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Microsoft understands that not all users like the recently introduced Microsoft Account notifications in the Start menu, so future Windows 11 updates may allow disabling them in Settings.

Did you know that Windows 11 22H2 has a bunch of hidden themes with neat backgrounds? They are intended for education customers, but you can enable those themes on any Windows 11 22H2 machine.

Here is a tiny open-source app for making the legacy context menus in Windows 10 and 11 a little fancier. TranslucentFlyouts is here with the option to add extra Acrylic to Microsoft's systems.

Microsoft has revealed that Task Manager in a future Windows 11 build will respect your installation's accent color. This means more colorful heat maps for resource utilization in Task Manager.

Here is how you can change how the folder thumbnails in Windows 11 look. A neat third-party tool and a custom set of icons allow changing the default view and enlarge file previews.

Among mobile OSes, Android has always boasted an impressive ability to customise your smartphone. We've put together the best looking and most ingenious ways to shake up your home screen.

In a new blog post, Google's Senior Vice President for Google Cloud laid out the company's plans to stop scanning free Gmail users' emails for data on ad personalization some time later this year.

"Starting today," Microsoft says, "to ensure we can deliver the integrated search experience designed for Windows 10, Edge will be the only browser that will launch when you search from Cortana."

Rumours have been swirling that Motorola plans to launch a phone with specs and options that users can fully customize, and a post from Motorola/Google adviser Guy Kawasaki may have just confirmed it.

Google Inc. is stepping up efforts to allow its users to personalize how they search the Web, moving beyond the one-size-fits-all approach to search it already offers. Officials told reporters at Google's Silicon Valley headquarters...