1 How To Group Tabs in Chrome2 How to Save Chrome Tabs and Re-Open Them Later3 Extra: How to Enable Hardware Acceleration in Chrome How to organize tabs in Chrome: Tab groups Chrome’s tab groups feature lets you separate and color-code your tabs into distinct, labeled groups. This aids organization and readability, with users additionally able to hide tab groups that they aren’t using in that moment. For anybody working on a single screen, this can be invaluable....

1 How to Insert a GIF in PowerPoint From Your PC2 How to Find GIFs for PowerPoint on the Web3 How to Make a Powerpoint GIF Loop a Certain Number of Times4 Extra: How to Insert GIFs from Your Keyboard5 Extra: How to Show File Extensions in Explorer GIF for PowerPoint: An Animated picture for your presentation Microsoft thankfully makes it quite easy to add a GIF in PowerPoint, but you may have to do things differently depending on where it’s from and how you want it to display....

1 How to Disable Avast Online Security (Web Shield)2 How to Add an Exception to Avast (whitelist)3 Extra: How to Turn Off SmartScreen in Windows4 How to Stop Google Chrome from Blocking Downloads What is Advanced Web Shield? Advanced Web Shield is an Avast anti-virus feature designed to block suspicious websites and therefore protect users from malware and phishing attempts. To do so, it actively scans the data that is transferred when you browse....

By default, the Windows 10 photo viewer does not always have the chops to handle these files. Though it can open some proprietary formats by default, you may need Microsoft’s Windows 10 RAW codec to access yours. Microsoft’s Raw Image Extension ensures the OS will play nicely with your camera, whether its Canon, Nikon, Sony, or any other major brand. Installing codec makes the handles of raw images much simpler....

1 How to Uninstall Internet Explorer via Programs and Features2 How to Remove Internet Explorer with PowerShell3 How to Uninstall Internet Explorer with Command Prompt Can I uninstall Internet Explorer in Windows 10? Though Internet Explorer 11 in Windows 10 is much better than the older versions, it’s still outdated, struggles to properly display modern webpages, and clutters the Start Menu. Thankfully, you can still uninstall Internet Explorer quite easily in just a few minutes....

This is not just a paint job. Microsoft Stream has been completely rebuilt and reimagined. If you’re unfamiliar with Microsoft Stream, it’s a a video streaming service that is geared towards businesses and enterprise customers. Available in Office 365, the tool is free and signing up takes “seconds”. Users can drag and drop videos to upload them and can follow content from the homepage. Microsoft has continuing developing Stream since its launch....

At the Kaspersky Lab Security Analyst Summit, the company showed data for the fourth quarter of 2018. Office has increasingly become the go-to attack target with the number of attempts four times higher than they were during Q4 2016. Back then, Microsoft Office vulnerability attacks took just 16 percent of all exploits. Interestingly, Kaspersky Lab says the problem is not with Microsoft’s Office platform per se. “None of the top most exploited vulnerabilities are in MS Office itself....

In August, threat actors broke through LastPass security and were able to enter the development environment of the service. In that breach, the company lost snippets of code and technological documentation. Even so, customer information remained secure. However, this latest attack is worse because customers are now directly affected. In a security incident note, LastPass confirms the lapse. CEO Karim Toubba says that the company’s security team found unusual activity coming from a third-party cloud storage provider....

According to the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft HoloLens and the augmented reality division has been steadily bleeding employees to Meta during 2021. It seems the company has already snapped up 100 Microsoft employees. Of course, Microsoft too is heavily invested in augmented reality (AR) with HoloLens and Windows Mixed Reality. However, Meta has made it clear its whole focus is on the metaverse. For anyone in this field, the company formerly known as Facebook is obviously an enticing prospect....

The new Ranger Update also makes changes that are available across platforms, such as New Game+ mode, developer commentary, and more. However, let’s start with the specific release for Xbox One. Metro Exodus joins the growing ranks of games leveraging mouse and keyboard on the console, including Microsoft’s own Sea of Thieves. Microsoft first released the support in preview last October and has grown it since. While mouse and keyboard support on Xbox One allows most peripherals to work, some companies have started making bespoke accessories....

The founding companies announced the alliance today. Also forming the EEA are members such as Bank of New York Mellon, Thomson Reuters, and UBS. The official website says “The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance connects Fortune 500 enterprises, startups, academics, and technology vendors with Ethereum subject matter experts. Together, we will learn from and build upon the only smart contract supporting blockchain currently running in real-world production – Ethereum – to define enterprise-grade software capable of handling the most complex, highly demanding applications at the speed of business....

The partnership has been in progress behind the scenes for some time. So much so that Tata Motors already has its first vehicle showcasing the enhanced driving experiences ready to be unveiled at the 87th Geneva International Motor Show on March 7, 2017. By using Microsoft’s connected vehicle technology, Tata can create safer smart in-car systems that personalize the driving experience. The company will also use Microsoft’s AI, machine learning, and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions to further its develop autonomous technology....

However, all we have is predictions at the moment because Microsoft offered few details about the event. When making the announcement, the company said “Learn about how to be more productive across work, life and family.” Microsoft 365 will probably be the focus of the liven event and could include launch information regarding the consumer version of the subscription service. Known as Microsoft 365 Life, the new package is expected to launch in spring so a full unveiling later this month makes sense....

Microsoft has clearly said that it believes collaboration is the key to driving artificial intelligence development. The company seeks creations that can use AI that mirrors human levels of learning and decision making. Eventually, Microsoft envisions technology that can make complex decisions and automate in a task-based environment. For example, AI that can understand speech or captions. While Microsoft has been exploring AI advancements through its Research division for years, Project Malmo allows the company to draw in developers....

1 Azure L-Series VM Prices2 Dv3 and Ev3 VMs Those VMs represent Microsoft’s storage-optimized line, launched recently for workloads that require low latency. The VMs are available in five regions currently, Canada Central, Canada East, East US 2, West US, and US Gov Virginia. Azure L-Series VM Prices Though the amount varies depending on your instance, general savings are in the 60-69% range. That’s a very considerable decrease and should help to draw in new customers....

“Sorry, Cortana will no longer be able to track packages from your email.” Instead, users are encouraged to track their packages via Outlook or Mail and Calendar. Mail and Calendar is installed on every PC by default, so nobody should be missing out on the functionality. Microsoft’s Response Though it’s always sad to see the functionality removed, there are several reasons Microsoft would do so. For one, Outlook is available on every major platform and sees a high level of use....

“We continue to investigate issues in our services impacting all regions. The underlying issue seems to be a datacenter cooling outage in South Central US which is impacting all services in a specific part of the datacenter.” It is unclear if the outage is affecting Azure Active Directory, Azure Bot Service, and VSTS globally or just within a specific region. The Azure Status page says the problem has been mitigated, which suggests the service should be back up soon....

e.Go Digital is looking to provide that solution in Germany, and Microsoft’s Azure platform is powering it. The first prototype can transport up to fifteen people with on-demand pickups and drop-offs, navigating city traffic for up to ten hours. The e.Go Mover uses a cloud connection with Azure to power this safe and smart driving through urban environments. Talking to Microsoft, e.Go Digital CEO Casimir Ortilieb spoke about the company’s short-term plans....

If you are unfamiliar with AlmaLinux OS, it has a very interesting origin story. It is essentially a clone of CentOS. Yes, the same CentOS Linux distro that was is developed by Red Hat. Back in December 2020, Red Hat revealed it was not going to focus on CentOS Linux anymore, instead turning to CentOS Stream. CentOS was supposed to be the rebuilt version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) but the company changed track....

The new additions include Germany Central, Germany Northeast, Korea Cental, and Korea South. It brings the total number up to 27 regions, more than any other cloud provider. It also provides an SLA availability of 99.9%, currently exclusive to Azure data warehouses. Full List of Available Regions For those who haven’t been keeping up with the recent expansion, Microsoft has provided a list of every single region, including the most recent additions: “North Europe, North Central US, Central US, East US, East US 2, South Central US, West Central US, West US, West US 2, Canada Central, Canada East, West Europe, Germany Central, Germany Northeast, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia Southeast, Central India, South India, China East, China North, Japan East, and Brazil South....