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It is an absolutely crushing feeling to have worked hard on a document, having invested time, energy and thought into it, only to have it disappear with the click of a button. If this has ever happened to you, you know the sadness and frustration that can very easily take over and send you into a woeful spiral. Luckily, we have ways to address a failure to save. There are several different ways to go about recovering a lost Word document, and the solutions aren’t as complicated as you might think....

As of Firefox’s latest version, videos won’t start playing when you visit a page. This is an improvement over previous versions, which would just mute such media by default. The change means websites should use fewer system resources while not interrupting whatever else you’re listening to. On top of this, the browser will block cryptominers and third-party trackers by default, removing the need for performance sucking addons. It’s also doing a lot to address battery complains on macOS, while general Windows 10 performance should be improved....

That’s where the browser’s Test Pilot program comes in, and it just got two major upgrades. Named Firefox Color and Side View, they bring some exciting new features to the browser, ones that we can already see making a full release. Color’s name pretty much sums up its abilities. It lets you change the colors of Firefox to your liking, from bright pink top bars to custom dark themes. It’s presented in an incredibly simple UI and pairs with a URL to share with any of your friends....

The changes include a rollout of support for Windows Mixed Reality features. Others focus on system stability, with no security, battery life, or performance updates. Surface Book 2 Firmware Update Changelog Though none of the changes are major, they should help create a platform on which to build on. Users may note the following changes if they’re still running the Windows 10 Creators Update (1703): Intel Corporation – Display – 22....

File Explorer is used to be Windows Explorer in the previous Windows version. Windows 10 File Explorer seems to have a lot of bugs. users complaining about the same thing, windows explorer not responding keep crashing, windows explorer is restarting cannot create a new folder. Even it freezes the computer and you have to hard-to shut down the computer by pushing the physical power button. How To Fix windows explorer not responding Problem If you also suffering from this error, windows explorer freezes, not open when you click on file explorer folder....

When this your pc ran into a problem windows 10 error message appears on the screen, the computer is unresponsive to user commands and after the percentage measurement is completed, the system restarts automatically or freezes and the only way to close and restart Windows is by using the computer’s power button. Alternatively, you could also see the following message on a light blue screen: When Windows encounters a condition that compromises safe system operation, the system halts....

Flutter is a mobile development framework by Google, and it’s the most popular way to make cross-platform mobile development. It’s being used by most of the giant tech companies such as Apple, Google, Facebook, Airbnb, Uber, and plenty more. This speaks volumes about Flutter developer salary that even tech giants need top talent to build their apps! But the average salary of Flutter developers ranges a lot, and it depends on many factors....

“Microsoft has long been a leading voice in encouraging the adoption of cross-platform play and the potential of connecting players across PC, mobile and all consoles,” said a spokesperson to Kotaku. “We’ve worked closely with Nintendo to allow cross-network play between Xbox One and Switch and our offer to do the same with PlayStation players still holds. For any other questions regarding ‘Fortnite’ cross-network play between Xbox and PlayStation, please reach out to Epic or Sony directly....

Microsoft first introduced GitHub Copilot in 2021 and has been previewing the service since. Now it is widely available, users can access Copilot for $10 per month or $100 per year (per user). GitHub Copilot runs on a new AI platform developed by OpenAI known as Codex. Copilot is designed to help programmers across a wide range of scenarios and frameworks: “GitHub Copilot understands significantly more context than most code assistants....

A PWA is a regular web page that can be used like a traditional or mobile application. They load like a regular page but can offer things like offline support, launching from the home screen, and push notifications. “In Chrome 76, we’re making it easier for users to install Progressive Web Apps on the desktop by adding an install button to the address bar (omnibox),” Google’s Pete LePage says. “If a site meets the Progressive Web App installability criteria, Chrome will automatically show an install icon in the address bar....

Google has been using site isolation as a default features since Chrome 67 on desktops such as Mac, Windows, Linux, and Chrome OS. However, it is now coming to Android users who will receive the ability to protect against web-based attacks that are deployed through side channels. Leading the abilities of site isolation is it can protect Chrome against websites that sim to deliver CPU-level attacks. These types of malicious campaigns take advantage of the fact browsers share the same processes across websites....

Austria through its Data Protection Authority (DPA) has found local sites that use Google Analytics are falling foul of GDPR regulations. DPA argues U.S. agencies can use the tool to access user information without permission. Dutch regulators are taking a similar stance and other EU nations are likely to follow. Google believes creating a shared EU-US data transfer framework is the only solution to conflicting data regulations. The company points out businesses now operate on a global scale and data sharing is fundamental to their success and impact on local economies....

So, the next time you’re scraping the bottom of the internet barrel, remember websites know what you’re up to. Web owners use the Chrome loophole to keep track of users even in incognito mode, and even to stop them stumping paywalls. Google knows about this loophole and says it is closing it. The company says it will shut down the workaround in the FileSystem API, essentially bringing complete privacy in incognito mode....

Whether Google likes it or not, Microsoft’s Office is the most popular and widely used productivity suite. Users receive Office documents on Gmail and want to open and edit them right there in Google Docs. While opening and viewing Office files has always been easy in Docs, editing them has been a frustrating experience. Google would previously make users convert the files into its own format before editing, collaborating, and commenting....

Over the last two weeks we have seen companies like Microsoft, Apple, and Google stop sales in the country. Other brands like Mastercard, Visa, and PayPal, have also left. Facebook has been banned in Russia, while mega-brands like McDonald’s and Coca-Cola have also cut ties. Google is now going a step further and officially “pausing” all billing on Google Play, its official app and media store. The company sent an email to developers today saying all billing methods on the store will close in Russia....

Android is widely regarded to be less secure than iOS. Google has repeatedly said the platform itself is completely secure in its stock form. However, because it is an open solution, OEMs are free to change Android as they please. This can mean compromising Google’s stock security refinements. For the last five years, the company has published the Android Security & Privacy Year in Review, which shows vulnerabilities that have affected Android and what threats the OS faces....

New controls in Google Search are now more accessible. Privacy controls have always been available for Search, but Google is placing them more front and center. Indeed, Google Search will be just the first product to get the more accessible controls. Google says they will eventually come to all services, including Maps. “Today, we’re making it easier for you to make decisions about your data directly within the Google products you use every day, starting with Search,” Google says....

As mentioned, Google Street View imagery has been improved in the last 10 years. But during this time, Google has not improved its camera technology since 2009. To move Street View into newer territory, the company has designed a new camera which relies on AI algorithms. This is arguably an essential upgrade. If we think back to 2009 (the last camera update), a lot has happened in the imaging field....

According to the company, there is a flaw in the V8 open-source web engine that runs Chrome. A patch has already been included in version 88.0.4234.150, which is rolling out over the coming days and weeks. Google points out a heap-buffer overflow issue is causing the vulnerability, which is known as CVE-2021-21148. “Google is aware of reports that an exploit for CVE-2021-21148 exists in the wild,” Google’s Thursday security update reads....

Hackers have been trying to get Windows 10X running on a device. It’s worth noting this is a modular version of Windows 10, meaning it runs and looks the same across form factors. In other words, 10X looks and feels the same on a mobile device as it does on laptop or tablet. One Windows hackers, XDeltaXForce has been successful running Windows 10X on a Surface Pro 7. While it’s far from perfect, it does show how Windows 10X will look when running on a device....