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Top 5 Web Browsers of 2025

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In 2025, the web browser is no longer just a gateway to the internet—it’s a reflection of personal priorities, whether they lean toward performance, privacy, or productivity. As digital life becomes more nuanced, browser developers have responded with elegant, powerful tools that cater to a wide spectrum of users. Here, we spotlight five leading browsers that exemplify the best of modern web navigation. Microsoft Edge: Intelligent Design Meets Seamless Productivity Edge has matured into a polished, forward-thinking browser. Built on Chromium, it offers compatibility with Chrome extensions while introducing distinctive features like vertical tabs, split-screen browsing, and AI-powered Copilot integration. Its synergy with Windows 11 and Microsoft 365 makes it a natural choice for professionals seeking efficiency without compromise. Standout Capabilities: Vertical tab navigation and split-screen multitasking Integrated AI assistant for contextual support Enhanced PDF tools and no...

Make Windows Portable: Run It from a USB Drive

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   Running an operating system from a USB drive offers flexibility, control, and resilience. Whether you're working with an unresponsive internal drive, managing multiple systems, or simply need a personal environment that travels with you, a portable setup serves as a practical and minimal solution.  This guide walks you through the process of preparing a bootable USB drive capable of running a full desktop system, without altering your primary device. What You Will Need  Gather the essentials before proceeding: A USB Flash Drive         Minimum 16 GB for setup media         Preferably 64 GB or more for a fully portable system         USB 3.0 or higher is recommended for smooth performance An ISO file of the operating system         Obtainable from the official source A preparation tool         Rufus – for general bootable drive creation        ...

Gboard Just Got Better: You Can Finally Change the Font Size

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Google’s Gboard has long been one of the most popular Android keyboards, thanks to its speed, accuracy, and smart features. Now, it’s getting a small but mighty upgrade that could make a big difference to your typing comfort —  you can finally adjust the font size of the keys . Why This Matters Until now, Gboard let you change the overall keyboard height, but the text inside the keys stayed the same size. That meant if you wanted bigger letters, you had to make the whole keyboard taller — taking up more screen space. With this new update, you can  resize just the font  without affecting the rest of your display. Whether you want larger letters for better visibility or smaller text to fit more on screen, this new control gives you the flexibility to make Gboard truly yours. How to Change Gboard Font Size Here’s how to try it out: Update Gboard  to the latest version from the Google Play Store. Open any app where you can type and bring up the keyboard. Tap the  ge...

Inside Thunderbolt 5: Speed, Power, and Precision Refined.

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In September 2023, Intel formally introduced Thunderbolt 5 , the successor to Thunderbolt 4 , which had remained the standard since 2020. This new interface brings measured yet meaningful upgrades in speed, power, and display capability—crafted for modern, high-throughput workflows.   Bandwidth and Performance Gains Thunderbolt 5 doubles the base bandwidth of Thunderbolt 4, moving from 40 Gbps to 80 Gbps bi-directionally . It also introduces Bandwidth Boost , allowing up to 120 Gbps of unidirectional throughput for display-heavy tasks such as multi-monitor setups or 8K video output. The standard also enhances PCIe throughput , increasing the minimum required PCIe connection from 32 Gbps (Gen 3 x4) to 64 Gbps (Gen 4 x4) . This is especially useful for external SSDs, AI accelerators, and GPU enclosures.   Power and Display Advancements Thunderbolt 5 raises USB Power Delivery to 240W , compared to Thunderbolt 4's 100W maximum. This allows more flexibility in charging power-h...

Google NotebookLM is now available in more than 50 languages.

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Google has expanded its AI-powered research tool, NotebookLM, to support over 50 languages, making it more accessible to users worldwide. This update enhances the Audio Overviews feature, which turns research materials into podcast-style summaries, allowing users to listen to key insights in their preferred language.      What’s New in NotebookLM? - Multilingual Support: Users can now generate Audio Overviews in languages like Urdu, Hindi, Turkish, Afrikaans, Arabic, Japanese, Spanish, French, and Chinese. - Output Language Option: A new setting lets users select their preferred language, ensuring both AI-generated summaries and chatbot responses match their needs. - Improved Accessibility: This update breaks language barriers, making research and learning more inclusive.      How to Use NotebookLM in Multiple Languages 1. Upload Your Sources: Add documents, PDFs, or web links to NotebookLM. 2. Select Your Preferred Language: Go to Settings and choose an Ou...

5 very distinct & popular Linux desktop environments you can check.

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Linux has so many distributions with many desktop environments, but these are 5 of the most distinct and popular desktop environments, each having a almost unique desktop environment layout.      1. KDE Plasma desktop The KDE Plasma desktop is the most feature-packed and Windows 8 and Windows 10-like desktop environment, with most Windows-like features, layout and apps, with the launcher at the place where we have Start on Windows on the left to launch applications quickly. You can bookmark applications and search for any document or folder. You have system settings, quick settings, and a system monitor to view running processes and more.  On the bottom right, you have the time and date, and next to the time and date, you have all the frequent settings like Wi-Fi, sound, brightness, Bluetooth, etc. It also comes with a dark mode and has many widgets that come along, and it comes with an Android application, KDE Connect, so your desktop environment can be connected to...

Use ChatGPT with the Google Assistant button as the default AI assistant on Android.

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Google Voice Assistant can be used on Android from Android 5.0 upward, and if you want to make ChatGPT your default voice assistant, replacing Google Assistant, you ca n do this. To do that, you will have to use a third-party app called ‘VoiceGPT’ along with the official ChatGPT app.   First of all, you need to install the official ChatGPT app and sign up or sign in with your account.   Then you have to install the third-party app VoiceGPT by downloading the app from this  GitHub page . Or You can simply click on this  link  to download the VoiceGPT app directly.   After downloading and installing the app, open it up, and from the dialog box, select ‘set device assistant’ and then change the default digital assistant app, set it to VoiceGPT from Google, and set OK.   And this is it; you are ready to go. You can now use ChatGPT as an AI voice assistant with the Google Assistant button or with the gesture of swiping upward from the downward corners of th...