Google Pixel phone owners have been able to use several AI-aided features in the Photos app for a few months now. These free tools will shortly be made available to nearly everyone that uses Google Photos. What new toys does that include?
Google Pixel phone owners have been able to use several AI-aided features in the Photos app for a few months now. These free tools will shortly be made available to nearly everyone that uses Google Photos. What new toys does that include?
As the traditional end of support for Microsoft's aging Windows 10 operating system looms ever closer, they have now announced the pricing to keep it secure from online threats for those determined not to upgrade to Windows 11. Spoiler - it's not cheap.
For people that use Windows especially, Microsoft's approach to Teams has been a bit of a mess. Windows comes preinstalled with Teams, but this version doesn't support work accounts. For that, you need to install a different app also called Teams. This is finally being resolved.
Photo manipulation has been in the news a lot recently. Although this is often generically referred to as "Photoshopping", few people actually use that actual app to touch up their snaps. Microsoft have now added a new erase tool to the Photos app that comes with Windows that allows you to remove anything you like from your picture. Let's take a look at it in action.
If you use Microsoft's Outlook email client with any regularity, you may well have noticed the "Try the new Outlook" toggle appear at the top of the app in recent months. Maybe you've even tried it. Either way, the slow demise of the "classic" version of the app has now been outlined.
Putting electronics that you've just spilt your coffee all over into uncooked rice in the hopes of drying it out is one of those things that many of us have absorbed as fact in a similar way to what you're supposed to do to ease a jellyfish sting. However, much like the latter example, it appears common knowledge is wrong in this case too.
By default, Microsoft's Edge browser now effectively puts browser tabs to "sleep" when they are untouched for a little while. This is a great memory saving measure. However, in cases where the tab would normally indicate there's something new to check (eg webmail after a new email) this can cause problems. This guide explains how to disable this feature for certain websites.
The latest figures from the browser measuring team at Statcounter has revealed that Microsoft's previously unloved Edge browser is now beginning to gain some traction - on desktop machines at least. It has now overtaken Safari as the second most popular browser. Should you be switching if you haven't already?
A few months ago, Microsoft unleashed its Copilot AI system for various Office apps, including Word, Excel and Powerpoint. It was initially made available to business users with at least 300 seats subscribed, but it is now generally available to everyone that feels it might be worth the extra monthly subscription.
Microsoft has decided that all new PC keyboards should be equipped with a new key for the first time since 1994 when the Windows "Start" key was added. For those that have been paying attention to what Microsoft is currently pushing very heavily, it won't take many guesses at what this key will be for...