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Raycast's Windows Beta Transforms the Clipboard and Emoji Picker from Afterthoughts into Superpowers
Raycast, the beloved macOS productivity launcher, has opened a private beta for Windows, and its first two big features — a revamped emoji picker and a smarter clipboard history — already fix the...
Firefox 143 finally lets you pin websites to the Windows taskbar as apps
{ "title": "Firefox 143 finally lets you pin websites to the Windows taskbar as apps", "content": "On September 16, Mozilla shipped Firefox 143 with a headline feature that Windows power users...
KB5065790 and KB5066198: What’s Fixed in the Latest Windows Release Previews
Microsoft rolled out two new cumulative updates to the Release Preview channel this week, delivering targeted fixes for Windows 11 version 23H2 and Windows 10 version 22H2. The Windows 11 update...
Windows 24H2 Kills WordPad, Buries Cortana: Your Migration Roadmap
Microsoft quietly removed WordPad from Windows 11 version 24H2 this month, ending a 28-year run for the unassuming rich-text editor. The cut is the latest in a string of feature retirements that also...
Google's Alt+Space Overlay Brings Lens, AI Search to Windows. Here's How It Works and What to Watch For.
What’s New Google has released an experimental Windows app that places a compact, floating search bar at your fingertips. The tool, hosted in Google’s Search Labs, can be summoned anytime by...
Microsoft’s Unified Update Orchestrator Could Finally End the Windows App Update Nightmare
Microsoft has begun private previews of a Windows-native update orchestrator that will let any app developer register their software’s update mechanism with the operating system. If widely adopted,...
Microsoft Office Insider Build 2509 Saves New Documents to OneDrive by Default — How to Reclaim Local Storage
Microsoft has started testing a significant change in its Office apps that makes OneDrive the default save location for new documents, coupled with Windows setup prompts that push users toward cloud...
Microsoft's Movies & TV App Has a Five-Device Limit—and a Sneaky 30-Day Removal Lock
Microsoft's Movies & TV app—the built-in Windows player for purchased videos—has quietly enforced a strict five-device download limit for years. What many users don't realize is that removing...
How to Learn Microsoft Copilot Faster: 5 Video Resources and a 30-Day Plan That Works
Microsoft’s Copilot assistant is no longer a press-release demo. As of early 2025, it’s sitting right inside your Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams apps, ready to draft emails, summarize meetings,...
How Windows Users Can Leverage Tmux for Persistent SSH Sessions and Terminal Multitasking
Microsoft’s Windows Subsystem for Linux has quietly turned millions of Windows desktops into Linux-capable workstations. But one tool that still catches many newcomers off guard is Tmux, a terminal...
After Windows 10 Dooms 400 Million PCs, EU Urged to Mandate 15-Year Software Updates
On October 14, 2025, Microsoft will cut off free security updates for Windows 10. An estimated 400 million functional PCs worldwide cannot upgrade to Windows 11, a cliff-edge that has crystallised a...
Microsoft’s Copilot App Will Auto-Install on Windows PCs Starting October — No Easy Way to Opt Out
Microsoft confirmed this week that Windows machines running desktop versions of Word, Excel, or other Microsoft 365 apps will soon see a new addition to their Start menu — automatically. Beginning...