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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.
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Mozilla updated its Terms of Use again to address concerns

Posted on March 1, 2025March 1, 2025 by Martin Brinkmann

Wow, this week has to be one of the worst for the people over at Mozilla. There has been tremendous backlash to the organization’s updated Terms of Use. Maybe not has big of a deal to Mozilla’s Mr. Robot blunder or the announcement to drop Firefox’s custom extensions system for that of Chromium, but still….

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Microsoft is shutting down Skype: wants you to use this software instead

Posted on February 28, 2025February 28, 2025 by Martin Brinkmann

The writing has been on the wall for a long time: Microsoft plans to shut down the communication software Skype in May 2025. While Microsoft has yet to formally announce the end of the once-popular communication software, a notification about the end of Skype was found in the latest preview of the software. The discovered…

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Google Translate may get an AI infusion soon: here is what it does

Posted on February 27, 2025February 27, 2025 by Martin Brinkmann

Millions of Internet users use Google Translate as their daily driver for translations. Google has integrated the service into its Chrome browser and it is also available as an application for Android. Soon, Google may introduce new AI functionality in Google Translate. Here is what you need to know about that. The details: Good to…

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uBlock Origin working in Chrome

More Chrome users are getting “this extension was turned off” notifications

Posted on February 25, 2025February 25, 2025 by Martin Brinkmann

Google has been hard at work to establish Manifest V3 as the new and only set of rules for Chrome extensions. Report suggest that Google has shifted the process into a higher gear and is disabling classic extension support for more Chrome users. The effect is the following: any extension that is not compatible with…

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ThisIsNot11: another open source Windows tweaker for

Posted on February 24, 2025February 24, 2025 by Martin Brinkmann

There is certainly no shortage of tweaking tools for Microsoft’s Windows 11 operating system. If I had to guess, Windows 11 is probably the Microsoft operating system with the largest number of programs of this kind ever. Serial developer Belim has created a new tool. It is a bit difficult to keep track of all…

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Google Search

Just block third-party cookies

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

Google is apparently testing a new privacy feature in Chrome that blocks third-party cookies by default in the browsers Incognito mode. While that is great that Google is introducing the change, most Internet users may want to take matters into their own hands instead. Why not block third-party cookies altogether? Yes, there is a tiny-tiny…

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Google about to roll out YouTube Lite plan in select regions

Posted on February 21, 2025February 21, 2025 by Martin Brinkmann

YouTube users who do not want to see ads have three main options until now: subscribe to YouTube Premium, use a content blocker, or a third-party app that does away with ads as well. Most YouTube users would probably agree that there are too many ads on the site. This hurts the viewing experience and…

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Vertical Tabs in Firefox

Firefox: give vertical tabs and tab groups a try in Firefox Stable

Posted on February 20, 2025 by Martin Brinkmann

Mozilla is working on two highly requested features, tab groups and vertical tabs, for its Firefox web browser. These features are still in active development at the time of writing, but that does not mean that you can give them a go already in stable Firefox. This guide provides you with everything you need to…

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Facebook changes Live Video policy to the detriment of its users

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

Facebook users have plenty of options to communicate with friends, other Facebook users, and the entire world via the platform. One of these options is via live video. These are recorded and shown on Facebook. The recorded videos were stored by Facebook indefinitely, but this changes with the new policy. Here are the details: In…

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In about a week, Amazon is removing the ability to download Kindle ebooks to non-Amazon devices

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

Ebooks can be a great alternative to traditional books. They do not weight anything, which means that you can carry around hundreds if not thousands of books effortlessly. They also come with extra features, like the ability to search books. If you have bought ebooks in the past, you may know that you do not…

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