Category: internet
Microsoft promises Windows 11’s Edge browser will become “very fast” – but will it be enough to beat Chrome?
Microsoft Edge’s settings page is getting an overhaul in December, which the company promises will boost its performance. This overhaul is the latest in a series aimed at improving the responsiveness of the browser overall in a bid to gain more market share from Google’s rival web browser, Chrome, which…
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Your free Internet is coming to an end and there’s nothing you can do about it
It’s a miracle that the free Internet lasted as long as it did. It’s been nearly 30 years of mostly unfettered, free content access to everything from magazine articles and newspapers to videos and recipes. The steady devolution of the online advertising business made free online content an economic equation…
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NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Tuesday, October 1 (game #212)
Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints. Want more word-based fun? Then check out my Wordle today, NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages…
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Microsoft plans to debloat Edge browser and take a leaf out of Google Chrome’s book when it comes to Settings
Microsoft is planning to streamline its Edge browser considerably when it comes to the configuration of the app. Windows Latest noticed that the official roadmap website for Microsoft 365 now has an update for Edge which informs us that the Settings for the browser are going to be revamped to…
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Flappy Bird reboot will never match the awfulness of the original and that’s a problem
Flappy Bird set the bar (or rather pipes, placed randomly) for mobile game simplicity. Between that and its bizarrely high level of difficulty, it created a devilish blend of game-playing compulsion I have rarely seen, before or since. When indie developer Dong Nguyen launched it in 2014, it was almost…
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Discord changes course and lowers free upload limit to 10GB – how will that affect you?
In April 2023, I reported on Discord fixing one of its biggest problems: increasing the free upload limit for file sizes in serves. It had been a pathetic 8MB for years for non-paying users but was increased to 25MB. Great news, right? It truly was a sign that the extremely…
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