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Firefox Update Ends Annoying Virtual Desktop Switching on Windows
Mozilla has quietly addressed a long-standing nuisance that has frustrated Windows productivity users for nearly a decade: external links opening in Firefox will no longer yank you to a different...
Microsoft's Mobile Plans App Meets Its End on February 27, 2026: eSIM Moves to Settings
Microsoft has set a date for the Mobile Plans app's demise: February 27, 2026. After that, the app vanishes from the Microsoft Store, and users of eSIM-equipped Windows laptops will need to head to...
Chrome Canary Introduces Selective Overlay Scrollbar Flashing to Curb Distractions
Chrome Canary has quietly rolled out a new experimental flag that promises to end one of the most persistent annoyances for users of overlay scrollbars: the flickering, strobing chaos that erupts...
Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT Now Run the Same GPT-15 Model — So Which Should You Choose?
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Microsoft Ships Windows Backup for Organizations, Streamlining Enterprise Windows 11 Migrations
Microsoft has begun rolling out Windows Backup for Organizations, a tenant-scoped, Intune-integrated backup and restore capability designed to capture user settings and Microsoft Store app lists so...
On-Device AI Agent Lands in Windows 11 Settings, Powered by Mu Model on Copilot+ PCs
Microsoft has begun rolling out an AI agent directly inside the Windows 11 Settings app, a move that signals a concrete step toward the ambient, agentic operating system the company has been publicly...
CERT-In Warns: Patch Windows and Cloud Now as Microsoft Fixes 111 Vulnerabilities, Including Kerberos Zero-Day
India's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued a high-severity advisory urging organizations and home users to apply Microsoft's latest security updates immediately. The warning...
Windows 11's Emergency Cloud Recovery, Copilot+ Doubts, and the Windows 10 Deadline That Forces an Upgrade
Microsoft is quietly rolling out a cloud-powered emergency fix for Windows 11 boot failures, just as millions of users face the October 14, 2025, end-of-support deadline for Windows 10. Dubbed Quick...
Microsoft Retires the BSOD, Debuts Black Screen and Quick Machine Recovery for Windows 11
The Blue Screen of Death is dead. Microsoft has officially replaced the decades-old crash indicator with a minimalist black screen in Windows 11, a visual shift that signals deeper changes aimed at...
Outdated DVD Burners Still Used by Windows 11 Holdouts, but Risks Lurk Beneath
The optical disc is far from dead. From archiving family videos to delivering content on physical media for legacy players, DVDs remain a stubbornly persistent format. But if you’re still burning...
Dead by Daylight Launch Failures on Windows: The Six Community Fixes That Get You Back in the Fog
Dead by Daylight players on Windows are no strangers to the game refusing to launch, with reports of the title getting stuck on splash screens or simply vanishing back to the desktop. One player...
VLC 3.0.23 Adds Dark Mode and AV2 Decoder: Here Are 9 Open-Source Apps Every Windows Setup Needs
VideoLAN’s VLC media player just received its 24th update to the 3.0 branch, bringing a dark mode option for Windows and Linux, native ARM64 support for Windows, and a massive number of stability...