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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.
Microsoft Copilot app

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 125.0.1

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

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 Privacy Guard graphic

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

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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Opera GX Cyberpunk 2077

Opera GX’s Cyberpunk 2077 Mod is mighty cool

Posted on April 11, 2024April 11, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

Opera GX’s browser is not the web browser that I use the most, but I check it our regularly just to see what Opera has been adding to it since the last time. This time, Opera is introducing a full-fledged modification for the browser. Its new Cyberpunk 2077 Mod takes browser themes to the next…

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How to use Windows Spotlight wallpapers on Windows 11

Posted on April 10, 2024April 10, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

When it comes to wallpapers, there are different camps. Some prefer to handpick images for their desktops, others prefer automation, and a third group likes to display a solid color instead. If you belong to the automation camp, you now have another ace up your sleeve. The most recent update for Windows 11, released yesterday…

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approve sign in request

You can now sign in to Microsoft accounts using Outlook

Posted on April 9, 2024April 9, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

Microsoft’s Outlook app may now be used to sign in to Microsoft accounts and services. How useful is the new functionality? Sign ins to accounts on the Web or locally on devices are still a major nuisance for users. If you follow security guidelines, you pick a secure unique password for each service, and preferably,…

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Microsoft

Windows 11 24H2 may be the death of custom tweaking tools

Posted on April 8, 2024April 8, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 11 version 24H2 release will block certain tweaking apps from running or making modifications to the system. When you look at Windows development of the past ten years, you may notice a trend: certain options get removed without proper alternative. The release of Windows 11 is a prime example. Suddenly, users could…

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  • January 16, 2026 by Martin Brinkmann Samsung's Internet browser for Windows is now available worldwide, but should you get it?
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