Too many tabs and apps? This free app fixes it
If your desktop feels like a chaotic pile of open tabs, scattered chat apps, and forgotten logins, then let me introduce you to Ferdium. Ferdium is a free, open-source app that pulls all your messaging…
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Even trusted apps can infect your PC with malware now
You never click on links in email. You only install apps from known storefronts—Microsoft, Steam, etc. You add only browser extensions that have strong reviews and lots of other users. And yet, your PC could…
Apple App Store hosts AI nudify apps despite ban, report finds
Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: Macworld reports that AI “nudify” apps remain available on Apple’s App Store despite company policies explicitly banning such content. A Tech Transparency Project study found these apps…
Apple removes old Pages, Numbers, and Keynote apps from Mac App Store
Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: Apple has removed the older free versions of Pages, Numbers, and Keynote from the Mac App Store, replacing them with Creator Studio-compatible versions. According to Macworld, these…
iPhone users in Russia can no longer buy Apple apps or subscriptions
Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: Macworld reports that Apple has stopped allowing Russian iPhone users to purchase new apps, in-app content, or subscriptions through its billing system as of April 1. This…
Proton bundles its privacy-first apps into a Microsoft 365 rival
Microsoft Office has been king of the office suites for over 30 years, and it remains that way even as people yearn for viable alternatives—ones that are less bloated, more privacy-friendly, yet widely compatible with…
Microsoft is modernizing Windows 11’s aging UI and shifting to native apps
As you’ve probably noticed, the Windows 11 user interface is a patchwork of different solutions, some of which have been around since the introduction of Windows 3.1 in 1992. It’s anything but modern—and Microsoft has…
Apple’s Swift can be used to create Android apps
The recently released 6.3 version of Apple’s Swift programming language features the official release of the Swift SDK for Android, which means that developers can now use Swift to write Android applications. Back in October…
Apple will hide your email address from apps and websites, but not cops
Apple has provided federal agents with the real identities of at least two customers who used one of the company’s privacy features designed to mask their email addresses from apps and websites. “Hide My Email”…
Vibe coding apps taught me how hard real coding is
Like so many others, I jumped onto the vibe coding bandwagon, entranced by the idea of building my own incredibly useful apps with nothing but an AI prompt. Over the course of about six weeks,…