Do you pause videos on YouTube sometimes? Soon, the popular video hosting site may show you ads whenever you pause videos. During Alphabet’s earning call for the first quarter of 2024, Senior Vice President at Google Philipp Schindler, revealed information about a test that Google conducted on YouTubed in the quarter. Google tested a “new…
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DeepL Write Pro: AI writing assistant launches
DeepL Write Pro is a subscription-based AI writing assistant by DeepL, maker of the popular translation service. The target audience is organizations and professionals. DeepL Write has been available as a free service for some time. You can feed it text to get improvement suggestions. DeepL Write Pro takes the concept a step further. While…
Vivaldi 6.7 launches with a massive number of improvements
Vivaldi Technologies has released Vivaldi 6.7 for the desktop today. The new version of the web browser improves it in several ways. Vivaldi is a highly customizable web browser that gives users a lot of options. The new version enables a memory saver feature, improved feed detections on sites like Reddit, password exporting, and more….
Stepify: gives summaries of YouTube videos
Stepify is a new online service that uses AI to create summaries of YouTube videos. The core idea behind the service is to create step-by-step instructions of tutorial or lecture videos. While that may be the intended use, it works with other types of videos as well: How Stepify works Stepify is simple to use….
Here is a theory for Google’s fight against adblockers on YouTube
You may have read about Google’s increased effort to block or limit adblockers on YouTube. Since adblocking is not a huge issue on mobile, Google’s fight has been mostly against desktop users. Desktop users, be it on Windows, Linux, or Mac, have several options. They can install content blockers in their browsers to block ads….
AI is capable of creating exploits from public CVEs
AI tools are capable of writing exploits for publicly disclosed security vulnerabilities. A team of University of Illinois researchers analyzed the capabilities of different Large Language Models in this regard. It found out that OpenAI’s GPT-4 managed to create exploit code for 87% of the tested vulnerabilities. The figure dropped to 7% without access to…
Cui Bono? Microsoft hides Sign Out button in Windows 11 Beta
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…
Surprise: Edge’s Windows 11 Search Bar is not Bing-locked
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…
Windows 11 is changing the display brightness constantly? Here is how you turn that off
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…
AI File Explorer may have these requirements
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…








