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Windows 11 Snipping Tool Adds OCR and Redaction—But Mind the Privacy Risks
Microsoft’s Snipping Tool has quietly become a powerhouse for screen capture, now packing optical character recognition (OCR) and automatic redaction tools into Windows 11. The once-basic utility...
Unleash Windows 11 Productivity: The Complete Guide to PowerToys' Best Features
Microsoft PowerToys has evolved from a nostalgic Windows 95 experiment into an essential, open-source productivity toolkit that reshapes how millions interact with Windows 11 daily. With a renewed...
One Checkbox to Kill Windows 11's Pesky Snap Flyout — Without Losing Snap Layouts
A single toggle in Windows 11 Settings can banish the intrusive Snap Layouts flyout that plagues multi-monitor users, without disabling the full snapping feature. For many, that small pop-up —...
Lost Soul Aside’s PC Port Demands an RTX 4080-Series for Ray Tracing, but Delivers Native DualSense and DLSS 4
Lost Soul Aside’s PC version lands on August 29 with a feature set that’s as generous as it is punishing. Ultizero Games and Sony have confirmed native DualSense controller support, ray-traced...
Microsoft's PowerToys 0.100.0 Ships With All-New Shortcut Guide, Command Palette Gallery, and .NET 10 Backbone
Microsoft’s PowerToys team has shipped version 0.100.0, a milestone release that packs an entirely redesigned Shortcut Guide, a built-in Extension Gallery for Command Palette, multi-monitor Dock...
Twinkle Tray 1.17.0 fixes HDR monitor pain with dedicated SDR brightness slider
Twinkle Tray 1.17.0 lands with a feature that multi-monitor Windows users have been craving: a proper SDR brightness slider for HDR displays. The update also adds a lock screen disable toggle and...
KDE Plasma 6.4.3 Adopts Windows-Like Smart Scaling, Nixes Blurry Fractional Defaults
KDE Plasma 6.4.3 lands with a subtle but significant tweak to its automatic screen scale calculator on Wayland: it now rounds down borderline default scale factors to 100%, eschewing the fractional...
Snipping Tool v11.2507.14.0 Tests Window-Pick Video Capture for Windows 11 Insiders
Windows Insiders on the Canary and Dev channels can now record a specific app window using the Snipping Tool, thanks to a fresh update that introduces window-select video capture. Microsoft shipped...
Windows 11 Snipping Tool Can Now Record Just One App Window, But There's a Catch
Microsoft is giving Windows 11 Insiders a reason to retire their screen-cropping reflex: Snipping Tool version 11.2507.14.0 now records a specific application window, not just a manual rectangle. The...
KDE Plasma vs. Windows 11: 4 Features That Unleash Desktop Power Users
For years, the desktop war between Windows and Linux has simmered in the background. But with Windows 11’s rigid interface choices and KDE Plasma’s audacious configurability, the divide has never...
Microsoft's AI Push Overshadows 10 User-Requested Productivity Features Windows Still Lacks
Microsoft executives are painting a future where Windows understands your intent, responds to voice commands, and becomes an ambient, multimodal AI assistant. But while the company dreams big, a...
Snipping Tool Now Records App Windows, AI-Powered ‘Perfect Screenshot’ on Deck
Microsoft has quietly upgraded its Snipping Tool in the latest Windows 11 Canary build to record specific application windows, addressing a long-standing friction point for anyone who creates...