Now rolling out to Windows Insiders in Windows 11 is a new Rewrite option for Notepad that promises to spruce up your text with the help of AI. Using an AI model called GPT, Rewrite can revise sentences, modify the tone, or alter the length of your text, explains Microsoft.
To take Rewrite for a spin, you'll need the latest Canary or Dev build on Windows 11. Assuming you're already registered with the Windows Insider program with either of these builds, head to Settings, select Windows Update, and click the button for Check for Updates.
You should also make sure you're running the latest version of Notepad. For that, open the Microsoft Store app, click the icon for Downloads, and then update all your installed apps.
Further, you'll need to be signed into Windows with the Microsoft account registered with the Insider program. Microsoft says that's because Rewrite is a cloud-based service that requires authentication and access to the AI credits necessary for generating content.
Now, fire up Notepad and type some text you want to revise, anything from a couple of words to an entire document.
Windows Insiders can access Rewrite by highlighting text in a Notepad window and right-clicking it in the menu or pushing the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+I. A dialogue box will open showing the AI’s suggested rewrites of the highlighted text and the adjustable features menus including “Longer,” “Tone” and “Format” above the “Replace” button. If you prefer to write with just your fingers and brain, you can turn off the AI feature in the app settings menu, according to the official Windows blog.
In response, the AI overhauls your text and generates three versions of the rewrite. Check each version to find the one you prefer. If you don't like any of them, tweak the settings and try again. When a suitable draft finally pops up, apply the changes to your original text.
With the Rewrite feature currently limited to the Dev or Canary Windows 11 insider builds, we'll likely have to wait at least a few months before the option pops up in the standard version of Notepad.
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Samsung launched the Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition in China but under a different name. The foldable is called Samsung W25 and comes with a new redesign. Golden accents can be found everywhere around the phone – the hinge, the frame, and even the camera lenses.
The announcement in China saw two foldables. The second is called W25 Flip and is essentially the Galaxy Z Flip6, but again redesigned along the same lines as the W25.
The W25 (sold in South Korea as Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition) is a much more polished foldable than the globally available Galaxy Z Fold6 with its bigger screen, thinner profile and 200 MP main camera.
Originally launched with 16 GB RAM and 512 GB storage, the variant in China even comes in a 1TB version.
The W25 Flip is exactly like the Galaxy Z Flip6 – Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy chipset, 12 GB RAM and 256 GB or 512 GB storage, 25W charging.
And also,Samsung Galaxy Z Fold SE comes with a much smaller crease.It is barely visible when the screen is turned on, and the user has to turn the device off and really try hard to visualize the grooves of the panel.
The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition is highly unlikely to ever make it outside South Korea and China. We can only hope the two rumored Fold7 devices will go global next year, though.
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Apple is still trying to figure out the best recipe for an affordable Apple Vision Pro and it has given itself plenty of time to do so – the headset has reportedly been delayed beyond 2027.
Back in 2023, it was believed that a future variation of the Apple Vision Pro would get a brighter display than the original model. Then in June 2024, Apple was reported to be looking to add component suppliers for that new headset.
Now according to The Elec, Apple has two choices regarding the displays. Both options relate to how a color filter can be added to an OLED panel.
One is W-OLED+CF. This dense acronym describes a White OLED board with a Color Filter (to form the red, green and blue colors). This is built onto a glass plate instead of silicon.
But there are two ways to build the color filter. The more traditional option is to build the color filter on a second glass sheet. This is established technology, but since there’s an extra piece of glass involved, it is thicker.
The option that Apple is leaning towards is to build the color filter on the Thin-Film Encapsulation (TFE) of the first glass sheet, removing the requirement for a second sheet.
Samsung is using such a technology to build the screens for its foldable phones.Samsung has previously been reported to be aiming to supply Apple with this technology. Specifically, while the current Apple Vision Pro's OLEDoS (OLED on Silicon) display panels use a form of W-OLED+CF, Samsung has a process to incorporate RGB pixels right into the panel.
There’s an issue, however. Even though Apple is targeting less than half the pixel density of the pricey Vision Pro, 1,500ppi vs. 3,391ppi, that is still well above the typical density of a folding screen. Looking at the current crop of Z-foldables, the most dense display belongs to the Galaxy Z Flip6 at 426ppi. That is a third of what’s needed.
Of course, 1,500ppi is way overkill for a mobile device and 400+ ppi is quite enough (rigid flagships are typically 500ppi or so). But that still means that Samsung Display has to develop higher density panels for the XR headset. The two-glass solution hasn’t been completely ruled out yet.
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The Samsung Galaxy Ring took the wearables world by storm, with the product shoving this smartwatch alternative into the spotlight – and helping to generate more interest in competitors in the best smart ring category from the likes of Oura and RingConn. Now it looks like Samsung is gearing up to launch an upgrade to this product line shortly, with a tipster’s comments making it sound like we could see the Galaxy Ring 2 fairly soon.
A new leak out of Korea claims that Samsung may launch the sequel to the Galaxy Ring early with a few improvements. The leak, shared on the Korean search engine/blogging platform Naver, said that the Galaxy Ring 2 will be released "a bit earlier than originally scheduled".
Samsung is expected to launch the Galaxy S25 phone series in January next year, though that is probably too early. It has been rumored that Samsung might launch a Galaxy S25 Slim later in the spring. That could be a potential early window for the Korean company to accelerate the release date of the next Galaxy Ring. However, it's unclear what "early" actually means here.
The leaker, Lanzuk, did add that Galaxy Ring 2 should have a thinner band, longer battery life and "more features." However, they did not provide more details on what those new features might include. They commented in their post that the sensor structure and measurements have been improved.
Perhaps it’ll also include that adaptive sizing feature teased by a recently awarded Samsung patent, though we’ll have to wait and see what’s announced.
On this note, as with all leaks we should take Lanzuk’s blog post and our speculation with a pinch of salt. Until Samsung makes an announcement we don’t know what we’ll get from the Galaxy Ring 2 – nor when it will launch.
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Google fixed two actively exploited Android zero-day flaws as part of its November security updates, addressing a total of 51 vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-43047, a flaw affecting Qualcomm chipsets, and CVE-2024-43093, a vulnerability in the Google Play framework.
"There are indications that the following may be under limited, targeted exploitation," says Google's advisory.
Qualcomm patched CVE-2024-43047 – a use-after-free vulnerability in the Digital Signal Processor (DSP) service that could be exploited to escalate privileges on targeted devices – in October 2024, and urged original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to deploy the patches as soon as possible.
CVE-2024-43093 is also a high-severity elevation of privilege flaw,that allows privilege escalation and has been fixed by restricting access to “Android/data,” “Android/obb,” and “Android/sandbox” directories and their sub-directories. This time impacting the Android Framework component and Google Play system updates, specifically in the Documents UI.
While Google did not share any details on how the vulnerabilities were exploited, as researchers at Amnesty International discovered CVE-2024-43047, it could indicate that the flaw was used in targeted spyware attacks.
The first level addresses core Android vulnerabilities, with 17 issues this time, while the second patch level encompasses those plus vendor-specific fixes (Qualcomm, MediaTek, etc.), counting an additional 34 fixes this month.
To apply the latest update, head to Settings > System > Software updates > System update. Alternatively, go to Settings > Security & privacy > System & updates > Security update. A restart will be required to apply the update.
Android 11 and older are no longer supported but may receive security updates to critical issues for actively exploited flaws through Google Play system updates, though that's not guaranteed.
The best course of action for devices still running those older releases should be either to replace them with newer models or use a third-party Android distribution that incorporates the latest security fixes.
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