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70% of Samsung Galaxy S25 owners use AI features — the company is preparing a major expansion

News Software 07-17-2025 comment
Samsung has taken the development of AI functions in the on their smartphones. She’s declaresThe company says that a huge percentage of its device users already use AI functions in one way or another. In the future, the company plans to significantly expand AI capabilities on Galaxy phones.

Massive fines in «Reserve+» for late data updates — even for those who have updated

News Software 07-17-2025 comment
In recent days, many people liable for military service have received a notification in the «Reserve+» app that they have been fined for late updating of their credentials. Last week, the Ministry of Defense just started rolling out a new version of the app, 1.7.1 with the function of paying fines online and with a 50% discount. However, the…

First NVIDIA Neural Texture Compression tests — up to 90% less video memory consumption, twice as fast rendering

News Software 07-17-2025 comment
An enthusiast tested NVIDIA’s Neural Texture Compression in combination with Microsoft DirectX Raytracing 1.2 — the result is fantastic.

Update «broke» Chrome on Windows and macOS — browser freezes or does not start

News Software 07-16-2025 comment
The latest Google Chrome update has caused problems for many users. The browser stops launching or freezes, and the situation seems to affect mostly Windows and macOS users.

Windows 11 will get adaptive power saving — laptop «will live» longer, but will work differently

News Software 07-15-2025 comment
Previously, energy saving in Windows 11 was quite simple. When the battery level dropped to a certain value (for example, 20%), the system turned on power saving. This caused a decrease in screen brightness, a decrease in processor frequency, disabling visual effects, and limiting background processes. All this was done in an attempt to squeeze the…

Twitter creator launches second app in a week — this one is built with AI and will make you «touch grass»

News Software 07-15-2025 comment
Twitter co-founder and Block CEO Jack Dorsey impresses with his second app in a week. To test it, you will have to go outside.

Google is merging Android with ChromeOS — officially

News Software 07-15-2025 comment
Google has officially confirmed the long-discussed merger of its two operating systems — ChromeOS and Android. This is an important step for the company, which has long been looking for a way to make its ecosystem more holistic. Details are still scarce, but the direction of development has already been outlined.

«Safe» Bitchat messenger from the creator of Twitter has not passed any security checks

News Software 07-11-2025 comment
Twitter co-founder and Block head Jack Dorsey previously introduced «private» and «secure» Bitchat, which ironically turned out to be critically vulnerable.

Google launches Android Canary — a new program to access early OS features on Pixel

News Software 07-11-2025 comment
Google launched a new Android preview program that allows you to try out new features of the mobile OS even earlier. Thanks to the Canary program, Pixel smartphone owners will be able to test future features long before they are released to the public.

Adblock Plus users see worse ads than without it — research

News Software 07-10-2025 comment
Imagine: you install an ad blocker to avoid intrusive or harmful content, and you get… even more problematic ads. These digital billboards may inadvertently expose their users to more problematic content. Such conclusions were made by researchers from the Tandon School of Engineering at New York University. They analyzed how online…

The test of «clean» and «dirty» Windows 11 in games gave an unexpected result

News Software 07-08-2025 comment
It’s a common belief that a «clean» Windows 11 installation will run games better than a long-time user. We tested both in programs, tests, and games.

Threads catches up with X on smartphones — audiences are almost equal

News Software 07-08-2025 comment
The competition among social platforms is becoming increasingly fierce. And in this competition, Instagram Threads is catching up with X (formerly Twitter). According to analysts at Similarweb, the Threads mobile app (for iOS and Android) has come close to matching X’s results in terms of daily active users.

Telegram replacement from Twitter creator: Jack Dorsey presents BitChat — messenger without the Internet and censorship

News Software 07-07-2025 comment
Twitter creator and Block chairman Jack Dorsey has unveiled a beta version of BitChat, a messenger that works without the Internet via Bluetooth. Is this a challenge to Telegram?

«Demolish» Xbox and Copilot: Windows 11 25H2 will allow you to uninstall system programs

News Software 07-07-2025 comment
Microsoft seems to have heard the pleas of millions of users who have been complaining about unnecessary programs in Windows for years. With the Windows 11 25H2 update, the company has decided to clear some space. Now users will have an official way to get rid of built-in applications, often referred to as «bloatware» (software that is usually…

For the first time in 4 years, Windows 11 has outpaced Windows 10 — but not in Ukraine

News Software 07-07-2025 comment
Three months before its fourth anniversary, Windows 11 surpassed the previous version in market share for the first time. Windows 11 was released on October 5, 2021.

TikTok to be split into two apps — with «US-only» version, launching September 5

News Software 07-07-2025 comment
China’s ByteDance is developing a separate app specifically for US users after long disputes and threats to restrict access to TikTok.

New menu «Start» Windows 11 sorts programs into a small file — without any AI

News Software 07-04-2025 comment
Microsoft is updating the «Start» menu in Windows 11. And this time it’s not about changing the design of icons or a hint of nostalgia, but a very specific function: automatic sorting of programs into categories. Does it sound like something complicated and technologically advanced? In fact, everything is much simpler than it seems. This…

Opera 120 gets its own AI translator for 40 languages and security improvements

News Software 07-03-2025 comment
Usually, updating a web browser is a routine thing that happens once every few weeks and goes almost unnoticed by the user. But sometimes there are releases that really deserve attention. This is exactly the case with Opera 120, the new version of the popular browser that is already available for download. The development team hasn’t just…

Dig this: Microsoft «resuscitated» Skype for Business because Teams failed

News Software 07-02-2025 comment
Although Microsoft recently retired SkypeIt’s too early to say that the messaging service is a thing of the past. Indeed, the classic Skype that worked through the cloud, gave way to Microsoft Teams. But it should not be confused with Skype for Business Server — the on-premises solution for companies that still does not have a full-fledged…

Microsoft denies losing 400 million Windows users and replaces bad blog post

News Software 07-02-2025 comment
Microsoft has responded to reports of the possible loss of 400 million Windows users. The company replaced the vague wording in the document that led to this conclusion.

Chinese students bypass AI detectors… with artificial intelligence — because they mark real texts as generated

News Software 07-01-2025 comment
It turns out that to prove that your text was not written by artificial intelligence — you just need to ask artificial intelligence for help.

Spotify is now on Instagram — you can listen to tracks in Stories without switching

News Software 07-01-2025 comment
Instagram and Spotify have taken a step towards millions of users who have been waiting for years for a simple but important feature — the ability to share their favorite songs on Instagram Stories with sound. Previously, when someone added a track from Spotify to a story, it was just a static image with the song title and the «Listen» button.…

Steam has learned to show how many frames in the game are real and how many are — generated

News Games 07-01-2025 comment
Steam has received an updated performance panel — it now shows not just the frame rate, but also how many of them were generated by third-party technologies.

«Reserve+» launched a beta test of payment of fines by the CCP — 50% discount

News Software 07-01-2025 comment
As well as promised earlier, the «Reserve+» app now has a function to pay fines. It is currently available in beta.

Windows, goodbye! The number of devices with Microsoft OS decreased by 400 million in 3 years

News Software 06-30-2025 comment
In operating systems, just like in cars or smartphones, competition never stops. And even giants like Microsoft are not immune to losses. New official statements from the company have given grounds to talk about a serious decline in the number of Windows users. All indications are that the number of Windows devices has decreased by hundreds of…

Windows 12 will wait — Microsoft announced Windows 11 25H2

News Software 06-30-2025 comment
Rumors about Windows 12 have been going since 2023but we’ll have to wait. Microsoft has officially said about the launch of Windows 11 25H2 for Windows Insider.

Claude the chatbot ran a «convenience store for a month» — lost $200, went crazy and went to a business meeting with the Simpsons

News Software 06-30-2025 comment
Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 3.7 model ran a real food vending machine in their San Francisco office for a month. As a result, things got absurd — even the Simpsons were mentioned.

Facebook is trying to lure data for its AI from your gallery and unpublished photos

News Software 06-30-2025 comment
Facebook is testing a new feature that requires users to have access to your entire gallery and photos you haven’t posted yet — officially, to offer you versions «improved by AI»; and possibly to collect data to train its artificial intelligence models.

30 years old «blue screen of death» Windows is dead. Now BSOD will be black

News Software 06-27-2025 comment
The usual BSOD in Windows 11 is gone, but the abbreviation will remain, since blue and black start with the same letter. However, this is not Microsoft’s first attempt to kill the «death screen».

Bug in 600+ printer models of the same brand exposes default administrator passwords

News Devices 06-27-2025 comment
Researchers have discovered a serious vulnerability in a series of popular printers that exposes administrator passwords by default. Worse, it cannot be fixed through the firmware of existing printers.

Microsoft extends free support for Windows 10 for another year — but there are conditions

News Software 06-25-2025 comment
Starting this October, support for Windows 10 security updates will become a paid service. Microsoft is adding two options to avoid this and receive updates until October 13, 2026.

Apple pissed off iPhone owners with ads in Apple Wallet — the app sends notifications with a movie announcement «Formula 1»

News Movie 06-25-2025 comment
Apple has found an original way to promote its own movies — through the Apple Wallet app, which is currently issuing notifications advertising cheap tickets to «Formula 1» with Brad Pitt.

Court allows Anthropic «to steal» legal AI training books — to pirate

News Software 06-25-2025 comment
It turns out that using officially purchased books to teach AI without the permission of the authors — is «fair use». At least, this is the opinion of the California District Court, which sided with Anthropic in a copyright infringement lawsuit.

It’s official: Xbox app on PC adds Steam and Battle.net games

News Software 06-24-2025 comment
Microsoft is once again reminding us that Windows — is not just an operating system, but also a playground. And so that you don’t have to jump between a dozen launchers, the company is testing a new feature. The Xbox for Windows program will have a single library for games from Steam and Battle.net. So, now even Half-Life will «live» next…

Signal, DOC and WAV: Russian hackers attack Ukraine with «safe» files and new malware

News Software 06-24-2025 comment
The Signal messenger has become an attack target for Ukrainian government targets. Russian hackers are hiding a new family of malware behind ordinary files.

OpenAI will store your ChatGPT chats forever (even deleted ones) — court overturns users’ appeal

News Software 06-24-2025 comment
In early June 2025, the court ordered OpenAI «indefinitely» store the history of requests to ChatGPT (including deleted chats) in order to have potential evidence in copyright infringement lawsuits — the decision, quite expectedly, provoked opposition from the company itself and users who filed appeals.

A programmer created a real-life ad blocker

News Software 06-23-2025 comment
Annoyed by billboards and banners on buildings? Now there is an ad blocker that will hide them. At least, it will try to.

OneDrive user lost 30 years of data — Microsoft banned the account without explanation and ignored 18 recovery requests

News Software 06-23-2025 comment
OneDrive user wrote on Reddit, he wrote a lengthy post about a conflict with Microsoft, which suddenly blocked his account and, consequently, access to the cloud storage with data from more than 30 years of work — the company did not provide any explanation and ignores requests for restoration, sending only boilerplate replies.

Apple MacBook users in Europe won’t get one of the best features of MacOS Tahoe

News Software 06-20-2025 comment
Although Apple at the recent WWDC 2025 conference talked about the new features of macOS TahoeEuropean users are once again being left behind — at least when it comes to so-called iPhone Mirroring. This is a feature that allows you to control your iPhone directly from a window on your Mac, appeared in macOS Sequoia last yearbut is still not…

YouTube becomes an AI video generator — Google introduces Veo 3 model in Shorts

News Software 06-20-2025 comment
YouTube is preparing a small revolution in video creation — this time not only by the hands of creators, but also by the brains of AI. Google integrates its new model Veo 3 directly into YouTube Shorts, allowing you to create entire videos… with just a text prompt.

Not a bug, but a feature: Windows Hello face recognition no longer works in the dark

News Software 06-17-2025 comment
To the owners laptops With Windows 11 and the right hardware, Microsoft is introducing Windows Hello, a convenient system for signing in with your face, fingerprint, or PIN. In theory, this is supposed to be the future without passwords — fast, secure, and most importantly, no typing. But here’s a typical IT story: everything worked until…

Links «Unsubscribe» can be a trap, — experts

News Software 06-13-2025 comment
In general, it is better to unsubscribe from intrusive and unnecessary emails. But how can you be sure that the «Unsubscribe» link does exactly that?

Hacking artificial intelligence: Microsoft patches first known zero-click vulnerability in AI assistant

News Software 06-13-2025 comment
A critical Copilot vulnerability allowed for the automatic extraction of sensitive user data by simply sending an email.

Android 16 QPR1 beta 2 received desktop mode and windows that are not in the release

News Software 06-11-2025 comment
Almost simultaneously with the official release Android 16 released the QPR1 beta 2 version of the operating system, which received the highly anticipated «adult» desktop features.

YouTube relaxes moderation – when the public interest outweighs possible harm

News Software 06-11-2025 comment
Freedom of speech and content moderation are like a ticking time bomb for tech giants. Especially when elections are approaching or society begins to react sharply to sensitive topics. And now YouTube has decided to push the envelope a bit. Now the platform will allow more controversial videos if it believes that they have «social value». What…

Android 16 is out — live notifications, smart camera and more

News Software 06-11-2025 comment
Just a day after Apple announced about updating their operating systems to WWDC 2025Google has released its own update to the mobile OS. This time, we’re going to get a pretty shaken up «toolkit» for the smartphone, which is bringing Android up to date with new user requirements step by step. There are some interesting innovations that…

Microsoft has created a lightweight Windows 11 for Asus ROG Xbox Ally — it will appear on other devices

News Software 06-10-2025 comment
Microsoft has developed a special version of Windows 11 optimized for portable consoles like the Asus ROG Xbox Ally. It’s not only a new interface, but also faster.

Apple watchOS 26 — AI coach, translation, and gesture «wave and forget»

News Software 06-10-2025 comment
It seems that Apple has finally decided that a smartwatch should know everything about you — and then some. At WWDC 2025, the company presented watchOS 26, which not only updates the interface and adds new features, but also literally talks to you if you let it. So if Apple Watch used to be just an activity tracker, now it’s also your…

Apple iPad is becoming more like a Mac — iPadOS 26 has Menu Bar, windows and other multitasking improvements

News Software 06-09-2025 comment
Multitasking was something that iPad users lacked compared to Mac users. In iPadOS 26, it is much better, and the tablet and computer got as close to each other as possible.

Apple unveiled macOS Tahoe 26 — new design, iPhone on Mac, and a bunch of surprises

News Software 06-09-2025 comment
Along with its other software products, Apple also announced a new version of its desktop operating system during the WWDC 2025 conference. although the name remained with a geographical emphasis, the figure «26» instead of the usual «16» confirms previous rumors: Apple is now synchronizing macOS with years of updates, like car manufacturers…

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