More and more YouTube users see the “Try searching to get started” message when they open the YouTube website. Usually, YouTube displays a list of recommended videos when users launch the site. What is displayed there depends on whether you are signed-in or not. If you are signed-in, you see recommendations based on past searches,…
Author: Martin Brinkmann
ShareX 16 launches with screen capturing and recording improvements
ShareX 16.0.0 was released this week. The latest version of the open source screen capturing, recording, and sharing program for comes with a huge list of changes and improvements. ShareX is a popular option when it comes to recording or capturing the screen on Windows. It supports a ton of capturing methods, from fullscreen and…
Exclusive: Mozilla CEO confirms that Tab Groups are coming to Firefox
More than eight years after Mozilla decided to remove tab groups from Firefox, the organization confirmed today that tab groups will make a comeback. When Mozilla launched Firefox’s Panorama feature, which introduced tab groups in Firefox years before Google implemented the feature in Chrome, it was ahead of its time. Tab groups improve tab manageability…
Under New Management: Chrome extension checks if extension owner has changed
Under New Management is a new extension for Google Chrome and Chromium-based browsers. Its main purpose is to notify users when the owner of installed extensions changes. Here is why that is important: an entire ecosystem of companies exist that buy extensions to, usually, exploit the userbase and extract as much money as possible from…
Windows 11’s AI Explorer could be a useful tool and a privacy nightmare
We do not know much about Windows AI PCs, AI Explorer, or other plans of Microsoft to bake more AI into its operating system. The only thing we do know is that the upcoming feature update for Windows 11 will focus strongly on AI. At least some of these AI features may require special hardware,…
Microsoft announces retirement of Windows Subsystem for Android
Microsoft announced the retirement of the Windows Subsystem for Android today. The subsystem was heralded as one of Windows 11’s upcoming features prior to the launch of the operating system more than 3 years ago. The store allowed developers and users to run certain Android applications directly on Windows 11 machines. Microsoft partnered with Amazon…
How to enable Flash support in Firefox
Flash? Is not that the technology that had so many security holes that it had to be put down? Yes and now. Flash was undoubtedly highly problematic from a security point of view. It was, however, also a technology that was widely used to create incredible applications and games. Flash is dead and there is…
Does it work? Trick promises to speed up folder opening in Windows’ File Explorer
We have probably all been there. The gigantic folder full of — insert a data type here — is taking ages to display all files that it contains. It does not matter if we are talking about pictures, videos, audio files, documents, or a mix of files. Sometimes, File Explorer seems to take ages to…
Mozilla adds translations support in Firefox for Android
Mozilla is porting the private translations feature of the desktop version of its Firefox web browser to the Android version. The organization introduced translations support in Firefox 118. A core difference between Mozilla’s implementation and that in other browsers is that Mozilla’s runs locally. When you use Google Translate or Bing Translate, data is transferred…
HP’s new All-In Plan gives you a printer and ink, but it is expensive
HP All-In Plan is a new subscription plan from HP. The company’s previous subscription plans focused on printer ink subscriptions. Users could sign-up for a plan to get printer ink delivered to their home before they run out of it. Called HP Instant Ink and starting at $1.49 per month, it assigned a print quota,…