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Microsoft recommend Storage Sense to free up PC space easily
Life, Puriward Sinthopnumchai, Published on 12/01/2026
» Microsoft has highlighted built-in tools for Windows 11 and Windows 10 that allow users to reclaim storage space and resolve "disk full" errors without the need for external software or a system format.
Microsoft's change to Appxsvc may slow some Windows 11 PCs
Life, Puriward Sinthopnumchai, Published on 30/12/2025
» Microsoft is set to adjust core system settings for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2 by switching the AppX Deployment Service (Appxsvc) to run automatically upon boot-up. The shift, moving away from a manual trigger system, has sparked concerns regarding background resource consumption, particularly for users with low-spec hardware or limited system memory.
Turning smart glasses into surveillance tools
Life, James Hein, Published on 23/10/2024
» I'm sure most readers are familiar with the Apple Vision Pro, and may have also been witness to someone wearing one out in the real world, because I have. Since then, there has been a new version of the Meta Ray-Bans that look like a pair of nerd glasses from the 1970s. The latter have turned into something from the TV series Person Of Interest by a couple of Harvard undergrads. The pair, AnhPhu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio, are known for their punch-activated flamethrower. This time they built a system that allows the Ray-Bans to scan faces of people in view, pass this to an AI system that scans the internet for identification, and builds a dossier that is passed back to the glasses. It's called I-XRAY and challenges the concept of privacy because, if available, it will even provide details like address and social security number.
Microsoft gets more invasive
Life, James Hein, Published on 05/06/2024
» Microsoft Windows has added a new feature that will record everything you have ever done on your computer. It does this through a new AI feature called Recall for Copilot+ that allows Windows 11 to take screen snapshots every few seconds. Allegedly these are encrypted and saved to your hard drive (filling it up?). No, this is not a new episode of Black Mirror, but a disturbing change in Microsoft's attempt to track everything you do and fill up your hard drives. It may do this for your Zoom calls and meetings (it will record other people on the other end of a call without their permission). This may also include capturing the data you enter into secure forms, including passwords.
Unforgettable aesthetic
Life, Noko, Published on 05/08/2022
» Each year Greubel Forsey makes around 100 watches only, and the 2022 production will include 11 of the new Tourbillon 24 Secondes Architecture.
Like sand through an hourglass
Life, Noko, Published on 18/02/2022
» On Feb 1, Ulysse Nardin marked the Lunar New Year with the launch of Blast Moonstruck -- a sequel to earlier astronomical timepieces created by engineer and master watchmaker Ludwig Oechslin.
The art of storytelling
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 02/06/2021
» A curator is a key person who works behind the scenes to organise an art exhibition for the public. In order to find new curators, SAC Gallery launched the project "Star! Art Curator" last year to provide opportunities to aspiring curators to work with SAC Gallery's professional crew.
Complications, times two
Life, Noko, Published on 12/02/2021
» In parallel to devising sophisticated complications, Blancpain creatively combines métiers d'art in handcrafting exceptional timepieces at The Farm in Le Brassus, in Vallée de Joux, renowned as Switzerland's cradle of high-end watchmaking.
Extraordinary automata
Life, Noko, Published on 09/10/2020
» One of Jaquet Droz's 18th-century android automata, The Draughtsman, amazingly sketched a cherub on a chariot chasing a butterfly. Dating back to 1774, the drawing titled Le Papillon Conduit Par L'Amour (Butterfly Driven By Love) comes alive in Loving Butterfly Automaton.
Happy birthday, Windows 95
Life, James Hein, Published on 02/09/2020
» Exactly 25 years ago on Monday, Aug 25, Microsoft launched Windows 95. This was a pivotal time in computer history. At that time in the US, only about 20% of households had a computer and most of them were either techies or nerds. The World Wide Web was just starting to grow and the word processor and spreadsheet were also in their early days. Windows 95 changed the landscape from the earlier 16-bit technology to a 32-bit operating system and added a bunch of new features and extensions. It was the first time we saw the start button, long filenames, right-click context menus and the recycle bin along with Plug and Play technology. For those that had a drive, there was a CD for installing programmes and of course the FreeCell game, which I still play today. The marketing campaign, which featured The Rolling Stones, actually had people buying Windows 95 without even owning a computer.