Tag: windows

Microsoft announces Recall for Windows Insiders, other AI tools in major new Windows 11 release

Microsoft has released a major announcement outlining all the new experiences coming to its new Copilot+ PCs and Windows 11, hoping to convince people to see the practical benefits of its AI-powered efforts. We’ll have to see how these developments play out when they’re more widespread and in the hands…

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Windows 11 is spiking in popularity – even if Windows 10 remains way more popular, and Windows 7 just refuses to die

Windows 11 has never been more popular – and, well, that’s not saying all that much, but in fairness, it seems the operating system may finally be reaching a turning point where adoption could speed up meaningfully. The question is: why might this be happening? We’ll come back to discuss…

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Microsoft explains how Windows 11’s controversial Recall feature is now ready for release – it’s coming to Copilot+ PCs in November

Microsoft has provided an update on Windows 11’s Recall feature – which has been on ice for some time now, since its revelation caused a massive stir due to security and privacy worries – and when it plans to forge ahead with the feature and bring it to Copilot+ PCs.…

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Fed up with macOS Sequoia’s screen recording reapproval requests? Here’s how to make them go away for good

With macOS Sequoia, Apple introduced a feature whereby users are asked to regularly approve access for apps to be allowed to record their screen – which has not gone down too well with some folks, although there’s now a solution (albeit a third-party one). From Apple’s perspective, this move was…

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Windows 11 users could get a shiny new ‘Soundscape’ Settings page to replace another bit of the ancient Control Panel

Microsoft is continuing to modernize Windows 11 by gradually transferring the legacy Control Panel’s functions to its newer, shinier Settings app, and the latest effort on this front appears to be audio-related. Trusted leaker of Windows developments on X, PhantomOfEarth, discovered a hidden ‘Soundscape’ panel in the Settings app (as…

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Windows 11’s new ‘Recommendations & Offers’ page might give you more say over what ads you see, but probably not enough to make you happy

Microsoft is currently testing a change for Windows 11’s Settings app that concerns recommended and promoted content – ads, in short – and surprisingly, it’s an idea that won’t make you wince.  Windows Latest spotted that in preview builds of Windows 11 (in the Beta and Canary channels specifically), there’s…

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