Fort Firewall 3.17.2 has been released with a range of enhancements, featuring the incorporation of command-line arguments, the functionality to copy selected cells using Ctrl+C, and the option to conceal the context menu for disregarded right clicks.

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Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5551 to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. The update introduces enhancements to the Windows search box, facilitating a more efficient way to locate settings without the necessity of recalling the precise setting name. The 40+ TOPS NPU integrated into Copilot+ PCs facilitates semantic settings search capabilities, even in the absence of an internet connection.

The AI-driven Narrator now produces enhanced image descriptions on Copilot+ PCs, offering more comprehensive details of images, charts, and graphs. This feature is presently accessible on Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs, with support for AMD and Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs expected to be available shortly. To activate Narrator, users may press "Ctrl + Windows key + Enter" on their PC or utilize the Windows search box to find "Narrator."

Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.3863 to Windows Insiders using Windows 11 24H2. The update features enhancements to the Windows search box, facilitating a more efficient way to locate settings without the necessity of recalling the precise setting name. The 40+ TOPS NPU integrated into Copilot+ PCs significantly improves digital accessibility by producing comprehensive and detailed descriptions of images, charts, and graphs. This feature is presently accessible on Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs, with support for AMD and Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs expected to be available shortly.

The beta channel is progressively implementing updates and enhancements, featuring the capability to access content like full articles, slideshows, and videos directly within your MSN feed on the widgets board. Windows Insiders in the European Economic Area (EEA) will experience enhancements in the updated lock screen widgets, which now offer customization options. In the future, an increased number of widgets will offer customization options.

Fort Firewall 3.17.1 has been released, resolving an issue introduced in version 3.17.0 related to zones handling.

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.NET 10 Preview 3 has been released, showcasing improvements in several domains, including the .NET Runtime, SDK, libraries, C#, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, and .NET MAUI. The release includes a safe way to create ValidationContext, better support for Telemetry Schema URLs in ActivitySource and Meter, support for byte-level operations in BPE Tokenizer, and a reliable option for LightGBM Trainer in ML.NET.

The SDK now provides interactive options, native shell tab-completion scripts, and control over container images. The C# language has received updates that include null-conditional assignment and the introduction of extension members. No new features have been added to Visual Basic. ASP.NET Core and Blazor have received updates, introducing a declarative model for state persistence from components and services, enabling reference fingerprinted static web assets in standalone Blazor WebAssembly applications, and adding support for Server-Sent Events..NET MAUI offers fullscreen video playback, geolocation capabilities, and support for WebAuthenticator CancellationToken.

Fort Firewall 3.17.0 has been released, featuring improvements in connections, the introduction of auto-scroll, visibility of port numbers, corrections to global rules, and the organization of rules by name.

Version 2.3.321 of AttackSurfaceAnalyzer has been released, featuring updates to dependencies (#740) and the addition of a privacy statement link in the GUI (#739).

Microsoft has released Windows 11 Build 26100.3902 to Windows Insiders in the Release Preview Channel for Windows 11 24H2. The release encompasses various features and enhancements.

The Recall (preview) feature enhances efficiency by enabling secure searches for applications, websites, images, or documents through content descriptions. Users have the option to save snapshots and enroll in Windows Hello for presence confirmation. Click to Do (preview) streamlines the process of taking immediate action on tasks on a Copilot+ PC, optimizing time efficiency by allowing for inline task completion and directing you to the most suitable application for the job. On Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs, Click to Do features intelligent text actions, utilizing the capabilities of Phi Silica, the on-device Small Language Model (SLM) integrated directly into Windows. The Click to Do feature can be conveniently accessed by swiping from the rightmost edge of the display. The enhanced Windows Search functionality is now more accessible on Copilot+ PCs, utilizing both semantic indexing models and conventional lexical indexing techniques. Furthermore, finding photos that are stored in the cloud has become more straightforward on Copilot+ PCs, as users can utilize their own terminology in the search box located in the upper-right corner of File Explorer.

Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.99.2, featuring various updates, including an experiment for configuring the default language model/mode. The identified changes are likely candidates for resolution in the upcoming release. Identified issues include crashes of the updater during updates, installation and upgrade system challenges, Windows-related concerns, a bug in the agent mode chat window, significant input delays post version 1.99 when policies are activated, configuration and setup difficulties, performance issues, chat context problems following the recent update, errors when attempting to open notebook cell output in a new tag text editor, and complications with quick fix overlay tips not displaying due to inadequate CSS.

PowerToys 0.90.1 is a patch release aimed at enhancing stability in the previous version. This update resolves various issues, including installation from WinGet, command palette launch problems, crashes occurring with administrator privileges, challenges related to dependency installation, and updates the .NET package to version 9.0.4. The update is now accessible for x64 and ARM64 users.

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Speakers: Edifier M60 Hi-Res Compact Desktop 2.0 Speakers Review
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