Anew Windows 10 SDK preview became available this week. Developers can grab SDK preview build 19041 through the Windows Insider website. This SDK build is quite a few builds away from the most recent Fast Ring build of 19536. The release notes for 19028 are mostly the same as they have been for several previous builds we’ve seen. Here’s […]
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Apple releases first developer beta of iOS 13.3.1, likely with Screen Time bug fix
Apple today is releasing the first developer beta of iOS 13.3.1 and iPadOS 13.3.1. This comes after the general release of iOS 13.3 last week, which included several new features for iPhone, iPad, and HomePod. iOS 13.3.1 focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements. It’s likely that one of the most notable bugs fixed in iOS […]
Microsoft is overhauling the Windows Insider Program – here’s the deal
The Windows Insider Program isn’t the same as it was a year ago. A lot has changed, from leadership to the way that builds are delivered. It started back in February, when we were all still testing out Windows 10 version 1903. Microsoft had opened up the Skip Ahead subset of the Fast ring, which […]
Declutter Your Menu Bar With This Mac App
As you install more and more software on your Mac, your menu bar might start to get cluttered with extraneous icons. This not only looks messy, but it can make it a bit of a chore to access settings for your various apps. Normally, the only way to cut down those various menus is to […]
Microsoft is making significant changes to how it tests Windows 10 with Insiders
Big changes are coming to the way Microsoft develops and tests Windows 10 with participants in the Windows Insider Program. Starting with today’s build, Microsoft will no longer designate preview builds that roll out to the Fast ring as part of a specific release of Windows 10. This means that from now on, builds released […]
Microsoft Pushes Windows 10 Autopilot Update by Mistake, How to Remove
Microsoft mistakenly installed the Windows 10 update for Autopilot on consumer versions of Windows. After learning of their mistake, Microsoft pulled the update from being offered incorrectly, but by that point, the update was already mistakenly installed on user’s devices. Windows 10 Autopilot is a Microsoft technology that allows enterprise administrators to pre-configure new Windows […]
WhatsApp update: Three new features that will change your life
WhatsApp users’ lives are about to get better thanks to a new update that includes three brilliant new features. The features include the ability to set reminders. In addition, users can now be notified if someone is trying to call them while they are on the phone to someone else, and choose who can invite […]
Chrome 79 will continuously scan your passwords against public data breaches
Google’s password checking feature has slowly been spreading across the Google ecosystem this past year. It started as the “Password Checkup” extension for desktop versions of Chrome, which would audit individual passwords when you entered them, and several months later it was integrated into every Google account as an on-demand audit you can run on all your saved passwords. Now, instead […]
Apple working on fix for iOS bug that lets kids easily bypass Screen Time Communication Limits
Apple this week released iOS 13.3 to the public, which includes a new Communication Limits feature for Screen Time. A new report from CNBC, however, explains that the feature doesn’t exactly work as it’s designed to. By design, Communication Limits in Screen Time are meant to let parents control who their kids can talk to and when […]
Microsoft reveals new Windows logo design and 100 modern app icons
Microsoft is tweaking its Windows logo and the icons for many of the operating system’s apps. We’ve known for a year that the software maker has been planning an icon overhaul, and the company’s new Office icons were only the start. Microsoft is now redesigning more than 100 icons across the company with new colors, materials, and finishes. […]