This week, Vivaldi upgraded its flagship desktop web browser to version 4.3, adding several useful new improvements while allowing users to block Google’s latest privacy invasion. “Our new version — Vivaldi 4.3 — ticks the checkboxes of privacy and useful features that will help you make informed decisions and get…
Microsoft today released a major update to the Xbox app for Windows 10 that supports game streaming from an Xbox console or the cloud. “Today, we’re opening up new possibilities for you to remotely play console games on your Windows 10 PCs (or later) with updates to the Xbox app,…
Microsoft has announced which titles are coming to Xbox Game Pass during the rest of the month. And there are some nice surprises in there. “There are lots of Xbox Game Pass games on the way,” Microsoft’s Megan Spurr writes. “Last week we announced Humankind is coming to PC on…
DuckDuckGo today announced its Email Protection service, which aims to protect email privacy without requiring users to switch email providers. “70 percent of emails contain trackers that can detect when you’ve opened a message, where you were when you opened it, and what device you were using,” a new post…
Extensibility is one of the key advantages of Visual Studio Code, but JavaScript debugging is so common that Microsoft now builds it into the code editor. “If you’re debugging JavaScript in Visual Studio Code you probably have used either the Chrome Debugger or the Microsoft Edge Debugger extension,” the Microsoft…
Anyone looking for a Nintendo Switch-like portable gaming PC will want to check out the Steam Deck, which will start shipping in late 2021 for $400 and up. It’s made by Valve, the company behind the Steam gaming service. “Steam Deck brings the Steam games and features you love to…
Mozilla Firefox 90 supports background updating, HTTPS-only exceptions, Print to PDF improvements, and private browsing improvements. Here’s a rundown of the new features and changes. Background updating. This Windows-only feature checks for, downloads, and installs updates in the background automatically when Firefox is not running. By default, it will check…
Opera is offering up an odd proposition: Sure, use a Chromebook. But use Opera instead of Chrome. The Android version of Opera. “Opera is now the world’s first alternative browser optimized for Chromebooks,” Opera’s Stefan Stjernelund writes. “The Opera Browser brings many unique features previously unavailable on the Chrome OS…
About seven months ago, I unplugged my Xbox One X and set it aside, replacing it with Microsoft’s powerful new Xbox Series X. As I wrote in my review for that latter console, the Series X is all about promise: Better performance, graphics, sound, and power management. But it’s also…
Google announced today that it is finally bringing the Stadia streaming game service to its Chromecast with Google TV on June 23. It is also bringing Stadia to some Android TV OS devices on that date as well. “The first version of Stadia on Chromecast with Google TV is launching…