Latest about Windows 11 apps
Microsoft wants to make future CrowdStrike outages impossible, and it could mean big changes for security software
By Sean Endicott published
Zero trust In response to the recent CrowdStirke outage, Microsoft appears to be interested in moving away from allowing security apps to have kernel access on Windows 11.
Elon Musk calls Grok 'the most powerful AI by every metric' but 'secretly' trains the new model with your X data by default
By Kevin Okemwa published
DO BETTER X (formerly Twitter) quietly rolled out a new data-sharing experience that is enabled by default and uses your data to train Grok.
Firefox and Meta develop a mechanism that promises to keep the user's data private in an unyielding ad world
By Kevin Okemwa published
GUARANTEED PRIVACY Firefox might have found the perfect balance between aggressive advertising and maintaining the user's privacy.
Google reverses its stance on deprecating third-party cookies in Chrome, but users get an option to disable the 'crumbs'
By Kevin Okemwa published
MORE COOKIES Google has changed its mind about its privacy sandbox on Chrome, and will keep supporting cookies.
Is this a handy new feature or another Windows 11 ad?
By Sean Endicott published
You decide Windows Insiders will now see suggested content within the search section of the Microsoft Store, but is that a helpful tool or another Windows 11 ad?
NordVPN will soon work on Qualcomm Snapdragon X PCs, closing a big part of the Windows on Arm app gap
By Sean Endicott published
An Arm-native version of NordVPN is in its final stages of testing.
Apple throws critical privacy jabs at Google Chrome to keep millions of iPhone users hooked on Safari
By Kevin Okemwa published
NOT PRIVATE ENOUGH As part of Apple's plan to keep iPhone users 'glued' to Safari, it has highlighted two critical privacy issues riddling Google Chrome's user experience.
Microsoft Designer is now generally available across a variety of Windows 11 apps, and is coming to Edge soon
By Kevin Okemwa published
DESIGNER HITS GA Microsoft shipped its Designer app to broad availability and integrated it across its products, including Microsoft Word and PowerPoint through Copilot and Microsoft Photos.
Microsoft OneNote's new AI feature is here to save my studying from horrible handwriting
By Sean Endicott published
Write this down Copilot in OneNote can already analyze typed notes to generate summaries and create to-do lists. Soon, the same features will work with hand-written notes.
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