 21, 2025 by Martin Brinkmann

The price of gaming consoles used to go down the longer they were on the market. Now it seems that the opposite is happening. In early August, Nintendo announced a price increase for Switch hardware in the United States. In May, Microsoft announced price increases for Xbox hardware and games. Now, Sony, maker of the…

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Windows 11 is removing an option to bypass Microsoft account and internet during setup

Microsoft confirms reset and recovery issue in Windows 10 and 11

Posted on August 19, 2025August 19, 2025 by Martin Brinkmann

When Microsoft released the August 2025 security updates for Windows, it listed not a single known issue for any of the supported operating systems. Now, a week later, Microsoft had to confirm several issues already. The latest to be added to the growing list is that reset and recovery operations may fail on some older…

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Windows updates

Windows 10: script to join ESU (Extended Security Updates) without Microsoft account

Posted on August 18, 2025August 18, 2025 by Martin Brinkmann

If you still run Windows 10 on one or multiple of your PCs, you may be aware that Microsoft is ending support for the operating system in about two months. Come October 2025, Microsoft won’t release updates for the consumer editions of Windows 10 anymore. Windows 10 users may join the Extended Security Updates program…

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Microsoft changes popular option to block Microsoft Store application updates, makes it worse

Posted on August 17, 2025August 17, 2025 by Martin Brinkmann

Up until now, if you did not want Microsoft to update the installed default apps of the Windows operating system via the Microsoft Store, you had to disable the “App Updates” option of the store. Once set, it would prevent the automatic updating of Microsoft Store applications on the system. This option is being removed,…

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Google Search

Google Messages is checking any image for nudity to potentially blur it

Posted on August 16, 2025August 16, 2025 by Martin Brinkmann

Google Messages is a dominant messaging app on Android devices. Installed and enabled on many devices by default, it is used to send messages. It supports several message formats, including SMS, MMS and Rich Communication Services (RCS), with RCS being the default protocol. Google is rolling out a new protective feature in Google Messages that…

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Spotify is raising prices outside the US

Posted on August 14, 2025August 14, 2025 by Martin Brinkmann

Ah, the wonderful world of streaming. Spotify just announced that it is raising the price of its subscriptions in many regions in the coming weeks. The increase affects Spotify customers in South Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Africa, Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region according to the announcement. In Germany, Spotify is raising the price…

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AOL discontinues Dial-Up Internet and software

Posted on August 12, 2025August 12, 2025 by Martin Brinkmann

AOL announced the discontinuation of its dial-up Internet plan, AOL Dialer software and AOL Shield browser, in a brief support page on its help website. There, AOL writes: From September 30, 2025 onward, AOL customers may no longer use dial-up Internet provided by the company. AOL is also discontinuing the accompanying applications, AOL Dialer and…

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