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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.
Cobalt.tools Download Videos

This online video downloader is fast, customizable, and ad-free

Posted on June 4, 2024June 4, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

While I still swear on Internet Download Manager for all my downloading needs, many users may need such tools only occasionally or do not want to pay for a service. If you need to download a video every now and then, then you may prefer a fast solution that does not need to be installed….

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Facebook

Facebook will use your data for AI training, unless you opt-out

Posted on June 2, 2024June 2, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

Meta is notifying its users currently on Facebook about a privacy-impacting change that will to into effect on June 26, 2024. The company says that it is expanding “AI at Meta experiences” to the user’s region. AI refers to the “collection of generative AI features and experiences” at Meta. It includes Meta AI and AI…

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Windows 11 Recall data is not secured properly

Posted on June 1, 2024June 1, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

Is the upcoming Recall AI feature of the Windows 11 operating system a privacy nightmare? While the verdict is still out about that, it is clearly problematic on several levels in its current state. Recall takes screenshots of the computer screen every 5 seconds. The default configuration takes screenshots of pretty much everything. The only…

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Google

Latest Chrome 125 security update fixes 11 unique issues

Posted on May 31, 2024May 31, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

Chrome 125 Security Update

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Chrome

Chrome warning “These extensions may soon no longer be supported”

Posted on May 30, 2024May 30, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

Google is working on shutting down the old ruleset for Chrome browser extensions in favor of a new ruleset. The switch from Manifest V2 to Manifest V3 brings along with it a huge problem: extensions that are not updated will cease to work. While no one has counted the extensions that rely on Manifest V2…

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AntennaPod interface

Podcast Player AntennaPod 3.4 launches with massive performance gains

Posted on May 29, 2024May 29, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

The end of Google’s Podcast application and the attempt to push users to the mediocre alternative YouTube Music has pushed some users to other podcasting apps. AntennaPod is an open source podcast player and manager that is updated regularly. Core features include: AntennaPod 3.4.0 The latest update improved the application’s efficiency in several key areas….

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O&O ShutUp10++ update

O&O ShutUp10++ update adds more privacy goodness

Posted on May 28, 2024May 28, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

The first O&O ShutUp10++ update for Windows 10 and 11 of 2024 is now available. It is an excellent privacy tool to improve privacy through an easy to use interface. You can check out my full review of O&O ShutUp10++ for in-depth information. O&O ShutUp10++ 1.9.1437 The new version of the free application is available…

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Microsoft Copilot Bot on Telegram

You can now chat with Microsoft Copilot on Telegram

Posted on May 27, 2024May 27, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

Microsoft has identified another service that its AI Copilot has not been available on. Today, Microsoft launched Copilot officially for the messaging service Telegram. Word of warning: while you do not need a Microsoft account to communicate with the AI, it is necessary to part with your mobile phone number for verification purposes. Here is…

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How to disable Recall taking snapshots of the screen in Windows 11

Posted on May 26, 2024May 26, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

Recall is an upcoming AI feature of Windows 11. It takes captures of the screen every five seconds and saves them on the local system. Users may then interact with AI to look up information or process data that has been captured. Most current Windows 11 PCs won’t get Recall functionality, as a Copilot+ PC…

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Gmail

Gmail: low priority emails pushed to Updates inbox category

Posted on May 25, 2024May 25, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

Google is rolling out an update for Gmail on Android and iOS that is moving what it considers low priority emails to the update inbox category. Google’s email service Gmail classifies emails into different inbox categories automatically by default. This is done to display fewer emails to the user by default to avoid email overload…

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