What is Windows 10 Fast Startup Feature? Windows 10 Fast Startup Feature (Also called Fast Boot in Windows 8) is a hybrid shutdown feature that works similarly to the hybrid sleep mode of previous versions of Windows. When you shut down your computer with Fast Startup enabled, Windows closes all applications and logs off all users, But the fast Startup feature saves the operating system state to a hibernation file. When you start the computer again, Windows does not have to reload the kernel, drivers, and system state individually....

Did Trump Shut Down His Rival? So far, however, there has been no substantial evidence that Trump directly influenced the outcome of the decision. Though Defense Secretary Mark Esper joined the review process, it’s not currently clear that the contract was awarded to Microsoft unfairly. The tech giant is one of the biggest cloud vendors in the world and has worked with the Pentagon on several other efforts, including HoloLens and technical support/product engineering....

As part of the pre-launch buzz, Google’s Android division is getting in on the act. Specifically, Hiroshi Lockheimer, the head of Android has teased the Surface Duo on his Twitter account. One of the big surprises when Microsoft introduced the Duo last year was that it runs Android. It was thought the handset would run Microsoft’s own Windows platform. Instead, Redmond decided Android provides the best chance of success for the smartphone....

This happens every year, with some predicting doom and gloom for Cupertino. Surely, the iPhone bubble must burst at some point, right? Well, maybe but certainly not this generation. Although, an interesting report from the Wall Street Journal suggests Apple may have to cut iPhone XS production As this is the Wall Street Journal, I will take the pinch of salt with interest. The report points to a production cut of 30 percent as demand seems to be lower this Holiday Season....

The Ryzen 5 4500U is one of AMD’s upcoming flagship mobile processors based on the Zen 2 architecture. It’s designed for ultra-thin devices and holds 9 cores and 16 threads with a base of 1.8GHz and a boost of up to 4.2 GHz. Essentially, it should be enough to compete with Intel’s offerings, especially as the chip-maker struggles with security and supply issues. At this point, though, the Microsoft device it would inhabit is a mystery....

One of the core parts of the Build 2017 conference will be special sessions for the Cortana Skills Kit. The sessions for the Skills Kit will happen on Wednesday May 10 and Thursday May 11. This means Microsoft is finally making a push with the service. It could even mean that the company is gearing up to launch the public preview of Cortana Skills Kit. You may remember the service was meant to roll out in preview by the end of February....

EasyGlucose certainly meets that brief, combining a macro lens attachment for phones with machine learning to read diabetic’s levels in a non-invasive way. Creator Bryan Chiang hails from the US’ UCLA, and went head to head with two finalists from the UK and India. “I want to make cost-effective and painless blood glucose monitoring to all diabetic patients around the globe, and Imagine Cup enables me not only to share my idea and get invaluable public feedback, but also to obtain funding and keep validating and improving EasyGlucose,” said Chiang....

1 Chromium Edge for Developers2 Internet Explorer Mode Among the features on Chromium Microsoft Edge are Collections, which allow you to gather content as you browse the web. Specifically, Collections can help users organize and share to help keep track easier. Microsoft many customers say they find the internet and overwhelming place and are often cluttered. Collections are not in the Chromium Edge browser just yet but should be arriving in future builds....

That could be changing. In Chrome OS 72, a new flag lets users ‘Enable use of MyFiles as a read/write volume’. The option will let users manage their storage like a Windows one, creating folders and storing their files wherever they want. However, it does come with a warning. Google states, “This should be only used for testing or for trying to restore the previous Downloads content”. This is likely due to cloud backups, which would presumably not apply to other folders....

At the time, Microsoft sold that collaboration as an open development that was essential to drive forward the growth of voice assistants. However, it is increasingly looking like Microsoft is adopting Alexa across its services and putting Cortana in the back seat. It seems 2018 will be a make or break for Cortana. Indeed, Microsoft is moving towards needing to decide between going all in with the assistant or simply killing it off....

How To defragment disk Drive on Windows 10 Open the Start menu on the bottom-left side of the screen, click on the search bar and type in “defrag”“Defragment and optimize your drives” will pop up. Click on this. A window will appear with details about your hard disk drive (or drives if you have more than one), along with options to Analyze and Optimize these drives. 1 How To defragment disk Drive on Windows 101....

Microsoft is expected to launch its Surface Centaurus device in October, while Dell has long been working on its Janus folding screen hardware. As Lenovo and Dell are both Windows 10 partners, Microsoft is likely to be a winner in all scenarios. Dell has filed two new patents regarding its foldable Windows 10 laptop. As we have seen with numerous Microsoft folding display patents, Dell is focused on the hinge mechanism....

Deepfakes have their roots in the 2016 Face2Face app, but methods to swap faces onto different bodies have been evolving since. After an explosion of press coverage in 2017, the next year followed with FakeApp, with simplified the process and built off Google’s TensorFlow framework. Alternatives have since sprung up, making it clear the practice won’t disappear any time soon. While the technique sounds fairly innocuous on first read, it could have a major impact in the future....

CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed the settlement with the FTC serves as a point for Facebook to restructure. Requirements placed on the company change how it can handle user’s data. In its response to the penalties, Facebook said that it has already been winding down data integrations. However, the social network claims a software bug meant a dozen partners could still access data. Among them, Microsoft and Sony were the only two that “continued to access limited types of friends data”....

Features removed in Windows 10 version 1803 Microsoft has published the list of features going away beginning with the April 2018 Update, including removed and deprecated (projected to be removed in a future release) option. In this article, we’ll get a closer look at the list of features that are no longer available, or they’re still available, but they’re not actively being developed and might be removed in future releases of Windows 10....

Edition: The “Edition” line tells you which edition of Windows 10 you’re using — Windows 10 Home, Professional, Enterprise, or Education. (Read The difference between Windows 10 Home and Pro)Build Number: Look at the “Version” and “OS Build” lines. If you have the original version of Windows 10, you’ll just see “OS Build 19044.264”.64-bit or 32-bit: The “System type” line tells you whether you’re using the 32-bit version of Windows 10 or the 64-bit version....

The company is expected to announce a manufacturing facility at an event in Washington D.C. Sources close to the matter say the announcement could be made as soon as this week. Wisconsin is said to be the location of choice, but it has yet to be confirmed. Indeed, some reports point to Detroit as a possible base. Once a vital element of manufacturing in the United States, Detroit has been in decline for decades and would benefit from the plant....

The private meeting followed an open letter from Microsoft and GitHub employees asking for the contracts to be dropped. This has been a point of contention since the Trump administration first announced its immigration policies, especially since Microsoft mistakenly said it was providing facial recognition tech. Microsoft reportedly holds $8 million in ICE contracts, while GitHub recently renewed one worth $200,00. Despite some assurances little would change after the acquisition, it seems the company was under pressure regarding the ICE....

The company says an Android version will be rolling out in early 2020. According to the leader of the platform, mobile will drive a substantial amount of traffic in the coming years: “My bet is that more that half of interactions that take place on GitHub in 5 years will take place on mobile,” GitHub CEO Nat Friedman said in a press conference. On the mobile experience, users will be able to receive notifications from both private and projects....

This essentially acts as another development bridge before earlier previews and the stable version of Google Chrome. However, the company points out that this new “Early Stable” version will not be available for all users and will come to a subset of users each time. Google does not say what percentage of users will get access, while also not saying if the same users will have access each time or whether it will rotate....