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Today marks the end of Microsoft Paint 3D - but not for everyone

If you have been using Windows PCs for at least a decade, you may remember a time when Microsoft started to push creativity. This culminated in the release of the Windows 10 Creators Update and also several apps designed for creators.

One of them was Microsoft Paint 3D. The app set out to do the unthinkable: replace the old grandpa of image editing apps on Windows. Microsoft Paint was a bare bones app at the time. It supported few image types and editing options.

That did not keep users from creating astonishing works of art using the editor. It also had a dedicated fanbase.

Windows 10: Microsoft reveals ESU price tag for home users and a big catch

How much do Windows 10 system owners have to pay to Microsoft to extend updates support beyond the operating system's October 2025 end of servicing date?

Microsoft revealed the price that organizations have to pay for Windows 10 ESU about six months ago. For three years, businesses have to pay up to $427 to receive continued security updates for a single device.

How to Rescue Corrupted Photos: Causes, Prevention and Solutions with Stellar Repair for Photo

Imagine opening an important photo and getting just a garbled mess of pixels where your memory should have been. You finally catch that perfect moment: a wedding, a family gathering, a breathtakingly beautiful landscape but it turns out later that the image has become unreadable, damaged, or completely corrupted. It's one of those really unique frustrating experiences. And this happens more often than you might think.

Understanding Data Loss Risks—and How to Prevent It

You’re working on a very important presentation with a deadline looming, and then your computer seizes up. You reboot, hoping that it's just a glitch, but the document you have spent hours perfecting is gone. Panic sets in. We've all been there, the terrifying moment when a very important file disappears, leaving us frantically searching for answers.

Google Chrome will display performance issue alerts when a tab is using a lot of resources

Google has introduced some new features to help improve the browsing experience in Chrome.

A web page on Google's support portal says that Chrome's performance settings are located under the following section: More > Settings > Performance > General. It also says that the setting is enabled by default.

Microsoft Edge's new Instant Updates feature could result in data loss

Most web browsers are set up to download and install updates automatically. What does not happen automatically is the restart that is required to complete the process.

Major companies like Google or Microsoft are working on automations for browsers. Google plans to reveal an AI project in the coming months that takes over user tasks.

Opera plans continued support for classic extensions in the browser

Opera Software released Opera One R2 this week. The new stable version of Opera comes with a large number of new features and changes.

This includes the new dynamic themes feature, tab splitting and recent tab highlighting, more AI functionality, and something that is easily overlooked in the long post on the Opera Software website: continued support for Manifest V2 extensions.