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On Windows 11, you can reduce the system memory footprint to improve overall responsiveness, stability, and multitasking performance. This guide shows you how. https://t.co/zbDvIXY9Dp
windowscentral.com
Practical tweaks to reclaim system memory, reduce background load, and make Windows 11 feel faster without upgrading hardware.
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Chrome has quietly added Split View tabs, a feature that lets you look at two open tabs side by side in the same browser window, with each tab occupying half the screen. Here's how to use it. https://t.co/ojRv1gzgSc
techradar.com
You’ll wonder how you browsed without them
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Would you like a professional-grade workflow that feels fast and secure and replaces Microsoft 365? Use these four free open-source apps to build a private cloud that is faster, cheaper, and entirely yours. https://t.co/c3DXU6w2Pv
xda-developers.com
The zero-dollar productivity stack
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“Rest assured, Firefox will always remain a browser built around user control. That includes AI. You will have a clear way to turn AI features off. A real kill switch is coming in Q1 of 2026.” - Mozilla https://t.co/IRql0m758W
techradar.com
How to lose friends and alienate browser users
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DuckDuckGo’s AI platform, duck[.]ai, now lets users select “New Image” from the side panel, and describe what they want to create. The new feature, still in beta, adheres to DuckDuckGo’s privacy-first approach to AI and to search in general. https://t.co/9qZUihdNRF
9to5mac.com
The new Duck.ai feature, still in beta, adheres to DuckDuckGo’s privacy-first approach to AI and to search in general. Here...
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Waterfox, a popular fork of Firefox, is saying nay to AI. Considering how unpopular Mozilla's plan to botify its browser has become, this could win the alternative some converts. https://t.co/adSM9wsDoP
theregister.com
: Even if Mozilla is going to add an AI kill switch, that may not be enough to reassure many.
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Chrome extensions feel harmless until they’re not. They have broad access to your data and chew through RAM in the background causing potential lag. Instead, try these eight native Chrome features already built in to supercharge your browsing. https://t.co/Aen15VeTeN
androidpolice.com
You're using Chrome wrong, and these features prove it
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Researchers at Koi Security revealed that more than seven million users of a VPN extension for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge had been logging users’ AI chats and sending them to a data broker. https://t.co/3ivMykosGa
malwarebytes.com
The extension disclosed its AI data collection, but not in a way most users would recognize—or knowingly agree to.
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In November, Microsoft claimed to have patched a security vulnerability in Windows 11 that was reported by Google’s Project Zero. Now, however, Project Zero claims that Microsoft did not successfully manage to fully address the vulnerability. 🍿 https://t.co/rrxT3FNEw7
pcworld.com
Microsoft claimed to have fixed security vulnerability CVE-2025-60718, but it can still be exploited by hackers according to Google.
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Google is upgrading its Gemini app with Gemini 3 Flash, a more efficient version of its flagship AI model that’s still capable of fielding complex requests. https://t.co/Tszx0Xm9Ke
theverge.com
AI responses in a flash.
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In addition to prompt-based generation, Adobe is updating its AI video-generation app, Firefly, with a new video editor that supports precise prompt-based edits as well, so you can use text prompts to edit video elements, colors, and camera angles. https://t.co/7mqGSnHmkw
techcrunch.com
Adobe is updating its AI video-generation app, Firefly, with a new video editor that supports precise prompt-based edits, as well as adding new third-party models for image and video generation,...
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Firefox will evolve into an AI browser over the next three years. The good news? Mozilla understands that AI should be a choice, and will allow users to turn it off. https://t.co/x9fPddPcud
windowscentral.com
Mozilla's new CEO has confirmed that Firefox will evolve into an AI browser over the next three years, and the internet is not happy about it.
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Google has a new card up its sleeve: the upcoming merger of Android and ChromeOS into something entirely new called Aluminium OS, and it’s coming sooner than you might think. https://t.co/YWGw8HJFrQ
wired.com
Google has officially acknowledged the upcoming merger of Android and Chromebooks, and it may be coming in 2026.
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With the latest update, Telegram users can now create a passkey to instantly log in to their accounts without needing an SMS code or password. Here’s how to activate it. https://t.co/rop8URdhGh
9to5mac.com
Telegram users can now create a passkey to instantly log in to their accounts without needing an SMS code or password.
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The search bar at google[.]com has a new "plus" icon at the left side of the bar. Clicking the plus brings up options to upload an image or document, either of which will initiate an AI Mode interaction where you can ask questions about your upload. https://t.co/CRppx4MmsA
androidauthority.com
A new button on the Google Search homepage lets you upload documents and photos, which are then routed to an AI Mode interaction.
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Mozilla, maker of the popular Firefox web browser, has announced the appointment of a new CEO. The general manager of Firefox will become top boss at a time when Mozilla is trying to rebrand itself as “the world’s most trusted software company.” https://t.co/1YlHaNVvLw
fastcompany.com
“The browser is AI’s next battleground," says Anthony Enzor-DeMeo, who will aim to turn Mozilla into the "world's most trusted software company."
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Google offers a “Dark Web Report” monitoring tool that monitors the dark web for your Google account’s email address, and Google is shutting down the tool as of February 16, 2026. https://t.co/bupmtN3iy9
9to5google.com
One of the lesser-known features that Google offers is a “Dark Web Report” monitoring tool, but it’s about to shut...
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Apple fixed two zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in an “extremely sophisticated attack,” deploying patches for a use-after-free remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in WebKit, as well as a WebKit memory corruption flaw. https://t.co/WOzPyfvCST
techradar.com
Two bugs in WebKit have been fixed
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In early December 2025, security researchers exposed ShadyPanda, a cybercrime campaign that quietly hijacked popular Chrome and Edge browser extensions. This practical guide has steps to tighten your orgs defenses against malicious browser extensions. https://t.co/fHxb6ruo1O
thehackernews.com
Learn how the ShadyPanda campaign turned trusted browser extensions into spyware and the steps security teams can take to reduce extension risk.
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Google is trying out a major tweak to how AI works inside Chrome, specifically by mashing up Google Lens with the browser’s native AI side panel. https://t.co/2A1vQrydUW
digitaltrends.com
Google Lens now opens Chrome’s AI panel in Canary builds, signaling a future where Chrome offers contextual, chat-based assistance directly alongside web content.
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