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Western Digital has been a household name for many years. In late 2023, Western Digital announced that it is splitting into two separate companies. All platter-based hard disk drive products would remain under the Western Digital brand while all NAND Flash memory products would spin off as an independent company. Today, SanDisk, the company that…
If you have used different versions of Windows, you may have discovered that some versions feel faster than others. Maybe you are still sad that Microsoft dropped support for Windows XP or Windows 7 several years ago, because you found them to be much faster than the latest and greatest versions of Windows. A direct…
Most physical games for consoles drop in value over time. There are exceptions, however, especially when it comes to games that are released in limited quantity or special editions. Star Wars Racer Revenge was released for the PlayStation 2 in 2002 originally. It got average scores and was re-released by Limited Run Games in 2019…
LanguageTool is a popular AI-based grammar checker. It is available as a free — limited — version and a premium version that offers more features for a price. Free LanguageTool users were limited in several ways since the introduction of the service. It lacked the advanced spell, style and grammar checking capabilities of the premium…
Microsoft confirmed that Windows 11 SE is on its way out. The operating system will reach end of support in October 2026 and won’t receive updates anymore after that month’s Patch Day. It is one of several Microsoft products that reach end of support or life in 2026. What is Windows 11 SE? Windows 11…
2025 was a tough year for many users of Microsoft products. It was the year that support for Windows 10 ended officially, albeit with the option to extend support by a year for consumers and by up to three years for businesses. Windows 11, version 22H2 support ended just a few months ago for business…
AI content is on the rise. When you search for something on most search engines, you get AI overviews at the very top of the results. The AI takes that content from other sites and processes it for its responses. While Google is vehemently rejecting the idea of sites getting less visitors from search engines,…
Ah, the yearly phone update. Manufacturers such as Google, Samsung, or Apple release new mobile phones each year. This means that the phone that you buy today is not the hottest piece of hardware after a (maximum) of one year of usage. That is a problem for users who always want the latest mobile device…
Microsoft released the 2025 feature update for Windows 11 in late September 2025. It was a smaller update that installs like a regular update instead of a bigger feature update. That is probably the main reason why Microsoft enabled broad distribution of the update shortly after its release. The update should install automatically on most…
Brave Browser includes several convenience features, mostly linked to the built-in content blocker. One of the features deals with cookie prompts automatically. This works well most of the time. Whenever a cookie prompt appears, it is handled immediately by the browser in the most privacy-respecting manner. Announced in 2022, it has been a feature of…