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Windows 11’s Snipping Tool could get new powers for taking screenshots – but is Microsoft in danger of overcomplicating things?
Windows 11’s Snipping Tool is set to get a handy feature to embellish screenshots, or at least it seems that way. Leaker PhantomOfEarth discovered the new abilities in the app by tinkering with bits and pieces in version 11.2312.33.0 of Snipping Tool. As you can see in the tweet below,…
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Microsoft is adding a Windows 11 feature that makes accessing your phone’s photos even easier
A new feature is coming to Windows 11 that will make transferring screenshots from your phone to your PC much easier. Thanks to testing being done by Microsoft, you should soon have the ability to access and edit your screenshots from your phone directly on your PC. The Windows Insider…
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Microsoft forges ahead with adding new features to Windows 10 as the OS gets another Windows 11 capability
Remember when Microsoft said Windows 10 wouldn’t get any more features, and was effectively on ice, with the exception of minor tweaks? Well, the reversal of that policy is clear enough now, as another inbound feature for Windows 11 is also coming to its predecessor OS. Namely a ‘richer weather…
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PC gamers will finally lose support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 thanks to Valve dropping them
PC gamers, it’s time to bring in the new year by finally retiring that old Windows OS. Valve announced in an official blog post that Steam would no longer support Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 after January 1, 2024. According to the official Steam blog post, after that date current…
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Microsoft has cured this Windows 11 printer nightmare – but the fix might surprise you
Windows 11 users (as well as those on Windows 10) have been experiencing weirdness around a frustrating bug with printers, but the good news is that there’s now a fix. The bad news is that it’s not quite a straightforward solution, as rather unusually, Microsoft requires the installation of a…
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Hidden feature in Windows 11 suggests we could get the ability to uninstall AI components – and maybe even Copilot eventually?
Windows 11 often has incoming changes hidden away behind the scenes of the operating system, and another of these has just been spotted – and it’s a big one pertaining to AI. Windows Central stumbled upon a tweet by regular leaker PhantomOfEarth on X, who has been digging around in…
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