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Microsoft Confirms Windows August 2025 Updates Break Silent MSI Repairs, Trigger UAC Prompts
Microsoft has acknowledged a compatibility regression introduced by the August 12, 2025 cumulative security updates for Windows, which causes unexpected User Account Control (UAC) elevation prompts...
Ollama on WSL Delivers Identical GPU Performance to Native Windows 11, Tests Confirm
Real-world testing shows that running Ollama’s local LLM inference on Windows 11 through the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) yields virtually the same GPU throughput as the native Windows app,...
Transform Your Windows 11 Workflow: ZDNET’s 45+ Shortcuts Guide Sparks Productivity Revolution
Windows 11 is packed with keyboard shortcuts, but few users tap their full potential. ZDNET’s latest guide—a curated set of 45+ high‑impact keystrokes—offers a pragmatic playbook that swaps...
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...
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 365 September Shake-Up: Copilot Preview-Only on iPhone, Lens Retired, and Emoji Workflows Arrive
The most immediate change hitting Microsoft 365 tenants this month is the transformation of the Copilot mobile app into a preview-and-chat surface on iPhone. Starting September 15, 2025, the...
Outdated DVD Burners Still Used by Windows 11 Holdouts, but Risks Lurk Beneath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...
The Hidden PDF Inside Every AI File: How to Edit Illustrator Art on Windows Without Adobe
{ "title": "The Hidden PDF Inside Every AI File: How to Edit Illustrator Art on Windows Without Adobe", "content": "For decades, the .ai file extension has been synonymous with Adobe...
Windows 11 Preview Brings Apple Handoff-Style Spotify Resume from Android to PC
Microsoft is rolling out a new Android-to-PC handoff feature to Windows Insiders that lets you pick up a Spotify track exactly where you left off on your phone—with a single click on the desktop...
Mismatched Metadata: How a Sports Photo and Obituary Collided on a Windows News Site
A Falcons vs. Cowboys football image page displaying an obituary notice for an 84-year-old woman from North Carolina isn't a glitch in the matrix—it’s a real-world failure of modern,...
Windows 11 Now Lets You Use Your Android Phone as a Webcam Without Extra Apps
Windows 11’s recent updates have quietly delivered a feature that makes standalone webcams look increasingly redundant: the ability to use your Android phone as a high-quality, wireless camera...
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...