We got a Windows 10 Creators Update last spring. Then we got a Windows 10 Fall Creators Update last fall. We’ll give you one guess what the next version of Windows 10, coming this spring, is called. Now playing: Watch this: 5 best features from the Windows 10 Spring Update 2:35 Here’s the answer: The …

Ghostery, a browser extension that blocks advertisers and web publishers from tracking your online behavior, has opened up its code so anyone with some programming chops can see exactly what’s going on. Making Ghostery open-source software — a program anyone can copy, modify and distribute — means it’s now possible for interested outsiders to get involved in its development, said …

Microsoft’s Windows arguably stepped ahead of Apple’s MacOS with the ability to “snap” windows to the sides of your PC’s screen. Now Windows’ File Explorer is taking a page from Apple’s playbook with the addition of a tabbed interface for the file manager tool. File Explorer lets you copy, paste, rename, and move files. When it’s time to copy files, …

Apple, having made iPhones that can withstand inadvertent trips into puddles, sinks and toilets, is thinking about the next step: protecting Lightning connectors from water. Another Lightning cable design shows a deformable rubber or plastic O-ring to seal a cable connection against water. USPTO A patent application filed Thursday shows several ideas for sealing Lightning — and apparently, USB-C connectors, …

Google has taken a new step to make sure it’s not the only one who can use its technology to make websites load fast on smartphones. Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) technology undoubtedly makes websites show up fast on mobile devices. Now the company is working to get rid of the technology’s drawbacks too, by working to make it a …

Now playing: Watch this: Android P developer preview now available 1:34 Google wants your photo files to be smaller with its upcoming Android P software, and it’ll get you there taking the same approach Apple did in 2017. The next version of Google’s software for powering smartphones and tablets will support a photo compression technology called the High Efficiency Image …

PicMonkey, an online photo editor, has taken the web technology plunge — and not a moment too soon. PicMonkey for years used Adobe Systems’ Flash Player plugin for web browsers. But browser makers have been banishing plugins because of problems with security, performance and battery life and because the web itself has embraced many of Flash’s features, like advanced graphics, …

Google’s artificial intelligence researchers have a new trick up their sleeves: giving selfie videos a new background the way you can with still photos today. Switching out background scenery is a decades-old technology, but it’s generally complicated and time-consuming — think of making movies with superheros acting in front of green screens so computers can later replace the uniform green …

The basic attention token, developed by browser maker Brave Software, uses blockchain to oversee online ad payments that can flow among advertisers, publishers and anyone using its browser. Brave Software The Brave web browser can now channel virtual money from its users to people who stream videogame action on Amazon’s Twitch service. Brave announced the Twitch payment support Thursday, a …

Google is firming up a tool that should help programmers bridge the divide between Android phones and iPhones. It’s hard to write software that matches the appearance of both Apple’s iOS software and Google’s Android operating system, which is one reason developers often hire separate teams to create two versions of the same product. Google, though, is finishing up a …