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New Outlook will soon check emails for spelling mistakes before they are sent

By Sean Endicott Published

Apps Outlook is gaining an automatic pre-send spell check that could catch embarrassing mistakes before an email leaves your inbox.

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A laptop screen displaying Windows 11, featuring the "Grab And Move" settings window of PowerToys. The desktop background is colorful and vibrant.
PowerToys gets a gorgeous new welcome screen — other apps should take notes

By Sean Endicott Published

Apps PowerToys is getting a beautiful new welcome screen that highlights the kind of polish Microsoft should bring to more apps.

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uBlock Origin broke on Edge, so I finally quit the browser

By Sean Endicott Published

Apps An ad-filled Microsoft Edge broke my daily article proofing routine, turning a long-overdue browser switch into an immediate need.

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Stardock Snipboard dock running on a Windows 11 desktop. The dock shows various recent clipboard items including text and image previews, with options for filtering and searching.
Stardock's new Snipboard app aims to fix clipboard management on Windows 11

By Sean Endicott Published

Apps Stardock’s new Snipboard app brings a pinned, searchable clipboard dock with cross-PC copying to Windows 11.

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How to upscale videos to 4K with Clipchamp

By Sean Endicott Published

Apps Clipchamp can now upscale low-resolution videos to 4K locally using AI, making old or low-quality footage look clearer.

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Microsoft 365 app on Windows 11 with shortcuts to create documents in Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and other Microsoft 365 applications.
Microsoft addresses Excel’s copy/paste regression but the fix barely reaches most users

By Sean Endicott Published

Apps Microsoft issued a patch for Excel’s broken copy-paste feature, but the fix only applies to Excel 2016.

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Microsoft Edge's latest update is freezing web apps

By Sean Endicott Published

Apps A Microsoft Edge bug is freezing web apps, but reverting to version 152 requires a bit of work.

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AI Vibe coding forces Edge review changes

By Sean Endicott Published

Apps Microsoft is automating routine Edge extension reviews to keep up with an influx of submissions driven by AI development tools.

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Windows 11 Widgets board displaying the Battery Flyout widget with system and Bluetooth device battery percentages.
Skip the wait for Windows 11's official battery widget with Battery Flyout

By Sean Endicott Published

Apps Battery Flyout adds a Battery Status widget to Windows 11 so you can check your PC and accessories.

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Close-up of a laptop screen showing a black notch overlay with a battery icon and time display above the Microsoft Store page for the Notchify app.
This app brings Apple's Dynamic Island to Windows 11 — and it just got a major update

By Sean Endicott Published

Apps Notchify replicates the Dynamic Island of macOS without requiring an actual notch.

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