Windows, Security & Privacy, Open Source and more
Microsoft released the 2025 feature update for Windows 11 in late September 2025. It was a smaller update that installs like a regular update instead of a bigger feature update. That is probably the main reason why Microsoft enabled broad distribution of the update shortly after its release. The update should install automatically on most…
Brave Browser includes several convenience features, mostly linked to the built-in content blocker. One of the features deals with cookie prompts automatically. This works well most of the time. Whenever a cookie prompt appears, it is handled immediately by the browser in the most privacy-respecting manner. Announced in 2022, it has been a feature of…
Up until very recently, setting up a Gmail account meant that you’d be stuck with the selected email address. Google did not offer any option to change the address. In fact, the only option available was to create an entirely new account to pick a new email address. This meant that you would lose access…
Microsoft’s Windows operating system comes with several features that enables users to restore the system. While the functionality helps at times, it falls short at other times. That’s why third-party backup software remains important. The main advantage is that it can be fully independent of the operating system, provided that it supports backup media that…
Up until very recently, home users had two options when it came to Microsoft 365, Microsoft’s cloud-based Office and storage offering: get the personal plan, for a single user, or the family plan, which allowed up to six users to use the service. Personal, the cheaper option, gave users several benefits, including access to all…
If you needed another reason why going fully digitally is a bad idea, here it is. X-user Squirrel Mort posted a plea for help a few days ago on the site, stating that their Xbox account got hacked, the email address replaced, and that Microsoft Security stated that they could not restore account access. The…
Streaming has taken the world by storm and while the current path has diverged significantly from the glorious idea of paying for a single subscription to gain access to all content there is, it is still on the rise apparently, despite the fragmentation of content and rise of ads. However, the rise of digital media…
Several Chrome and Microsoft Edge extensions, designed to protect users online, were discovered to include AI harvesting code that captured, among other things, every AI prompt and response made in the browser it was installed in. This is the second major discovery by security researchers at KOI. In July, the company discovered 18 malicious Chrome…
Microsoft continues to increase the number of AI-related features in its Windows 11 operating system. The evolution into an agentic operating system has been announced, which means that the next feature update for Windows 11 will surely introduce more AI-related features. Not all Windows users welcome the change with open arms. While there are not…
Many makers of web browsers are evolving the browsers that they develop into AI-based browsers. How and to what degree depends much on the company or organization that is involved. From integrating options to chat with AI and basic AI features, such as getting a summary of a webpage, to agentic browsers, like Perplexity, that…