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Sometimes, you may need to convert a file to another format. Maybe it is because the original file format is not supported by your application or a service, or because you would like to reduce its size. Plenty of tools exist to do that using dedicated programs on all major operating systems. Many are easy…
I use the Windows Start menu a few times per year. It is been replaced by the taskbar and other means to launch programs. While I run a few searches per year, which open in the Start menu, I do not really use it for anything else. Also, I prefer to use the third-party tool…
Whenever there is an option to turn on a compact mode, I pick it. The main reason for that is that compact mode removes whitespace so that more content is displayed on the screen at the same time. Google is testing a compact mode for its Chrome web browser. An experimental flag was added in…
If you use X, you may have heard about the AI Grok already. Currently, xAI and Grok are playing catch-up with the current AI allstars. Plans are to push Grok to first place by the end of the year. Whether that is going to happen or not remains to be seen. What is clear is…
In some years from today, search engines will likely look completely different. The traditional way of showing links to websites that match the search query best, at lest according to the search engine that you are using, is being phased-out. The replacement comes in form of AI generations. AI takes the user’s query, generates a…
AMD has released the first version of Frame Latency Meter, an open source tool for Microsoft Windows devices that is measuring the latency of the mouse. Technically, Frame Latency Meter helps getting insights into a system’s performance by measuring the mouse’s response time from the moment it is moved to the moment the frame is…
One of the main points of criticism in regards to the ever increasing number of recommendations and offers in Microsoft’s Windows 11 operating system is that they cannot be managed from a central location. If you want to turn them all off elegantly, you either have to go through various sections, or use a third-party…
Heat is a major problem for electronic devices, especially in the Summer months. Overheating may lead to a whole range of issues, including crashes or reduced performance. To combat this, PC users have discovered thousands of solutions. From pointing a fan at the PC during the hottest hours to liquid cooling systems or reducing the…
If you’d ask a 100 Windows users whether they wanted ads displayed to them on a regular basis, chance is that the vast majority would answer with “no”. This is not keeping Microsoft from pushing the boundaries and introduces more ads in Windows. While Microsoft uses terms such as recommendations, many of them are at…
Google is updating the Android spam and minimum functionality policy to weed out low-quality apps in the Google Play store. Here are the details: Google lists several examples of app types that it considers substandard: In other words: Google is expanding the classification of substandard Android apps to include static apps and apps that do…