Firefox Smart Window Now Runs on Mistral AI
Mistral AI joins Firefox Smart Window as one of three models you can pick, and the beta reaches France - plus the privacy fine print and the off switch.
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Dolby vs Snapchat Made MX Player's Weird H.266 Bet Look Smart
How Dolby's AV1 patent fight with Snapchat turned MX Player's forgotten H.266 experiment into a smart move, and what changed after Amazon folded MX Player into Prime Video.
Android 17 Added H.266 Playback - Most Phones Still Cannot Use It
Android 17 recognises H.266 video but supplies no decoder of its own - why most phones still cannot play it, and what to do instead.
AV2 Is Final - What the New Codec Means for Your Videos
AV2 is finished and nothing you own can play it - what the new codec promises, and how long AV1 suggests the wait will be.
Firefox 156 Uses Up to 20 Times Less Memory on Big JPEG Photos
Firefox 156 now shrinks big JPEG photos as it decodes them rather than after - what that saves, and the cases where it quietly does not apply.
AV1 Upgrades Android Video with VideoLAN's libdav1d Codec
The 2024 decoder swap that made AV1 video play smoothly on ordinary Android phones, and what it means for your device now.
How Microsoft Turned Windows 11 Setup Into an Endurance Test
One year on from the announcement that made Windows 11 setup longer, there is finally a button to skip the wait - and one step that got harder instead.
Your New iPhone 18 Pro Videos Will Not Play on Windows - Here Is the Free Fix
Why the iPhone 18 Pro's videos and photos refuse to open on a Windows PC, which free decoders fix it, and the camera setting that stops it happening.
X Codec Pack 3 Is Here - and 3.1 Is Already the Build to Get
The X Codec Pack teaser is over - version 3.1 is shipping, and three free companion tools landed alongside it.
IPTV Checker 2.0 Adds a Programme Guide and Calls Out Fake Archives
The free playlist scanner gets a full programme timeline and a catch-up verifier that labels every channel Real, Shallower, Fake or Untested.
YouTube Now Lets You Lock Your Account on a Shared TV
YouTube's new account lock puts a 4-digit code on your TV profile - how to switch it on, unlock it from your phone and reset a forgotten code.
Tim Cook Now Recommends the Galaxy Z Fold 8
A satirical look at Samsung's Tim Cook ad for the Galaxy Z Fold 8, starring a New Zealand estate agent, not the Apple one - with the real facts at the end.
Prime Video Is Now Using AI to Make Dubbed Actors' Lips Match the Dialogue
Amazon now reshapes actors' mouths with AI so English dubs line up, starting with Maxton Hall - and unlike last year's anime dubs, the voices stay human.
LG Rejects Spy TV Report as 'Not True' - Here Are the Settings to Turn Off Anyway
LG denies its webOS TVs listen in standby but confirms they scan your home network - what the report found and the five settings worth switching off.
Windows 10 End of Support: What Happened Next, and Where You Stand in 2026
Windows 10 support ended in October 2025, but free security updates now run to October 2027 - here is how to enrol and what your options are.
Why Microsoft Made Windows 10 Free - and Why It Was Never Really Free
The free Windows 10 upgrade was a migration offer rather than a giveaway - who actually paid for it, and what the bill looks like now that support has ended.
Jellyfin 12.0 Lands With a Faster Library and a New Default Look
Jellyfin's biggest release in years drops the 10.x numbering, speeds up large libraries and breaks a few old clients on the way in.
CDs Are Selling Again. Your Laptop Probably Cannot Read One
CD revenue jumped by more than half in the first half of 2026, on machines that mostly cannot read a disc any more.
OpenAI Astra Launches: Browser Control and Hidden Reasoning
OpenAI's most capable model yet can operate a browser on its own, and it shows less of its reasoning than the one before it.
Windows Says Virus Protection Is Off. Microsoft Says It Is Not.
Microsoft has confirmed that the "Turn on virus protection" pop-up appearing on Windows 10 and 11 is a false alarm, with no fix released yet.
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