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Microsoft Clipchamp will soon improve images and audio with AI
By Sean Endicott published
crystal clear Noise suppression and image background removal are on the way to Clipchamp.

One of the best VPNs now works with Copilot+ PCs powered by Snapdragon X chips
By Sean Endicott published
Private Internet Access now has an Arm-native version of its VPN.

This simple little app should be built into Windows 11
By Sean Endicott published
What an app! A relatively new Windows 11 app called CtrlHelp lets you summon a cheat sheet for shortcuts in 80 supported apps. The app also lets you practice shortcuts.

My go-to video editor, and one of Microsoft's best-kept secrets, is about to get a big AI boost through Copilot
By Sean Endicott published
AI FTW Microsoft Copilot will soon support following a prompt to create a video project in Clipchamp. The new feature should simplify content creation and help jumpstart new projects.

PowerToys' latest update is small but it's the latest chapter in an excellent year for the app
By Sean Endicott published
Update time Microsoft PowerToys has a new update that fixes several problems. The update rounds out a solid seven months for the oft-updated utility.

Microsoft removes ads from Skype but leaves them in Windows 11's Start menu
By Kevin Okemwa published
Ad-free Windows?🫠 The new update also brings OneAuth integration to Skype for iOS and revamps the AI image creator experience on Skype Desktop.

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.
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