Google Android P isn’t the only operating system gaining native support for the new High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF). Microsoft is rolling out new preview builds of Windows 10 with native support for the new file format which brings better compression so that you can get higher-quality pictures at lower file sizes. But that’s […]
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Windows 10 to offer more transparency about data collection (and other updates coming in Redstone 4)
5 Comments on Windows 10 to offer more transparency about data collection (and other updates coming in Redstone 4)Microsoft is rolling out a new build of Windows 10 to testers, and it’s packed with a bunch of (mostly minor) new features. One of the more intriguing is a new Diagnostic Data Viewer app which lets users see exactly what diagnostic data their computer is sending to Microsoft. Folks have been complaining for years […]
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Windows 10 Sets feature in the works: Group multiple apps together as if they were browser tabs
4 Comments on Windows 10 Sets feature in the works: Group multiple apps together as if they were browser tabsWhen you’re surfing the web on a Windows computer you can choose to open multiple websites in distinct windows or open them as browser tabs that you can switch between without populating your desktop with multiple windows. But if you want to open a web page, a Word document, and PowerPoint presentation you typically need […]
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Microsoft releases first preview build of Windows 10 Redstone 4
The Windows 10 Fall Creators Update is coming soon. But if you want to know what’s coming after that, Microsoft is giving some users an early look. Members of the Windows Insider program who opted for the “Skip Ahead” branch are now receiving the first Windows 10 Preview Build based on Redstone 4. The Fall Creators Update, […]
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Windows Insider Preview updates: Windows 10 S joins the program, Redstone 4 previews coming soon
Comments Off on Windows Insider Preview updates: Windows 10 S joins the program, Redstone 4 previews coming soonAnother week, another preview build of Windows 10 pushed out to members of the Windows Insider Preview program. But there are a few noteworthy things about Build 16273. At first glance, this update looks kind of boring: there are a bunch of bug fixes but no major new features. The reason is the interesting part: […]
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Latest Windows 10 preview handles DPI changes without a reboot, reads PDFs aloud to you (in Edge web browser)
1 Comment on Latest Windows 10 preview handles DPI changes without a reboot, reads PDFs aloud to you (in Edge web browser)Microsoft’s latest preview build of Windows 10 for PCs includes new features for the Edge web browser, improved handling of DPI scaling changes, and support for Emoji 5.0 in the Emoji keyboard, along with a bunch of other feature tweaks, bug fixes, and performance improvements. Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16237 is now available for […]
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Windows 10 gets an eBook store, performance and UI tweaks in latest preview
Microsoft is adding an eBook store to Windows 10. It’s just one of the updates included in the latest preview of Windows 10 that’s now available for members of the Windows Insider Preview program. Windows 10 Build 15014 also includes tweaks to the user interface of the operating system, new customization options, and a new […]
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Latest Windows 10 preview build gains custom touchpad gesture support
Microsoft has released a new build of Windows 10 to members of the Windows Insider program, and along with a bunch of bug fixes, the update brings support for custom touchpad gestures. Once Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14946 is installed on a PC, you can go into the touchpad settings menu on any computer […]
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Windows Insiders might want to leave the preview program (for a while)
Microsoft’s Windows Insider program allows users to test early versions of upcoming software. For most of the past year, that’s meant users could try out early versions of Windows 10 before they were available for wider release and help provide feedback to shape the future of the operating system. Many of those preview features ended […]
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Microsoft launches Windows 10 preview with Bash on Ubuntu, Cortana improvements, and more
Comments Off on Microsoft launches Windows 10 preview with Bash on Ubuntu, Cortana improvements, and moreThis summer Microsoft will launch an “anniversary update” for Windows 10 that will bring new features for pen input, support for logging into websites with a fingerprint, and an Ubuntu file system that lets you use Bash to run command-line Linux apps without a virtual machine. But you don’t have to wait until this summer […]