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Google Chrome’s new privacy feature restricts online user tracking

In the latest move to improve the privacy of the Chrome browser, Google is adding support for a new HTML tag that prevents user tracking by isolating embedded content from the page embedding it. […]

09 May

How to exclude files and folders from Windows Defender scans

Sometimes legitimate programs or programs created by your organization may have false-positive detections in Windows Defender. Fortunately, Microsoft also offers an way to exclude files and processes from Defender scans. […]

08 May

How to control Spotify while playing a game in Windows 10

While playing a game, you may want to listen to your playlist rather than the in-game music to get the most out of your gaming experience. Unfortunately, it can be a pain to alt-tab out of the game to control your music. […]

07 May

Microsoft pauses development of Windows 10X, its Chrome OS competitor

Microsoft has reportedly paused the development of Windows 10X, its Chrome OS competitor for single-screen and dual-screen devices. […]

03 May

Microsoft reveals final plan to remove Flash Player in Windows 10

Microsoft quietly revealed its plans to remove the Adobe Flash plugin from Windows 10, with mandatory removal starting in July 2021. […]

02 May

Closer look at the new Windows 10 features tested in preview builds

The next feature update “Windows 10 May 2021 Update” is going to be a minor service pack style-like release with quality improvements and bug fixes. While the next update is all about improvements, preview builds and reports have suggested that Windows 10 version 21H2 is going to be a big release with something new for […]

01 May

Google Chrome is getting a new Progressive Web App feature

In the latest effort to improve the web apps experience, Google appears to be working on a new API that will allow Chrome progressive web apps (PWAs) to ‘handle’ (read) files in the operating system’s file system. […]

29 Apr

Disabling Windows 10 experiments blocks Known Issue Rollback fixes

As Microsoft begins to utilize its Known Issue Rollback feature to release Windows 10 fixes quickly, users are discovering that modifying privacy settings may prevent these fixes from being installed. […]

25 Apr

Windows 10 package manager can now remove any app from the command line

The Windows 10 package manager is getting some new and exciting features that allow you to manage any installed applications directly from the command line. […]

21 Apr

Linux bans University of Minnesota for committing malicious code

Linux kernel project maintainers have imposed a ban on the University of Minnesota (UMN) from contributing to the open-source Linux project after a group of UMN researchers were caught submitting a series of malicious code commits, or patches that deliberately introduced security vulnerabilities in the official Linux project. […]

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