July 2025

Microsoft has announced that it has begun rolling out age verification for Xbox users in the U.K. This process is to comply with The Online Safety Act.

The next step in the evolution of web browsers seems to turn the browser into an agentic tool that handles more than returning answers to user queries. Several AI-based browsers are in development, some are already available for testing.

Steam is testing a redesigned layout for its store in the beta version of its desktop client. Valve says that the changes are part of its efforts to help users discover new games.

When you click on Steam's search bar, it does nothing. Well, this is what's changing. The beta version of the search panel displays games that are popular.

AdGuard is the latest app that is blocking Windows Recall. Brave Browser and Signal have already announced an option in their apps to block the controversial feature.

Age verification continues to be a hot topic in several regions and countries, including the European Union. The main question surrounding various solutions is whether age verification checks should be implemented to block access to certain content for (mainly) minors.

Critics argue that age verification systems have issues, including privacy issues, high implementation costs, that they may be ineffective and that there is potential for overreach and censorship.

Mozilla has updated the layout of extension listings on its add-ons repository. It's a redesign, alright.

For those new to Firefox, I'm talking about addons.mozilla.org, also known as AMO.

Google has announced more new AI features for its apps. Google Photos and YouTube Shorts can turn your photos into videos.

Google is testing something that could change how its search engine works. It has announced a new feature called Web Guide that will reorganize the search results using AI.

No, it's not going to reorder the results based on a page's ranking. Let's say you are searching for something on Google, but you don't find the specific information that you want. What do you do? You run another search with different keywords.

Millions of PC users who run Windows 10 on their devices can't upgrade their devices to Windows 11 because of stricter system requirements. Microsoft introduced the cut deliberately, well aware that it would affect a sizeable number of customers.

Microsoft is adding some new features to the Link to Windows app. This will allow you to manage your Windows PC from your Android phone.