Meta Opens Ray-Ban Display Glasses to Third-Party Developers Through Wearables Toolkit
Meta has opened a developer preview of its Ray-Ban Display smart glasses, allowing third-party apps to access the in-lens display for the first time.
Software News
Software news covers desktop and mobile applications, system utilities, productivity tools, enterprise platforms, and development software. Ghacks reports on software releases, feature updates, security patches, compatibility changes, and product lifecycle decisions affecting Windows, macOS, Linux, and mobile operating systems. Coverage focuses on functionality, performance, usability, and real-world impact.
Latest Software News
-
-
Nextcloud, Ionos, and Proton Launch Euro-Office, an OnlyOffice Fork for European Users
A group of European tech companies, including Nextcloud, Ionos, and Proton, has released a preview of Euro-Office, an open-source productivity suite based on On
-
Microsoft Resolves Outlook Gmail And Yahoo Sync Errors In Microsoft 365 Service
Microsoft has resolved an issue that was causing synchronization problems between classic Outlook and Gmail or Yahoo accounts, according to an update in the com
-
Microsoft Removes Copilot Chat From Office Apps for Unlicensed Users on April 15
Microsoft is removing Copilot Chat access from Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote for commercial users without a Microsoft 365 Copilot license, effective Apri
-
Netflix Acquires Ben Affleck’s Secret AI Filmmaking Startup
Netflix has acquired InterPositive, an AI filmmaking startup secretly founded by Ben Affleck in 2022.
-
Microsoft Teams Gets Productivity, Security, and AI Upgrades in February
Microsoft launched a series of updates to Microsoft Teams throughout February, introducing new productivity tools, clearer security signals, and smarter, AI-pow
-
8 Hidden Microsoft Word Features You Probably Didn't Know Existed
Try these 8 hidden Microsoft Word features.
-
Telegram Update: Android gets Liquid Glass Design and “Gift Crafting”
Telegram has released a new update for its mobile apps, bringing a refreshed interface to Android, visual refinements to iOS, and a handful of new features.
-
WhatsApp Web Gets Built-In Voice and Video Calls
WhatsApp has begun rolling out native voice and video calling directly within the browser version of the app, bringing it much closer to feature parity with WA
-
Speed Up File Transfers on Windows 11
If moving files on your Windows 11 computer feels slower than it should, you’re not imagining things.
Development News
-
Private GitHub Repos Still Reachable Through Copilot After Being Made Private
Security researchers have discovered that thousands of GitHub repositories, which were once publicly accessible but have since been made private, remain accessi
-
Microsoft Confirms Build 2025 Dates: Here’s When to Tune In
Microsoft has officially announced the dates for its highly anticipated Build 2025 developer conference.
-
EU’s New AI Law Bans ‘High-Risk’ Systems: here’s what that means
The European Union has officially begun enforcing its AI Act, marking the first compliance deadline on February 2.
-
Meet UI-TARS: The Open-Source AI Agent Taking Tech by Storm
As TikTok finds itself in a legal limbo in the United States, ByteDance is making significant strides in artificial intelligence (AI), unveiling a series of inn
Image News
-
OpenAI Expands Sora to EU and UK, Sparking Debate Over AI and Copyright Laws
OpenAI has expanded its AI-powered video generation tool, Sora, to users in the European Union, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein, and Icel
-
Gfycat.com shutting down, all GIFs will be removed
Popular animated gifs hosting service gfycat.
-
Palette.fm: AI Photo Colorization Made Simple
Do you have a black-and-white photo that you want to restore with realistic color, without spending hours editing in Photoshop? Palette.
-
Photobucket kicks out all Free users of the image hosting service
Free users of the image and media hosting service Photobucket are receiving cancellation emails currently.
File Sharing News
-
Bittorrent Client qBittorrent v4.5.0 released
A new major version of the BitTorrent client qBittorrent has been released.
-
The Top 10 requested OneDrive features
Microsoft's OneDrive file syncing and hosting service is built-into the Windows operating system.
-
Microsoft retires OneDrive's Fetch Files feature
Microsoft plans to remove the Fetch Files feature from its OneDrive desktop client at the end of July 2020.
-
Torrent client Transmission 3.00 is out
Developers of the open source cross-platform BitTorrent client Transmission have released Transmission 3.
Data Recovery News
-
Tape Storage Technology: Managing Archival Integrity and Data Recovery Challenges
For decades, tape storage has formed the backbone of data archiving, finding its application in financial records, compliance, large-scale backup, and much more.
-
The Critical Need for Timely Mailbox Restoration in Exchange Servers
Microsoft Exchange Servers play an important role in corporate communications.
-
Lost Files on Mac External Drive? Here’s How to Recover Them
Data loss from Mac external drives is a common and often frustrating experience.
-
WinfrGUI: Windows file recovery application
WinfrGUI is a free graphical interface for Microsoft’s official command-line "Windows File Recovery" tool (Winfr), designed to easily restore deleted file
Backup News
-
Free Email Account Backup Tool Vanderplanki
MailStore Home has been my go-to email backup solution for over a decade.
-
Tape Storage Technology: Managing Archival Integrity and Data Recovery Challenges
For decades, tape storage has formed the backbone of data archiving, finding its application in financial records, compliance, large-scale backup, and much more.
-
Backup software Macrium Reflect Free is being retired
Many Ghacks users use the backup software Macrium Reflect Free for their backup tasks on their Windows devices.
-
Hasleo Backup Suite 3.0 launches with file backups and other improvements
Hasleo Backup Suite 3.
Microsoft Office News
-
Microsoft ends support for Office 2016 and Office 2019
Windows 10 reached end of support on October 14, 2025.
-
Microsoft 365 Free for Students in the US College
College students in the U.
-
Microsoft warns: Office 2016 and 2019 reach end of support in October 2025
Microsoft Office 2016 and Office 2019 reach end of support on October 14, 2025.
-
OneNote for Windows 10 to be discontinued by 2025
Microsoft has officially announced plans to discontinue support for OneNote for Windows 10, the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) version of its popular note-tak
Media Software News
-
Netflix Acquires Ben Affleck’s Secret AI Filmmaking Startup
Netflix has acquired InterPositive, an AI filmmaking startup secretly founded by Ben Affleck in 2022.
-
Listening To Podcasts On Spotify? Change These 8 Settings First
Spotify is still best known for music, but it has quietly turned into a capable podcast app as well.
-
Spotify's Prompted Playlists will let you use AI to personalize the algorithm
Spotify wants to put users in control of their favorite music.
-
YouTube TV plans are launching in early 2026
YouTube TV is launching TV plans early next year.
Tutorials News
-
8 Hidden Microsoft Word Features You Probably Didn't Know Existed
Try these 8 hidden Microsoft Word features.
-
Speed Up File Transfers on Windows 11
If moving files on your Windows 11 computer feels slower than it should, you’re not imagining things.
-
Automate SD Card Backups To A NAS And Skip Manual File Copying
Manually copying files from SD cards is a weak point in many backup routines.
-
Your iPhone’s Notes App Can Do Far More Than Basic Note-Taking
For many iPhone users, the Notes app is something you open only to jot down a phone number, a quick reminder, or a shopping list.
