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Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years.
 
She died peacefully on Thursday afternoon at her Scottish estate, where she had spent much of the summer.

In the seventh part of the "what's new in Windows 11 version 22H2" series, we are taking a look at Control Panel and Settings changes.
  
Microsoft began to replace the classic Control Panel management tool of Windows with the Settings application in Windows 10. Some controls were moved over to the Settings application, but the Control Panel remained an important tool.
 
Microsoft migrated some Control Panel tools to the Settings application over the years, but the Control Panel remained an essential tool when it released Windows 11 last year.
 
In Windows 11, Microsoft moved a few sections of the Control Panel to the Settings app, continuing its slow-paced replacement of the Control Panel.

All the news from Apple’s Far Out event
Apple just held its Far Out event, where it revealed its iPhone 14 lineup, three new Apple Watches, including the long-rumored Apple Watch Ultra, and the next generation of AirPods Pro earbuds.

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Top Gun: Maverick' tops the chart, followed by ‘Nope'. 'Fall' completes the top three.

Microsoft Edge Canary users may see a new HD icon in the browser's address bar. The icon indicates that Edge tried to improve the quality of images displayed on the active webpage.
 
Super Resolution, that is the name of the feature, is currently being tested. Some Edge Canary users may see the HD icon in the address bar, others may not.
 
Microsoft announced the integration of the feature in Microsoft Edge and on Bing Maps in July. The full name of the feature, Turning Image Super Resolution, was cut in Edge to just Super Resolution.

AMD announced 5nm based Zen 4 Ryzen 7000 processors starting from MSRP $299, going up-to $699. Releasing on 27th September.

A day ago, AMD made a surprise announcement that they are going to announce Ryzen 7000 processors. Later, after months of speculation and waiting, AMD finally announced 5nm based Ryzen 7000 CPUs on a YouTube keynote.
 
AMD announced four processors in it. Ryzen 9 7950X with 16 cores / 32 threads. Ryzen 9 7900X with 12 cores / 24 threads. The Ryzen 7 7700X with 8 cores / 16 threads. Then Ryzen 5 7600X with 6 cores / 12 threads.

Company promises a big 29% jump in single-core CPU performance from Ryzen 5000.
 
Nearly two years after releasing its first Ryzen 5000 desktop processors, AMD is finally ready to follow them up. Today, the company announced pricing and availability for the first wave of Ryzen 7000 CPUs based on the Zen 4 architecture, along with more details about the accompanying AM5 platform and the performance increases that early adopters can expect.

AMD today is launching its much anticipated Ryzen 7000 series of desktop processors based on the Zen 4 architecture. The new line-up has four SKUs in total for now at least, namely, the 16 core 32 thread (16/32T) Ryzen 9 7950X, the 12C/24T Ryzen 9 7900X, the 8C/16T Ryzen 7 7700X and the 6C/12T Ryzen 5 7600X, and these are priced at $699, $549, $399 and $299 respectively. They will be available on September 27th.

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Top Gun: Maverick' tops the chart, followed by ‘Nope'. 'DC League of Super-Pets' completes the top three.

If you are a Beta Channel Office Insider on Windows, it is time to update your Office apps, as Microsoft has released Office Insider Version 2209 (Build 15619.20000) with a new feature for Excel and fixes for several issues found in Access, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Word, Office Suite.
 
For Excel users, Microsoft has reduced fragmenting of conditional formatting rules across a contiguous cell range when pasting copied cells into that cell range. It is not a major change, but it will certainly be useful for many users. You can read the complete official changelog to learn more about what’s new in Excel and what’s been fixed in the latest Insider build.

Google Chrome extension 'Internet Download Manager' installed by more than 200,000 users is adware.
 
The extension has been sitting on the Chrome Web Store since at least June 2019, according to the earliest reviews posted by users.
 
Although the extension may install a known and legitimate download manager program, BleepingComputer observed unwanted behavior exhibited by the extension—such as opening links to spammy sites, changing the default browser search engine, and further hounding the user with pop-ups asking them to download more "patches" and unwanted programs.

With Ethereum, a major cryptocurrency, announcing a change in its algorithm, graphics card prices are expected to get even more cheap.

In recent years, the prices of graphics cards had reached unimaginable levels.
 
While all microchips were affected by this, graphics cards, which contain a microchip processor called GPU, in particular, were even more affected.

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Top Gun: Maverick' tops the chart, followed by ‘Jurassic World Dominion'. 'Prey' completes the top three.

Microsoft has released its latest stable channel update for Microsoft Edge. This release, version 104.0.1293.63, is packed full with new Sidebar features including the ability to access Outlook, Office, and much more. However, for all the new features it is noteworthy that it is a controlled rollout which means you may not immediately find it upon updating.

AMD is ready to unveil its next-generation Ryzen processors for the new AM5 socket. The company today revealed that the upcoming CPUs would debut on August 29, 2022, during the “together we advance_PCs” live stream event.

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Prey' tops the chart, followed by ‘Elvis'. 'Jurassic World Dominion' completes the top three.

It's the end of yet another week and that means that it's time again to recap everything important that happened in the Microsoft universe in the past few days. This time, we have Patch Tuesday, some Outlook news, and a few bugs to discuss. Read on for our weekly digest for August 6 - August 12!

Microsoft has updated its Windows Health Dashboard documentation with a new known issue affecting all supported Windows versions from 8.1 to 11 (client and server). According to the company's findings, Windows has a hard time installing the Security update for Secure Boot DBX (KB5012170). An attempt to apply the update results in Windows Update throwing the 0x800f0922 error code.

It is worth noting that the problem affects only the Security update for Secure Boot DBX. The latest cumulative security updates, monthly rollups, and feature changes released on August 9, 2022, should apply without problems. You can check what is new in the August 2022 Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11, Windows 10, and Windows 8.1 in our dedicated articles.

Yulia Minina shared a new video of her daughter and her cat, Kefir, and people were amazed by the white moggy's unusual size as he stood as tall as her two-year-old child
 
A feline dubbed the "world's biggest cat" has grown so much that it can stand as tall as a two-year-old child.

Inflammation is an essential part of the body's healing process. But when it persists, it can contribute to a wide range of complex diseases including type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and autoimmune diseases.

Now, world-first genetic research from the University of South Australia shows a direct link between low levels of vitamin D and high levels of inflammation, providing an important biomarker to identify people at higher risk of or severity of chronic illnesses with an inflammatory component.

Caffeine jump-starts your day and puts a bounce in your step. It can help you focus, improve your mood and maybe even help you live longer.

But how much is too much?

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Minions: The Rise of Gru' tops the chart, followed by ‘Jurassic World Dominion'. 'Prey' completes the top three.

It's Saturday, which means that it's time yet again to walk through all of the important things that happened in the Microsoft-verse in the past few days. This was one of the busiest weeks so far in terms of news and we had items related to Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Windows 11, app previews, and leaks flowing in consistently. Without further ado, check out our weekly digest for July 30 - August 5!

The US has lost at least three nuclear bombs that have never been located – they're still out there to this day. How did this happen? Where could they be? And will we ever find them?

A new version of the Linux kernel has arrived. Like most updates, version 5.19 doesn't contain one headline-grabbing feature. Instead, it's filled with various odds-and-ends improvements that make Linux more performant across hardware both new and old.