Microsoft finally fixes the Windows 11 Widgets and makes them far less distracting

Microsoft is shipping a "quiet by default" Widgets overhaul, and the sheer number of things being turned off says a lot.

Signal Veterans Want to Encrypt Slack, Google Docs, and Basically Every Other App

Encrypted Spaces provides "verifiable, encrypted, untrusted storage.” ...

Windows 11 just fixed one of Search’s dumbest limitations, and you’ll wonder how you lived without it

Windows 11 search just got smarter by exactly one character, and it fixes a problem you've been quietly fighting for years.
Berkman Klein Center

Applied Social Media Lab Launches Encrypted Spaces

The Applied Social Media Lab (ASML) at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society is pleased to announce the release ofNearly all modern collaborative applications (e.g., ...

Signal Alums Reveal ‘Encrypted Spaces,’ a System for Making Private Collaboration Apps

The new open-source project could serve as the basis for a future of apps with features as complex as Slack, Discord, or ...
Mercury News

Endorsement: Santa Clara Valley open space tax would be too much, too soon

Editor’s note: Please read our endorsements in other critical races on Bay Area voters’ June 2 ballots as well as our interviews with dozens of local, state and national candidates here. In the past ...
The Verge

Someone is building a real life version of Windows’ Space Cadet pinball game.

Originally released in a collection called Full Tilt! Pinball, Space Cadet was later bundled with several versions of Windows right up until XP. It was an excellent time-wasting alternative to ...
Wales Online

Should you open windows in a heatwave? I asked 7 experts who all said same thing

With temperatures expected to reach 27C across parts of Wales this bank holiday weekend, many will be searching for the best ways to stay cool. The reliable fan remains a solid choice, but with ...
The Mirror

Should I open windows during heatwave? Seven experts all give same verdict

With temperatures forecast to hit over 25C across much of the UK this bank holiday weekend, plenty of people will be thinking about how to stay cool. The reliable fan is always a solid choice, though ...
The Reporter

Lower Salford voters overwhelmingly approve open space tax referendum

LOWER SALFORD — The voters of Lower Salford have overwhelmingly approved a 0.25% earned income tax increase to fund open space acquisition and preservation. Unofficial results from the Montgomery ...
The Gazette

Trails taking shape in open space waiting to be realized west of Colorado Springs

Trails are taking shape for future hikers and mountain bikers of an open space in the mountains west of Colorado Springs. Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado crews recently cut about 330 linear feet of ...
Reason

How Not To Write About Space Exploration

Open Space: From Earth to Eternity—the Global Race to Explore and Conquer the Cosmos, by David Ariosto, Knopf, 384 pages, $35 Two years ago, a Houston-based company you probably haven't heard of ...