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Microsoft just killed the Windows 10 Beta Channel for good
Microsoft has shut down the Windows 10 Beta Channel and will move all enrolled Windows Insiders to the Release Preview Channel. This comes after the company reopened the Windows 10 beta channel in early June, releasing the first Beta build three years after the last such build was rolled out to Windows 10 Insiders in 2021. “To bring new features…
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Microsoft just killed the Windows 10 Beta Channel again
Microsoft has shut down the Windows 10 Beta Channel and will move all enrolled Windows Insiders to the Release Preview Channel. This comes after the company reopened the Windows 10 beta channel in early June, releasing the first Beta build three years after the last such build was rolled out to Windows 10 Insiders in 2021. “To bring new features…
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DesktopGPT Leaves Beta, Puts ChatGPT on Your Windows Desktop
ChatGPT isn’t as useful when it’s confined to a web browser and a simple chatbox. Stardock’s DesktopGPT app brings the chatbot to your Windows desktop, and it’s now out of beta. Stardock has just announced the final rollout of DesktopGPT, a new desktop app that makes it pretty easy to use generative AI on Windows 10 and 11. We’ve reported…
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Nvidia’s new app replacement for GeForce Experience is now out of beta
Nvidia is officially launching its Nvidia app on PC today, designed to overhaul and replace the GeForce Experience app. The Nvidia app originally went into beta earlier this year, and it’s now feature complete enough for the beta label to be removed and for the app to soon be bundled with GeForce drivers. The Nvidia app includes a redesigned and…
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Apple’s iOS 18.2 Beta Brings AI Features
On Nov. 4, Apple released the beta version of iOS 18.2, providing the next look at the artificial intelligence features coming to Apple’s mobile devices broadly in December. Apple also sent out corresponding beta releases for iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision and the development environment XCode 16.2 beta 2. What does iOS 18 beta 2 add? Expanded…
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Forget Apple Intelligence — iOS 18.2 beta could be introducing ‘Battery Intelligence’
More secrets of the iOS 18.2 developer beta are being revealed as early adopters try out the new software. The latest of which includes a currently unfinished improvement to charging. A code-diver at 9to5Mac found a “BatteryIntelligence” framework that could be used to estimate a charge time for your iPhone. Users are apparently able to request a notification with a…
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Windows 11 update KB5044377 and KB5044376 drop in Beta and Dev Channels
Windows 11 receives build 22635.4435 in the Beta and build 26120.2200 in the Dev Channels. These are minor updates with changes for Dynamic Lighting, Copilot, Start menu, and Taskbar. Microsoft is also pushing several fixes and other changes under the hood. Microsoft is making available two new previews for Windows 11, including build 22635.4435 (KB5044377) in the Beta Channel, which…
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iOS 18.2 developer beta is live with Visual Intelligence, Image Playground and ChatGPT — all the new AI features for your iPhone
When Apple launched the new iPhone 16 lineup, they also hyped up the new Apple Intelligence features that were revealed during WWDC 2024. However, a number of those features were not going to be available out of the box and Apple confirmed that Apple Intelligence would be rolling out in stages. With iOS 18.1, Apple added a few AI features…
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Windows 11 adds option to make Taskbar icons smaller (build 22635.4291) in Beta Channel
Microsoft releases Windows 11 build 22635.4291 (23H2) with changes to privacy settings, improvements to the Task Manager, and a new option to make Taskbar icons smaller. Windows 11 build 26120.1912 (24H2) was also released with 6GHz support for the Mobile hotspot feature. Microsoft has announced the release of two new previews for Windows 11, including build 22635.4291 (KB5043166) in the…
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macOS Sequoia, beta testing, and endpoint protection – Computerworld
What is the problem? Researcher Will Dormann pointed to firewall- and DNS-related issues as the culprit. He explains that using Sequoia’s built-in firewall to block incoming connections might also block replies to DNS requests. All the same, what I find difficult to understand is why security companies failed to adequately flag these issues during the beta testing process, or, if they…
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