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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.

Chromium’s feature to limit installed extensions is still great

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

Browser extensions are great. They improve usability and functionality on the Internet. From blocking ads and tracking over creating screenshots to improving password management or games. All extensions come with a manifest file. This file defines rights and permissions. One of these sets the websites the extension is designed to run on. This can be…

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Microsoft is deprecating Windows 11’s Location History feature

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

After two months of not adding anything new to the list of deprecated features, Microsoft has added another feature to the list of features that will eventually be removed from its Windows 11 operating system. This time, it is the Location History feature that has been put on the list by Microsoft. Microsoft says that…

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Display the weather on the Windows taskbar (without Widgets)

Posted on February 15, 2025February 16, 2025 by Martin Brinkmann

Microsoft’s Windows 11 operating system displays the Widgets icon on the taskbar by default. It was updated recently to show weather information. If you do not use Widgets, but like the weather information, you can use a third-party alternative. Tray Weather is an open source application for Windows to display weather information in the System…

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Reddit plans to improve search with AI-powered answers

Posted on February 13, 2025February 13, 2025 by Martin Brinkmann

Search engines were among the first to push AI answers. These use artificial intelligence to generate answers for user queries and are often placed prominently. If you ask me, these are hit or miss. Sometimes, they provide answers that are dead on. At other times, they recommend to eat one rock per day. Reddit, which…

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Obscura VPN partners with Mullvad to create two-party VPN service

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

VPN services offer an excellent way to improve privacy while online. To be precise, good VPN services do, while bad ones either leak your data or sell it outright. Mullvad is considered to be one of the best when it comes to online privacy. The Sweden-based provider gets audited by third-parties regularly and offers several…

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Stellantis testing annoying ads in infotainment systems of cars

Posted on February 11, 2025February 11, 2025 by Martin Brinkmann

Most modern cars come with infotainment systems. These control a variety of functions, including the radio, calls, navigation and more. It was only a matter of time before some car manufacturers started to play with the idea of displaying ads on those screens to their customers to increase their profit margin. Stellantis, the fourth-largest manufacturer…

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Using “last used” as a metric for software uninstallation on Windows

Posted on February 9, 2025February 9, 2025 by Martin Brinkmann

Even careful Windows users may accumulate a good number of software programs over the years. Some of these are used daily or weekly, while others may sit idly on the hard drive for months or years without any use. It is certainly possible to use a program just once every six months or once a…

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Brave Browser gets support for injecting scripts into websites

Posted on February 7, 2025February 7, 2025 by Martin Brinkmann

Remember userscripts? These little scripts are a useful alternative to browser extensions. They can be used for lots of things, most often for changing something on websites, like removing elements. Brave Software announced support for scriplets in the company’s Brave Browser today. These work similarly to userscripts. Users of the browser may add scriptlets to…

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Google Chrome is getting an automatic picture-in-picture mode

Posted on February 6, 2025February 6, 2025 by Martin Brinkmann

Google plans to roll out an automatic picture-in-picture mode in Chrome 134. The browser will be released next month. When it does, Chrome may continue to show video content on certain sites when the user scrolls away from the video content. This feature works for the most part identical to that of Mozilla Firefox, which…

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I took Opera Software’s new browser Air for a spin

Posted on February 4, 2025February 4, 2025 by Martin Brinkmann

Opera Software launched a new web browser today. Called Opera Air, it is the second specialized browser by the company after Opera GX, a browser with a strong focus on gaming. Opera Air is in early access. Opera says that it is “the world’s first browser with mindfulness at its core” that offers a “focused,…

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