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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.

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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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

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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