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Brave Software released a new stable version of the company’s Brave browser today. Brave 1.64 continues the AI push in the browser, but it also privacy improvements as well as new features. Existing installations of the browser should receive it automatically via the integrated updating functionality. Desktop users may speed up the installation of the…
Inplace Upgrade Helper is an open source tool designed to help Windows users move between different Windows 10 and 11 editions. The Windows edition, e.g., Home or Pro, determines whether certain features are available or not. A common example is that Home editions lack access to the Group Policy Editor. Windows includes options to switch…
Barely a week goes by with Microsoft making yet another announcement about Copilot AI or launching a new development build of Windows 11 with Copilot added to something. This time, Microsoft added Copilot functionality to the default file manager of Windows, File Explorer. This particular implementation does not add Copilot directly to File Explorer though….
It is not uncommon for Google or Microsoft to shut down services or programs. In fact, there are entire websites dedicated to services and products that these companies shut down. Google’s latest target is Keen. Keen was developed as a competitor to the incredibly popular Pinterest. As you may know, you can join Pinterest to…
Mozilla confirmed this week that its Firefox web browser will continue to support the extensions Manifest V2 next to the new version Manifest V3. Google announced several years ago that it would move Chrome’s extensions manifest to a new version. The manifest defines the capabilities of browser extensions. Google’s initial draft drew the ire from…
Microsoft announced Microsoft Office 2024 for consumers and Office LTSC 2024 for organizations this week. These will be the latest perpetual Office releases. In other words: customers buy these versions once without any recurring costs. While that sounds like a good deal, perpetual Office versions are supported for only five years by Microsoft. While they…
Announced last year, Google has now enabled real-time Safe Browsing checks in its Chrome web browser. Safe Browsing is a security component of the Google Chrome web browser. Its main purpose is to warn users about malicious websites or downloads. This includes protections against known phishing websites and malware. Google Chrome used a local list…
A new version of WingetUI, a universal UI for package managers, is now available. WingetUI 3.0 features a fully redesigned interface that the developers promise is more responsive and visually pleasing. Packages should load faster under in the new version, and the application’s package importing and exporting functionality has also been improved. You can check…
Mozilla’s Firefox web browser supports native language translations since Firefox 118 in desktop and Android versions of the browser. This feature, called Firefox Translations, supports additional languages now. One of the main distinguishing factors between Mozilla’s implementation of a translate feature in Firefox and that in other browsers is that Firefox’s runs locally. Translations happen…
Speedometer 3.0 is the latest version of the browser benchmark developed in a joint effort by Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Mozilla. Browser benchmarks were a craze for many years on the Internet, but popularity has gone down significantly in the last years. When Google launched Chrome, it hammered home the fact that the browser was…