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Wes Davis

Wes Davis

Former Weekend Editor

Former Weekend Editor

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    Wes Davis
    Wes Davis
    Android apps like Instagram could soon take Ultra HDR pictures.

    Google has been testing adding Ultra HDR image capture to a limited camera API for Android 14 that’s aimed at the basic camera needs of social media apps, according to Android Authority.

    Once the changes are available to developers, you’d no longer need to capture Ultra HDR images in a separate app to upload to Instagram.

    Google is bringing Ultra HDR capture support to more third-party apps

    [Android Authority]

    Wes Davis
    Wes Davis
    Windows 11’s Start menu could get app categories.

    A change included in a new Windows beta would sort apps by labels like “Music” and “Entertainment,” according to posts on X spotted by XDA Developers. (Windows 8.1 had a similar option.)

    The change is apparently tucked away in Windows Insider Preview build 22635.3930, but requires some finagling to enable.

    A screenshot showing grids of app categories, with labels like “Developer tools” and “Entertainment.”
    A look at the Start menu’s app categories.
    Image: phantomofearth
    Wes Davis
    Wes Davis
    Take a moment to reflect.

    In the old days, running Disk Defragmenter in Windows took forever but was a welcome, meditative reminder that you can’t control everything.

    I’m kidding, it was awful. Here’s a website that simulates it, hard drive sounds and all, from developer Dennis Morello. It’s nicer when it’s not keeping you from playing Starcraft.

    After initially rejecting it, Apple has approved the first PC emulator for iOSAfter initially rejecting it, Apple has approved the first PC emulator for iOS

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