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The developers of the anonymizer Tor Browser have released a new version for all supported operating system. The big feature in this release is the introduction of Connection Assist on Android. The feature, which has been available in Tor Browser for desktop operating systems for quite some time, aims to help users establish a connection…
Microsoft is changing how Microsoft 365 and Office 2024 handle documents with ActiveX content. Currently, Office displays a prompt that informs users that ActiveX content found in the document is disabled and that they may enable it. Going forward, Office simply shows “The ActiveX content in this file is blocked” instead, with no option to…
Mozilla has officially launched a preview of the upcoming Link Preview feature of its open source Firefox web browser. Unlike traditional link preview extensions, Firefox’s implementation offers a modern take by incorporating AI for summarizing key points. The AI runs locally on the device, which is excellent for privacy. The tradeoff is that computing will…
The Thunderbird open source email project is making huge strides. After readying the first mobile version of Thunderbird for Android, the team has set its sight on the second big mobile operation system Apple iOS. The details: Philipp Kewisch, mobile engineer at MLZA Technologies, the organization behind Thunderbird, revealed the good news officially in a…
Gog is an excellent resource for classic computer games. The platform runs a sale currently that offers discounts on more than 1,000 – mostly – old computer games. While that may deter gamers that want high-end graphics, it is a treasure trove for gamers who want to replay or play some of the greatest classics…
Microsoft has released out-of-band updates for Windows shortly after it released the cumulative security updates for Windows earlier this week. These new updates are available for Windows 11, version 23H2 and 22H2, as well as several Enterprise and server versions of Windows. Good to know: out-of-band updates are usually released to fix pressing issues. Most…
Rufus, one of my favorite open source tools, is now available in a new version. Rufus 4.7 is a security release that includes new features and non-security fixes. The developer fixed a side-loading vulnerability in the application that allowed an attacker to load a malicious DLL with escalated privileges. For this to work, the attacker…
I have to admit that I’m not a huge fan of Arc Browser, a Chromium-based browser by the Browser Company that has been making some waves lately in the influencer-sphere. While I like some features, I disliked others like the forced registration on start or the lack of customization options. Some time ago, the makers…
Google announced support for end-to-end encrypted emails on Gmail for organizations and later this year for end users last week. This allows Gmail users to encrypt emails so that only the recipient can read them. Gmail is far from being the first email provider to offer such a feature. Proton Mail, for instance, supported end-to-end…
While it is generally recommended to install Windows security updates, there are situations that make you want to postpone the installation. Maybe it is because of another faulty update that Microsoft released, a bug that you already experienced after an update was installed on your system, or just the desire to keep the PC running…