Chrome 59 is rolling out now to Mac, Windows, and Linux with a number of developer-focused features and security fixes. The biggest addition is support for native macOS notifications and full support of the animated PNG format. Under development for quite a while, the Material revamp of Settings is finally available with various controls now […]
Microsoft has just announced that they will be retiring several Skype apps around July 1st. The affected platforms are Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone 8.1, Messaging for Windows 10 Mobile, Windows RT, and Skype apps for TV. Skype for Windows Phone still works, if your phoneis Windows 10 Mobile Anniversary Update or later.
Microsoft has totally re-envisioned its Skype messaging application and, in the process, made it more like Snapchat and Facebook Messenger. To start, Skype offers more personalization. For example, users can tweak colors and more easily add animated emoji and reaction icons to conversations. The app now supports what Microsoft calls a Highlight Reel, which is […]
AMD on the heels of announcing its refreshed Polarish line, AMD has made available a new set of Crimson ReLive drivers that add support for its newly launched Radeon RX 580 and 570 graphics cards. Other than adding support for these new cards, the latest Crimson ReLive 17.4.3 release doesn’t seem to offer a whole […]
In this week’s Patch Tuesday for Windows fixes dozens of flaws, but one of flaws is a critical vulnerability in WordPad and Office that could allow a remote attacker to install malware on your machine. “A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Office and WordPad parse specially crafted files. An attacker […]
Ubisoft announced the end of support for its Uplay PC Client for Windows Vista. The company decided that, with Microsoft officially pulling the plug on Vista, it was no longer feasible continue to update the Uplay PC client for the (now) legacy operating system. Although Vista users will still be able to access their […]
AMD just released a new Crimson ReLive driver package (17.4.1) that will be of interest to anyone who owns an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive headset—and an AMD graphics card, of course. The main thing that AMD’s newest driver brings to the table is support for Oculus’s Asynchronous Spacewarp (ASW) technology on Radeon R9, 390, […]
Facebook today introduced new tools designed to help victims of revenge porn. Now, if you happen to come across an intimate image on Facebook that you believe was shared without permission, it will be easier to report it. To do so, just tap on the downward arrow or “…” next to a post and click […]
RGB everything is the goal of many builders today – cases, graphics cards, motherboards, rAM, peripherals, PSU, fan and any thing else in a system which can beoutfitted with LEDs. Now MSI wants to make managing the rainbow easier! Today MSI announced Mystic Light Sync for its MSI 200 series and AM4 Gaming motherboards. MSI said […]
Twitter today improved its service a little bit by cutting @replies from the character limit. Moving forward, when people reply to an individual or to a group, the @username(s) will not count toward the Tweet’s 140 characters. Twitter says the addressees’ names will appear above the Tweet text rather than within the Tweet itself. Toggles […]
