Darren Allan

1 week ago | techradar.com | Darren Allan

(Image credit: Tada Images / Shutterstock)Microsoft Edge slipped slightly to 13.29% according to Statcounter’s latest figures for the browser market in April 2025Edge has been stuck around the 13% mark for over a year nowTo make progress, Microsoft needs to rethink its strategy, and stop overzealously promoting Edge in Windows 11Microsoft’s Edge browser appears to be facing a distinctly uphill battle in the browser wars, with its market share having clearly stalled over the past year.

1 week ago | techradar.com | Darren Allan

(Image credit: Shutterstock) Concerns have been raised around the default drive encryption applied with Windows 11 24H2 This is put in place when setting up new PCs, or with fresh installs of Windows 11 24H2 on existing devices The encryption recovery key is tied to a Microsoft account, and if that account is subsequently deleted or otherwise inaccessible, this can mean you lose all your data – and Microsoft doesn’t make this nearly clear enough Some criticism has been levelled at Microsoft...

1 week ago | tweaktown.com | Darren Allan

TL;DR: Intel may still have a high-end 2nd-gen GPU in the works, as recent shipping manifests reveal components for a Battlemage G31 that were sent to Intel Vietnam. Despite rumors of the B770 being cancelled, we may yet see a powerful flagship for the Arc Battlemage generation. There's still some hope simmering away in the rumor pot regarding the prospect of Intel having another Battlemage GPU coming out.

1 week ago | tweaktown.com | Darren Allan

TL;DR: AMD’s upcoming RX 9060 XT GPU is again rumored to be launching in both 8GB and 16GB versions, although the focus will be on the latter graphics card. The theory is that the 8GB variant may mainly be used by PC builders, and we could see limited availability via retailers (which may not be such a bad thing, of course).

1 week ago | techradar.com | Darren Allan

(Image credit: Shutterstock/Stock 4you) The latest version of Windhawk, a popular customization tool, supports Arm That means those with Snapdragon PCs can use it to put their own stamp on Windows 11 There are some catches here, though, including that not every Windhawk mod will work on Arm PCs right out of the gate Those with a Copilot+ PC that has a Snapdragon (Arm) processor now have more customization options for Windows 11 at their fingertips, because a popular third-party app now has a...