The Fast Ring of Windows 10 Insider Preview received a new release today bringing the OS build version to 14316. This preview brings some of the new features that were demonstrated at Microsoft's Build developers conference, most prominently the ability to run native Bash on Windows and improvements to Cortana. To run Bash on Ubuntu on Windows, you have to enable the … [Read more...]
Microsoft released new Windows Insider Preview build with extensions for Edge
Microsoft released a new build to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring for both PC and mobile. Build 14291 includes Extensions for the Microsoft Edge browser, the ability to pin tabs in Microsoft Edge, and "Paste and go" or "Paste and search" options in the context menu when you right-click on text areas. The video below shows how to install extensions in Edge to gain additional … [Read more...]
Latest Windows 10 Insider build is all about Cortana
Microsoft released a new Windows 10 preview build to insiders yesterday on the fast ring. Build 14279 brings a lot of enhancements to Cortana, Microsoft's digital assistant. For starters, Cortana will be available in Spanish for Mexico, in Portuguese for Brazil, and in French for Canada. For each new market and language, the Cortana Team works to develop a custom experience … [Read more...]
OS X El Capitan security update blocks Apple Ethernet drivers
If the Ethernet network connection on your Mac running OS X 10.11 El Capitan stopped working in the last week, you are not alone. Apple released an update to the kernel extension blacklist that is used by the System Integrity Protection feature. This update installs automatically in the background, so there was nothing to approve or help people be aware of the cause of the … [Read more...]
Prevent Microsoft from using your Windows 10 Lock Screen for ads
If you're like me, your Windows 10 lock screen may have made you do a double-take yesterday. When I went to login to my computer, the full screen was an advertisement for Rise of the Tomb Raider on the Windows Store. This doesn't interest me and I would prefer my computer not be used for ads unnecessarily. This feels like a similar approach to Amazon's Kindle with Special … [Read more...]