YouTube confirms it will show ads when you pause a video
Many users were complaining that even when they paused YouTube videos, they still saw the videos playing. Official NowGoogle has confirmed that YouTube will show ads when users pause videos and the company has no plans to stop it. The company believes that these ads cause less interruption. YouTube says that such ads have received positive feedback from advertisers and viewers.
Users will either have to pay for a YouTube Premium subscription, or use an ad blocker for an ad-free experience. YouTube has been aggressively battling ad blockers over the past year, and even introduced server-side ads that are injected directly into videos. These caused some minor disruptions for ad blockers, but they have been able to thwart Google's efforts to prevent ads from being blocked. The bigger problem is that Chrome has ended support for the Manifest V2 extension, which has stopped uBlock Origin and similar content blocker add-ons from working in the browser.
macOS Sequoia 15 released with window tiling, password app
Apple has released macOS Sequoia 15And it comes with a number of improvements. One of the best features in the update is window tiling, which allows you to snap app windows to specific areas of the screen such as the edges or corners. There are also several ways to automatically arrange windows using the mouse, keyboard shortcuts and menus, these in turn allow you to multitask with apps easily. Apple Safari has several new features including a video viewer that lets you watch videos without any interruptions on a web page, Reader View to read a web page without clutter and options to hide interruptions such as cookie banners on a web page. Safari's Highlights feature can generate AI summaries on pages with long articles, displaying useful information such as details about locations, landmarks, movies, TV shows, actors and more
macOS 15 brings a new app called Passwords, which is a password manager app that you can use to create secure passwords, passkeys, and 2FA verification codes. The app is meant to replace iCloud Keychain. The Passwords app is not exclusive to macOS, it is also available for iOS 18, iPadOS 8, Vision Pro, and even Windows PCs via the iCloud for Windows app. iPhone Mirroring is a new feature in macOS Sequoia that allows you to access your iPhone directly from your Mac. Once you set it up, the app lets you control your phone with the mouse and keyboard. The convenience of opening/interacting with any app without picking up your iPhone is great. And, it also adds the ability to access iPhone notifications from your Mac.
iOS 18 brings many options to personalize your iPhone
iOS 18 update Now available for iPhones. The new version of the software adds a number of customization options for the home screen, lock screen, and even Control Center. You can lock apps with Face ID and even hide them from others to prevent unauthorized access.
The Phone app features a T9 dialer for entering numbers phonetically, and the app now supports call recording. iMessage now Supports RCSThis will allow sharing of high resolution videos and images from Android phones to iOS. The Send Later option has been added to the Messages app to schedule a message to be sent at a specific time and date.
The Apple ID will now be called Apple AccountThe biggest feature, Apple Intelligence, is not available yet. Apple says it will release it soon in a future update. Although it will not bring Apple Intelligence to the EU region, the Cupertino company has announced the list of countries that will receive the AI features. Apple Intelligence It will be available first in the US, followed by other English language regions such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and India. It will also be available for the following languages: Chinese, French, Japanese, Spanish, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, and Vietnamese.
Photos app might be the reason your Windows 11 PC is slow
Is your PC running slower than usual? This could be the reason Photo App. Users say the app is autostarting with Windows 11, though this is yet to be proven. Reports claim the app slows down the system when it starts and the user doesn't even need it. The Photos app gained several AI features last year and is now slow to launch. The new version of the app, which moved from UWP to the Windows SDK, was released in June. It is expected to arrive with Windows 11 24H2, but it is also coming to Windows 10 PCs.
Windows 11 24H2 feature update release date revealed
Windows 11 24H2 Feature Update It has been a hot topic for a number of reasons. But when is it releasing? The answer is sooner than you might think. Microsoft plans to release Windows 11 24H2 as an optional non-security preview release for users in late September. It will be released for all other users in the first half of October.
Windows 11 24H2 brings support for Wi-Fi 7, Sudo support for Windows, energy saving improvements, and of course AI features. The update will remove three legacy apps: Cortana, Tips, and WordPad. It is possible that Microsoft may introduce the controversial AI app Windows Recall, which captures the contents of your screen every 5 seconds, and converts the data into a searchable format to help you find things.
Is Tor no longer safe?
The use of Tor, an anonymous network service widely used around the world, is reportedly not safe. Reports German authorities have been monitoring Tor servers for several months to track and identify users using timing analysis, a method used to monitor multiple Tor nodes in an attempt to identify users.
Law enforcement agencies managed to identify a server that was used by a ransomware group called Vanir Locker. The authorities then took control of the Tor address and prevented cybercriminals from releasing the stolen data. However, the incident has raised concerns about the security of Tor and how it could be used by other governments to track activists.
