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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.

Cui Bono? Microsoft hides Sign Out button in Windows 11 Beta

Posted on April 21, 2024April 21, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

Microsoft released a new build to the Windows 11 Beta Insider Channel this week. One of the changes rolls out the new account manager of the Start Menu. You may remember that Microsoft launched account related events already in the Start Menu of Windows 10 and 11. This feature advertises the benefits of using a…

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Surprise: Edge’s Windows 11 Search Bar is not Bing-locked

Posted on April 20, 2024April 20, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

Search Bar adds a standalone search field to the Windows 11 desktop when enabled. It allows you to run searches from it. The main benefit is that you do not need to open a browser first to run searches. Microsoft announced this week that the Search Bar is now available on Windows 11. You need…

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Windows 11 is changing the display brightness constantly? Here is how you turn that off

Posted on April 19, 2024April 19, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

Microsoft’s Windows 11 operating system supports a feature that changes the brightness of the display automatically. Depending on the environment or content displayed, it may lower or increase brightness on the device. While that sounds like a useful feature, it comes with its own set of problems. Probably the biggest issue is that it may…

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AI File Explorer may have these requirements

Posted on April 18, 2024April 18, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

AI File Explorer is one of the tools that Microsoft is rumored to integrated into the next version of Windows. These tools are designed for AI PCs specifically. Everything is a bit murky right now, as Microsoft is keeping is not revealing much about: While that is keeping the suspense, it is also confusing. Should…

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Microsoft says installation of Copilot app was a bug

Posted on April 17, 2024April 17, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

Microsoft confirmed that Edge updates may install the Copilot app on Windows devices. The company calls the app “Microsoft chat provider for Copilot in Windows”. Microsoft added a new known issue on the Windows 11 version 23H2 dashboard. It confirms an issue that was first observed in March 2023. Some Windows users noticed that Microsoft…

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Firefox 125 skipped – Firefox 125.0.1 released

Posted on April 16, 2024April 16, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

Mozilla’s original plan was to release Firefox 125.0. Stable today. This did not happen and Mozilla revealed that it had to postpone the release. Now it appears that Firefox 125.0.1 has been released, on the same day. The new version of Firefox is already in distribution. Most Firefox desktop installations get updated automatically eventually. Users…

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Opera: 63% increase in new monthly users in Europe

Posted on April 15, 2024April 15, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

Opera Software announced that on April 10, 2025 that it saw an increase in monthly new users by 63% on iOS one month after the Digital Market Acts came into force in Europe. Apple, much like Google on Android, is required to display a browser choice screen to users. The aim here is to level…

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YT Channel Downloader review

Posted on April 14, 2024April 14, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

YT Channel Downloader is an open source downloader for YouTube videos. It supports downloading individual videos and also entire channels or playlists. You can download it from its GitHub repository. It is available for Windows, Linux, and macOS devices. The program is based on yt-dlp, scrapetube, and pytube, but much easier to use. The main…

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Vivaldi testing new Privacy Guard feature in browser

Posted on April 13, 2024April 13, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

Privacy Guard is a new feature of the Vivaldi web browser. It is free at the moment and only available in development builds of the browser. Broken down to its core, it is protecting user privacy through a technology called Multi-Hop Relay. To better understand it, it is necessary to understand how regular connections work…

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VPN by Google One is shutting down

Posted on April 12, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

Google is informing customers currently that it is shutting down VPN by Google One “later this year”. I reviewed VPN by Google One in March 2023 and concluded that it was “the most basic VPN that you can get”. Subscribers would get access to the VPN if they paid Google at least $1.99 per month….

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