techhelpkb 1 year ago

Distraction Control in Safari on iOS 18 lets you cut out pieces of a page you're not necessarily interested in, like images or menus.

WIRED

How to Use Apple’s Distraction Control Feature in Safari

Distraction Control, which removes annoying elements from web pages, is coming to the iPhone’s default browser with the release of iOS 18.

techhelpkb 1 year ago

Learn how to protect your Windows computer and important online services with face or finger recognition using passkeys.

How to start using passkeys on your Windows PC | PCWorld

techhelpkb 1 year ago

One of the biggest changes Apple is finally bringing to iPhones with the release of iOS 18 is RCS support with Messages. RCS will make messaging between iPhones and Androids work better than ever.

9to5Mac

What is RCS? iOS 18’s long-awaited fix for iPhone to Android messaging

Apple is adding support for RCS in iOS 18’s Messages app. This will make conversations between iPhone and Android users work better than ever.

techhelpkb 1 year ago

Much like Arc browser, Zen is an effort to modernize the standard web browser user interface. And it's doing it on the basis of Mozilla's Firefox codebase.

Zen Browser is a no-Google zone that offers tiling nirvana

A Firefox fork aimed at power surfers

techhelpkb 1 year ago

As it turns out, you won't be able to uninstall Microsoft’s controversial Recall feature after all. 🤔 https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/microsoft-controversial-recall-feature-cant-be-uninstalled/

techhelpkb 1 year ago

Enable XMP in your BIOS, a sort of overclock for your RAM modules that lets you achieve the speed and latency numbers advertised by your RAM kit. It's a one-click improvement to the performance of your PC.

XDA

If you haven't enabled XMP in your BIOS, you're leaving performance on the table

Think your PC is slower than it should be? Check to see if this one BIOS setting is enabled.

techhelpkb 1 year ago

The latest Apple OS betas introduce Apple Intelligence’s Clean Up feature to the Photos app. The AI-powered tool can remove intrusive elements from photos, smoothen blemishes, and pixelate people’s faces. The equivalent feature on Android, called Magic Eraser, debuted in 2021.

Android Authority

Apple finally has an answer to Magic Eraser, and we’ve tried it

iOS 18.1 beta 3 introduces Apple Intelligence’s Clean Up tool in the Photos app. We’ve tried it, and here’s what you need to know.

techhelpkb 1 year ago

When it comes to the amount of RAM in iPhones, iPads, and Macs, there has been a disconnect over what users want (more) and what Apple thinks you need (less). Until now.

Apple Intelligence is forcing Apple to finally give us what we want: More RAM | Macworld

techhelpkb 1 year ago

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) made history this month by officially releasing the first three quantum-resistant encryption standards set to shape the future of cryptography.

TechRadar

Post-quantum encryption standards are here – a new era for VPN security begins

Now we

techhelpkb 1 year ago

Since its inception, iPhone users have been unable to send or receive high quality photos and videos to or from other types of phones. With iOS 18, Apple has finally fixed this by adding RCS capabilities to the iMessage app.

SlashGear

RCS Is Finally On iPhone — Here Are The New Green Bubble Features - SlashGear

Apple is finally remedying the terrible experience of green bubble messaging on iPhones by adding the RCS standard long supported by Android devices.

techhelpkb 1 year ago

OpenAI has revealed that ChatGPT has passed the 200 million weekly active users mark, and Apple is expected to help that number grow even further with iOS 18.

9to5Mac

ChatGPT now has over 200 million weekly users

OpenAI’s ChatGPT is one of the most popular generative AI tools in the world, and it has been gaining a...

techhelpkb 1 year ago

Google has more than doubled payouts for Google Chrome security flaws reported through its Vulnerability Reward Program, with the maximum possible reward for a single bug now exceeding $250,000.

BleepingComputer

Google increases Chrome bug bounty rewards up to $250,000

Google has more than doubled payouts for Google Chrome security flaws reported through its Vulnerability Reward Program, with the maximum possible ...

techhelpkb 1 year ago

One of the new features of iOS 18 is the ability to transcribe your Voice Memos without needing third-party software.

Tom

iOS 18 finally adds transcription to Voice Memos — here

Get your voice out there

techhelpkb 1 year ago

The Android 15 source code will be released next week, according to multiple sources. The source code will allow Android platform developers to build modified versions of Android 15.

Android Authority

Sources: Here's when Google will release the Android 15 source code

The Android 15 source code will be released next week, according to multiple sources. Here's what that means for users and developers.

techhelpkb 1 year ago

The Google Pixel 9 has a new Adaptive Touch feature that’s enabled by default. Adaptive Touch automatically adjusts your Pixel 9’s touch sensitivity based on various factors.

Android Authority

Adaptive Touch quietly launches on the Google Pixel 9, works really well

The Google Pixel 9 has a new Adaptive Touch feature that automatically adjusts its touch sensitivity based on various factors.

techhelpkb 1 year ago

Tired of Copilot? Here's how to remap the Copilot keyboard key to launch ChatGPT instead.

Android Authority

Microsoft's Copilot is stupid, I replaced it with ChatGPT

Microsoft's new Copilot key launches its AI assistant, but you can easily remap it to launch a different app. Here's how.

techhelpkb 1 year ago

Floorp is a customizable Firefox-based browser with features like side panels, workspaces, and vertical tabs, with privacy as a focus.

XDA

5 reasons Floorp is the best browser you've never heard of

If you're looking for a new browser, check out Floorp, a combination of Firefox and Vivaldi.

techhelpkb 1 year ago

The Open Source Initiative (OSI), the self-appointed arbiters of what it means to be open source, has released a new definition for what constitutes open-source AI.

MIT Technology Review

We finally have a definition for open-source AI

Researchers have long disagreed over what constitutes open-source AI. An influential group has offered up an answer.

techhelpkb 1 year ago

A security researcher on Mastodon found that typing these characters into Spotlight Search or App Library will crash your iPhone.

9to5Mac

iOS bug causes iPhone to crash when you type these four characters - 9to5Mac

Occasionally, an odd text string bug emerges in iOS that can crash your iPhone with just a few characters. This...

techhelpkb 1 year ago

Google is rolling out a song search feature in Circle to Search to identify what song is playing on your device or in your surroundings (it also supports sing-to-search and hum-to-search). Here's how to use it. 🎼 🎵 🎶

Android Police

Song search is now live in Circle to Search

Circle to Search just got a lot more useful