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You Can Now Set Up Windows 11 Using Only a Braille Display
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Google Search Can Now See Your Files and Tabs—Here's What Windows Users Need to Know
At Google I/O on May 19, 2026, the company rolled out the biggest redesign of its search box in more than a quarter-century. The new field dynamically expands for longer, natural-language questions,...
Microsoft Word vs Google Docs in 2026: The Feature Gap Is Smaller Than Ever, So Focus on Your Workflow
In 2026, Microsoft Word and Google Docs are no longer separated by a vast desert of missing features. Both now offer AI-powered writing assistants — Copilot in Word and Gemini in Docs — along...
EU Demands Open AI on Android by 2027, Apple Withholds Siri in EU
The European Commission has ordered Google to grant rival AI assistants substantially deeper access to Android by July 2027, while separately requiring the company to share anonymized Google Search...
Perplexity and Copilot No Longer on WhatsApp: A Windows User’s Guide to What’s Next
As of January 15, 2026, anyone texting Perplexity’s WhatsApp number—+1 (833) 436-3285—got silence. Microsoft Copilot and OpenAI’s ChatGPT also stopped responding on the messaging platform the...
Google’s 45-Day Notice: Android Backups Will Start Eating Into Your Storage – A Windows User’s Guide
Google has begun emailing Android users that their device backups will soon count against the same storage pool used by Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Photos. The change, which takes effect after a...
Microsoft Copilot's First Australian News Deal Triggers Job Cuts—What Users Need to Know
Nine Entertainment will eliminate up to 30 positions across its publishing division, including at The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, the company confirmed on July 21, 2026. The cuts come just...
LinkedIn Feeds Overrun: 41% of Long Posts Were AI-Generated, Pangram Report Reveals
A fresh analysis from AI-detection firm Pangram Labs has found that roughly two in every five long-form LinkedIn posts are entirely machine-made, while a similar chunk of longer posts on X also bear...
Adobe Indigo Adds Google AI Photo Editing: Here’s What It Means for Your Photos and Workflow
Adobe last week began pushing an update to its Project Indigo experimental iPhone camera app that grafts a generative AI playground onto the moment of capture—and it’s not using its own Firefly...
Why a Judge Won’t Stop Meta’s AI-Assisted Layoffs — and What Every Windows User Needs to Know
A federal judge on July 17 cleared the way for Meta to proceed with layoffs of 26 employees who claim the company’s AI-powered systems discriminated against workers on protected leave. The decision...
Samsung’s Texas Move Will Erase 739 New Jersey Jobs by Sept. 30—Here’s What It Means for Windows Users
Samsung Electronics America will eliminate hundreds of positions at its Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey headquarters as part of a corporate relocation to Plano, Texas, according to a state WARN notice...
Samsung Faces AR Patent Lawsuit Over Location Tech—What It Means for Your Galaxy and Windows Ecosystem
On July 17, 2026, augmented reality software firm Gravity Jack sued Samsung in federal court over two US patents that describe methods for refining a phone’s location to make AR content appear more...