Download of the Week

Copilot is now ready to download on Android, free of charge. The Microsoft app offers the ability to create images from text descriptions using Dall-E 3 and everything else offered by GPT-4.

Darktable (a.k.a. the open-source alternative to Lightroom) now automatically saves your edit history every 10 seconds, and adds a new "RGB primaries" processing module for delicate color corrections and creative color grading.

Chrome now lets you save tab groups to access them later or on another device. Safety Check now runs automatically in the background. And you can also specify which sites remain inactive to continue saving memory.

Keeping up with the times and all audiences, TikTok has introduced app optimizations for tablets and foldable devices to take better advantage of display real-estate.

foobar2000 2.1 brings several improvements and bug fixes, dark mode refinements, and a new Internet radio search functionality.

Vivaldi has hit a new milestone with brand new features: the sessions panel allows you to store your open tabs and start a new session, while workspace rules group your tabs based on a topic or category.

Opera GX's Panic Button activates by pressing the F12 key, which will instantly hide tabs, mute and pause any playback, and open a new "safe" window like Wikipedia or any other site of your choice.

FastStream is an open-source extension available for Chrome and Firefox that replaces the video player on YouTube and other platforms, providing additional features such as accelerated downloads and minimal buffering on most video formats.

OBS Studio's latest release comes with UI improvements, a new YouTube streaming control panel, a new 'Safe Mode' for troubleshooting, and improved codec support on Linux.

The latest version of Microsoft Edge brings some new security features to the table. Despite not appearing in the changelog, the release also reintroduces the Mica effect for improved visuals.

Kali Linux's last release for the year adds Vagrant offerings to Hyper-V, Raspberry Pi 5 support, an updated UI to GNOME 45, and various new network tools.

If you've been experiencing muted colors while streaming gameplay in Discord, or intermittent stuttering when V-Sync is enabled, Nvidia's latest GeForce Hotfix promises to fix those issues.

AIDA64's latest version has added AVX-512 accelerated benchmarks for Threadripper 7000 CPUs, AVX2 benchmarks for Intel Meteor Lake, and support for the latest AMD and Intel CPU platforms and the incoming RTX 4080 Super GPU.

Open-source text editor Notepad++ is releasing a new milestone version for its 20th anniversary with multi-edit capabilities, multi-select background, and numerous bug fixes.

WhatsApp has added a new 'secret code' privacy feature for locked chats. Typing your secret code in the search bar will reveal the otherwise hidden conversations.

Google has released a critical security update on the Chrome stable channel. According to the notes, an active exploit exists for CVE-2023-6345 that could allow an attacker to steal sensitive data and other cyber attacks.

FFmpeg 6.1 is a major release that includes Vulkan decoding for H.264, HEVC and AV1, extended support for RivaTuner, Playdate, Microsoft RLE, as well as numerous filters.

GameMaker is a cross-platform 2D game engine that lets you create your own titles with a drag-and-drop visual programming language. It's now free for non-commercial use on all platforms except consoles. And there's a new one-time fee for a commercial license.

Firefox is adding new privacy tools, such as "Tell websites not to sell or share my data" and "Copy Link Without Site Tracking" context menus to copy a link without any tracking information.

CoreDirector allows you to control which processes and applications run on P-cores and which run on E-cores. CoreDirector is a free application, compatible with any 12th-gen Intel CPU and above.

Blender 4.0 features new Node tools, AgX for better color handling, a new HDR option as well as light and shadow linking for illuminate specific objects

HandBrake 1.7.0 adds support for AMD VCN AV1 and Nvidia NVENC AV1 encoders, as well as faster HEVC decoding. There are improvements to video conversion speeds, Dolby Vision, and HDR10+ dynamic range.

Microsoft's latest open-source framework just hit version 8, introducing a new code generator (PGO) that promises up to 20% faster app performance, as well as .NET Aspire.

OneNote is a free to download digital notebook app that can be used independently of Microsoft Office. Microsoft recently updated OneNote for Windows with an improved meeting selection experience, with more upgrades to come soon.

The open source Files app is solid Windows File Explorer replacement with this new version introducing a complete UI refresh, Office docs preview, support for more file formats and more.