MacOS users have long enjoyed a simple yet useful feature: Quick Look. It lets you select a file and press the spacebar to see a preview of it. It can be used on almost anything, including videos, PDFs, Word docs, and images. Even better, with the file displayed you can…
With the arrival of the DirectStorage API for Windows, game developers have begun talking about what it could mean for future games. The technology is currently in-use on the Xbox Series X and is part of the console’s Velocity Architecture. It allows for faster loading and decompression of game assets,…
As part of its recent campaign to make Windows the platform of choice for “hybrid work,” Microsoft is rolling out a new security feature. It’s called Smart App Control and it’s kind of like Windows Defender SmartScreen on steroids. This new feature aims to prevent malicious apps from being installed…
They’ve finally done it, those crazy-you-know-whats. Microsoft has finally fixed a very shortsighted design decision in Windows 11. The change finally allows people to change their default browser with just one click. It’s a simple fix, and should have never been required in the first place, but we’re grateful Microsoft…
Almost a year and a half after Microsoft announced Windows 11 DirectStorage would come to PC, it’s finally arrived. The good news is the much-lauded storage API could theoretically boost gaming performance for PCs that support it. The bad news is games have to be designed for it, so it…
We expect all sorts of things from the Window 11 File Explorer, not least of which to provide access to files. It might end up doing something extra in the future: showing you ads. Microsoft rolled out a new Insider build recently that set off alarm bells by including ads…
(Photo: Rafael Rivera) Microsoft certainly has a list of suggestions for Windows 10/11 sent in by its users that’s as long as a CVS receipt, if not longer, and so far the company has been regularly experimenting with a lot of new features by adding them to its preview builds…
(Photo: USPTO) A recent patent filing by Apple suggests the company is working on some kind of full-blown Mac computer that could be tucked inside one of its Magic keyboards. The design could allow a person to simply unplug the keyboard from an external display, stuff it in their rucksack,…
Microsoft has been a bit schizophrenic for the past few years when it comes to the Windows Control Panel and the new Settings app. While it has moved a lot of stuff into Settings, the Control Panel still exists as well. This has created a lot of confusion amongst Windows…
Reports have begun trickling out across internet forums and Reddit of Windows 11 users experiencing sluggish NVME SSD behavior in certain benchmarks compared to the same drives’ performance in Windows 10. Lending credence to the claims is the response from a Microsoft official in those same forums: “We’re investigating.” The…