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Microsoft announced a new addition to the company’s Microsoft Edge web browser in mid-November. Available only in Insider Builds of Edge at the time, the feature was rolled out in Edge 96 Stable recently. Microsoft decided to add support for a Buy Now, Pay Later service, provided by ZIP, into Edge. Services such as Zip or Afterpay offer so-called Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services. Shoppers may use them to get items that they buy right away and pay for these items in installments over time. Microsoft partnered with Zip and Edge users may use the Zip service when they make purchases between $35 and $1000 in the browser, even if the shopping site does not support it. ADVERTISEMENT Edge’s integrated BNPL is limited to paying back the owed money in 4 installments over 6 weeks. Microsoft notes that the integration improves the application process. Applying BNPL could take time, you need to sign in with zip every single time. With BNPL in Edge, you can simply link your Microsoft acco

Microsoft ships a useful tool called the Group Policy Editor, commonly known as Gpedit.msc or just GPEDIT, with the Pro version of its Windows operating system. It is handy for enabling or disabling functions of various elements in the OS, by changing Registry values, but in a more user-friendly way. Unfortunately, Home Edition users don’t get access to this nifty tweaking utility. But, there is a way to enable the Group Policy Editor on Windows 11 Home. Let me remind you that simply enabling the utility only lets you access the GPEDIT console’s interface, it does not apply the changes for the policy settings (at least not for the ones I tried to modify). It is still worth a shot though, especially for the price of free, and the GUI definitely works. Note: If you have Windows 11 Pro, don’t bother with this, as you will already have the fully-functional version of the tool. How to enable the Group Policy Editor on Windows 11 Home 1. Download the ZIP archive from our website, extrac

In times where smartphones have often more memory installed than desktop PCs, tablets or laptops, it is a good idea to at least think about upgrading RAM. More RAM may improve the performance of the device, as it may speed up certain operations. One example: a work PC that I’m using VirtualBox on has only 8 Gigabytes of RAM. Whenever I run a Windows 11 VM using the software, everything slows down considerable as it takes away 4 Gigabytes of RAM from the system. Gamers and users who use memory-hungry applications may also benefit from more RAM. There is one caveat: not all devices can be upgraded. Depending on the device, RAM may already be at the limit of what is supported, or it may be soldered and not replaceable because of that. ADVERTISEMENT Why it is time to upgrade RAM RAM is relatively cheap right now. I bought a 16 Gigabyte G.SKill kit last week for less than $50. Installation was quick on the device I mentioned above, and the experience has improved significantly while

TouchRetouch is an application for Google Android device that may be used to remove unwanted objects from photos and images. The application is not free, it costs around $2, depending on the regional Google Play Store that you are accessing. While commercial, it has a large number of reviews — more than 27500 — and an average rating of 4.5. How justified is the rating? Tip : check out the free online service cleanup.pictures , which may also be used to remove unwanted objects from photos and images, if you prefer a free option. ADVERTISEMENT One of the main appeals of TouchRetouch, and any other unwanted object removal app or service, is that these may be used to make photos look better. If you have ever been photo-bombed, had a car pass by while you were taking the perfect shot, or other unwanted objects such as lines or hydrants standing in the way, then you may have wanted to get these removed. TouchRetouch installation is quick and easy. The application displays a simple star

Waterfox has been updated to version G4.0.3.1. This release fixes some issues that users had reported in the previous build. Version G.4.0.2 of the web browser, which shipped at the beginning of this month, had a bug that prevented the installation of bootstrap add-ons. Waterfox would throw out an “addon is corrupt” error message, when users tried to install the legacy extensions. Waterfox G4.0.3.1 update resolves the issue. The latest version also patches a bug that was preventing previously installed bootstrap add-ons, from loading upon the next restart, they were getting disabled by the application. You may have come across an issue in Waterfox G 4.0.2, that caused the menu bar to be displayed partially off the screen, in maximized mode. It also resulted in tabs listed on the menu bar. Both of these issues have been fixed in Waterfox G4.0.3.1. Users who wish to use bootstrap extensions, can find forked versions of some popular add-ons at this page . The update introduces a patch

Windows 11 Debloater is a free portable tweaker for Microsoft’s Windows 11 operating system. It is a general purpose tweaker, unlike specialized tools that focus solely on privacy and security . All you have to do to get started is to download the application, provided as a zip file, from the developer website . The file size is low, currently 113 Kilobytes. Extract the file after completion of the file download and run the Windows11Debloater executable from the directory. Note : Windows 11 may display a SmartScreen warning when the program is launched. Also, an UAC prompt is displayed after you accept the warning. ADVERTISEMENT The interface can best be described as overloaded. The startpage, EZ Debloater, displays quick actions that users can perform with just a few clicks. These range from uninstalling OneDrive to applying essential tweaks and enabling the Clipboard History feature. Tweaks are displayed as scripts when selected on the same screen, but most users will have a

WhatsApp has announced a new way that allows you to personalize your chats. One feature that has grown quite popular among IMs is stickers. Today, the Meta-owned messaging service has released a Custom Sticker Maker tool for its service. The option is currently live for WhatsApp Web users. When you access the page, you will be prompted to update the web app, following which the sticker creation tool will be ready to use. ADVERTISEMENT How to create a custom sticker  in WhatsApp Web 1. Open WhatsApp Web in your computer’s browser, and switch to any chat. 2. Click the attachment button (paperclip icon) to the left of the text box, and a number of options will pop up on the screen. Select the penultimate one, that’s the Create Sticker button. 3. The web app will prompt you to select an image from your computer. Make your choice and WhatsApp Web will display an image editor, that you can use to personalize the picture. ADVERTISEMENT 4. The toolbar at the top of the screen has

Windows 11 Enterprise virtual machine images are now available. You can download the images for several popular virtualization applications directly from Microsoft’s Developer website. Note that the virtual images include more than just a Windows 11 Enterprise installation. They are designed for developers and include several applications, e.g. Virtual Studio 2019 and Visual Studio Code. Developer Mode is also enabled automatically on these installations. How to download Windows 11 Enterprise Note that the title of the page is mentioning Windows 10 –Get a Windows 10 desktop environment — but that the downloads are for Windows 11; this is likely something that Microsoft has overlooked and will address in the future. ADVERTISEMENT To download the virtual machine images, do the following: Visit the Microsoft Developer website. The downloads are listed directly on the site that opens. Select one of the available Windows 11 Enterprise virtual machine images. All have a size of abou

There has been a huge increase in sales in recent years, especially so in gaming. Black Friday game sales have started on many gaming platforms, including Gog, Steam and Epic Games. Here is the rundown on what you can expect: Gog: Gog’s sale runs until November 30, 2021. Steam: Valve’s Steam platform runs until December 1, 2021. Epic Games : The sale on the Epic Games Store runs until November 30, 2021. Gog is the only one of the three that is running time-limited flash sales. Game sales are not time-limited during the Black Friday sale on the other two platforms.  Below are our top 3 picks for each of the stores. Gog Black Friday Games Sale ADVERTISEMENT Let’s get started with the Gog offering. Cyberpunk 2077 — After a botched start, especially on consoles, the game is finally getting into shape. Expect the first major DLC next year, and continued improvements throughout. The game is available for $33.84 on Gog currently. Stellaris — If you want an epic 4x space game

Pop!_OS is rated as number five o n the popular rankings site, Distrowatch , based on number of hits to the Distrowatch page for the OS, not based on actual downloads / user-base. You can check out my reviews of the other four top spots by following these links: Linux Mint , Manjaro , EndeavourOS , and MX Linux . There aren’t many Linux distributions that I haven’t tried…But Pop!_OS is one of them, and so doing this review is literally my first time ever touching the OS…And I both liked it, and had serious issues with it. For those unfamiliar with Pop!_OS, it’s an Ubuntu based distribution created by System76, a popular manufacturer of Linux-centric prebuilt computers. The distribution is widely regarded as stable, modern, filled with features, and beginner friendly, as well as fairly minimalist in regards to bloat. ADVERTISEMENT Pop!_OS only comes in a single flavour, GNOME, and the OS is built specifically with that in mind as a result. My Specs: Ryzen 5 3500X NVIDIA GTX 16

Mozilla has banned the popular new tab extension, FVD Speed Dial, from its Firefox add-ons repository. A discussion on Mozilla’s Discourse portal sheds some light behind the drama. The full name of the add-on is Speed Dial [FVD] New Tab Page, 3D Start Page, Sync. The developer was Nimbus Web. About a year ago, Mozilla discovered that the add-on was using a shady way to collect user data. FVD would intercept search queries made by users, and redirect these web requests to a third-party search engine. ADVERTISEMENT Having being caught red-handed, the extension’s developer was told by Mozilla, to cease the practice. The developer disabled the feature, and FVD Speed Dial was allowed to be hosted on the AMO. Fast-forward to the present, and it appears someone didn’t learn their lesson. The controversial feature was re-added in FVD Speed Dial. Since the developer had been warned earlier, this was a repeated offense, Mozilla decided that that was the last straw, and blocked the add-on.