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Windows 11 Start menu's performance is "comically bad" says ex-Microsoft Senior Software Engineer despite using a sophisticated $1,600 PC that meets stringent minimum requirements
By Kevin Okemwa published
COMICALLY BAD Windows 11's Start menu is encountering annoying performance issues, amid plans to pump more ads to the platform.
What is Microsoft's mysterious new AI feature for PowerToys?
By Sean Endicott published
🤔🤔🤔 Advanced Paste with Local AI is on the way to PowerToys, though we don't know what it is yet.
Microsoft PowerToys now lets you peek at WebP files, my most-hated type of file
By Sean Endicott published
a little peek Microsoft PowerToys just received an update that adds support for viewing WebP, WebM, and audio files when using the Peek utility.
Gmail might flag some Microsoft Outlook emails as spam — You'll temporarily need an 'alias' to circumvent this issue
By Kevin Okemwa published
SUSPICIOUS Goggle's newly implemented mandatory bulk sender authentication requirements for Gmail flag some Outlook emails as spam.
Employees spill some secret changes coming in a future Microsoft Store update
By Sean Endicott published
A speed boosy An updated version of the Microsoft Store is now in testing among Insiders. The update improves the speed of the store in several key areas and reduces loading times.
Microsoft Teams (free) gets a noise-suppression feature and Community Bot for automating recurring tasks
By Kevin Okemwa published
UPDATE Microsoft shipped new features to Teams in March, including a noise suppression feature and a Community Bot for automating redundant and recurring tasks.
Microsoft caves to antitrust pressure and unbundles Teams from its Office 365 package worldwide
By Kevin Okemwa published
STANDALONE TEAMS Microsoft recently announced that it has unbundled teams from Office worldwide. Last year, the company split both services in the European Economic Area and Switzerland.
As expected, Microsoft ships Copilot to the Photos app in Windows 11 to help create slideshows and change the desktop background on your PC
By Kevin Okemwa published
COPILOT PLUGGED-IN The Photos app features a Copilot plugin. It will reportedly help with tasks like creating slideshows and setting the desktop background on your Windows PC.
Dropbox's new beta app brings saved files to the File Explorer and Taskbar on Windows 11 for easy accessibility
By Kevin Okemwa published
SOFTWARE APPS Dropbox recently launched a new beta version of its app for Windows 11 and Windows 10 users. It lets users access files directly from the File Explorer or Taskbar.
Microsoft says ChatGPT isn't better than Copilot AI; you're just not using it as intended
By Kevin Okemwa published
CHATGPT VS COPILOT One of the most common complaints about Copilot AI based on customer feedback is that it doesn't work as well as ChatGPT, but Microsoft says users aren't using it properly.
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