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Six years after it was announced, it's here. Hollow Knight: Silksong has been released across all major platforms.

I've already talked about the metroidvania game's setting, so here's the release trailer for Silksong.

The game is available on PC (Steam, GOG, Xbox Game Pass), PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox Series One, Xbox Series S/X, Nintendo Switch and Switch 2. Hollow Knight Silksong costs $19.99 in the U.S., €19,50 in the EU region, £17 in the U.K., A$ 29.50 in Australia, and CA$25.99 in Canada.

I wanted to see what the regional pricing was in India (it's $10 here), but when I visited the game's listing, Steam threw out an error. Silksong had actually managed to crash Steam's servers. I came across a couple of screenshots on social media that showed an error message, but here's the one I got (within 15 to 20 minutes of the game's release).

Steam was not the only one that was down, reports indicate that Nintendo's eShop, Sony's PlayStation Network (PSN), and the Xbox Store were all down for a while.  I'm used to Steam crashing when major sale events like the Summer Sale or Winter Sale start, but never on a game's launch. Anyway, Valve managed to restore Steam access quickly.

According to SteamDB's stats, 535,213 gamers played Hollow Knight: Silksong on Steam on launch day. . This number was achieved within the first hour of the game's launch. That's incredible, isn't it? I've never seen any game crash all game stores at the same time, let alone an Indie title. That shows you how popular Silksong is.

Perhaps the fact that the game didn't have pre-orders played a large part in this, people rushed to the storefronts to buy it, and it could have caused the servers to crash. That speaks volumes of Silksong's affordable price. The game's requirements are really low, you just need 4GB of RAM, 1GB of vRAM, and 8GB of storage to play the game. Plus it was a day 1 release on Windows, macOS, Linux and Game Pass.

This could be a valuable lesson for bigger studios to learn from Team Cherry's strategies. The original Hollow Knight sold 15 million copies, can Silksong break that record?

Have you played the game?

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Google Chrome, like many other web browsers, can be configured through policies and rules. These allow organizations and individuals to change certain settings, such as the homepage, search provider, or which extensions are installed.

Google Chrome displays "Your browser is managed by your organization" when any policy is set. It may also display the information when a third-party app, like a security software, has access to Chrome.

The notification is shown on the main Settings page of the browser, which you may access via Menu > Settings, or by loading chrome://settings/ directly.

You may also check chrome://management/ to find out about it.

The message confirms that at least one setting of the browser is managed through a policy. If Chrome is run on a work or education computer or laptop, chance is that the IT department set these policies. If you run Chrome on a home device and have not set policies manually, there is a chance that a malicious program has altered certain settings.

Note that legitimate programs may also cause Chrome to show the message. Good news is that you can find out easily.

The best option is to load chrome://policy/ in the browser. Chrome displays all policies there that do not have default values. In other words, any policy that is modified is shown here.

You may not be able to change any of the policies, especially on work or education computers. If you are the admin, however, you may remove policies or modify them to adjust what they do.

Note that you can't modify policies directly from within Chrome. What you may be able to do is remove extensions that have set policies.

On Windows, administrators may control policies via the Registry Editor. Here is how that is done:

1. Open the Start menu on the Windows system.
2. Type regedit.exe and press the Enter-key.
3. Confirm the security prompt that is shown.
4. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome.
5. Each key listed here is a potential policy that has been set. You can select policies and press the Delete-key on the keyboard to remove them.
6. Close the Registry Editor when you are done.
7. Restart the PC.

Chrome won't display the "managed by your organization" message anymore, if you deleted all policies, and if no other interference is still active.

Users on Apple macOS devices may run the command defaults read com.google.Chrome to read the current preferences of the browser. You could then remove any policy with the command defaults delete com.google.Chrome KEYNAME.

Chrome maintains managed preferences under /Library/Managed Preferences/com.google.Chrome.plist on macOS by default. However, if the preferences are managed by a configuration file, they may not be visible here.

Last but not least, certain security applications may install policies to control some aspects of the Chrome browser. You could check the antivirus settings to find out if there is any information about that. A better option may be to run a search, e.g., Bitdefender Free Google Chrome policies, to find out that way.

The message that certain policies are managed by an organization should not worry you automatically, even if you have control over the browser and not set any policy by yourself. There are other legitimate explanations, for instance security software, that may have set policies.

However, if you are certain that you have not set any, have full control, and are certain that no legitimate software has modified policies either, then you may want to investigate to make sure that your system is not infected by malicious software.

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Face à l'urgence climatique et aux exigences croissantes en matière de responsabilité environnementale l'Union des Métiers de l'Hôtellerie Restauration (Umih) édite son Guide de décarbonation du secteur des cafés, hôtels, restaurants, discothèques et traiteurs (CHRDT) élaboré avec son partenaire Clorofil, expert en stratégie bas carbone.
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Mozilla is testing a new feature in Firefox Nightly, which adds Microsoft Copilot to the sidebar. Cue the pitchforks!

That gecko's up to something.

Firefox already has 4 chatbots: Anthropic Claude, ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Le Chat Mistral. Windows Report's Venkat (the Techdows guy), spotted the addition of Copilot in the side panel of Firefox Nightly.  Mozilla has been working on bringing Copilot to Firefox for nearly a year.

When you select Copilot on the sidebar, the panel describes the AIs features briefly. You can use Copilot in Firefox without an account, but there are some restrictions like daily limits, no personalization, sync chats, shorter responses, etc. The chatbot can be used to generate text, images, code, and analyze images. Users with a premium subscription can access more features.

Click on a new chat, and you should see "Quick response", click on this button to switch between 3 modes.

The default option, Quick Response, is the fastest as the AI responds in a couple of seconds, and is suited for daily conversations. Think Deeper, as the name suggests, makes the AI think longer (about 10 seconds). The final option is Smart, which uses GPT-5, and automatically thinks deeply or quickly based on the task. You can also use voice mode to interact with Copilot, or upload images and documents that you want it to analyze.

It can also summarize pages. Right-clicking on a web page, or a tab on the tab bar also offers access to Copilot's summarization features. You can also access Copilot's menu by selecting text.

Don't want these shortcuts? Just click on Remove copilot. Right-click again, and it will replace the option with "Ask a chatbot", this can also be removed.

I'm not going to defend Mozilla's decision, it's up to the user to decide whether they want to use AI or not. Copilot in Firefox (and the other AIs), can all be turned off permanently. They don't run in the background, constantly monitoring you. Click on the AI's shortcut in the sidebar to access it, use it and close it. That's it. It's basically a shortcut to the AI service's website, but in a sidebar to provide quick access, which may be of value to some people. I'm not one of those people, and that's perfectly okay.

I have kept all AI features disabled in my main Firefox. If you want to disable AI features in Firefox, open about:config, accept the risks.

Paste these in the text field, one at a time:

browser.ml.enable
browser.ml.chat.enabled
browser.ml.chat.menu
browser.ml.chat.page
browser.ml.chat.shortcuts

Set their value to false. There you go, no AI features for you.

In addition to this, you can also disable Smart Tab Groups, and Link Previews using the following preferences.

browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled
browser.ml.linkPreview.enabled

Just search for browser.ml and you will see a lot of options.

For those of you who want to try Copilot, download Firefox Nightly from Mozilla's FTP servers.

As a reminder, Vivaldi recently announced it won't be adding any AI features to its browser.

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There is some good news for Firefox ESR 115 users on older operating systems. Mozilla has extended support for the version until March 2026.

Note: ESR refers to Extended Support Release.

Mozilla released Firefox 115 in July 2023. Then, it had announced that Firefox 115.0 ESR would be the last version that supports Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, as well as Apple macOS 10.12, 10.13, and 10.14. This version was originally intended to be supported until September 2024.

In September 2024, Firefox ESR 128 replaced 115 as the new code base for current operating systems. However, Mozilla extended Firefox 115 ESR support for users on Windows 7, 8, 8.1 until April 1, 2025. But in February 2025, Mozilla once again extended support for Firefox ESR 115 branch until September 2025.

You guessed it, the same thing has happened, another 6-month extension. Redditors have spotted a note on Firefox's release calendar says that Mozilla has decided to extend support for Firefox ESR 115 only on Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and macOS 10.12 to 10.14 up to March 2026. Mozilla will re-evaluate the situation in February 2026, to decide whether to end support for Firefox 115 ESR.

Why does Mozilla keep extending support for these old operating systems? The latest Firefox Public Data Report reveals that 39.352% Firefox users are on Windows 11, and 38.926% are using Windows 10. 6.769% of Firefox users are still on Windows 7. All other operating systems, including Linux and macOS have amount to 14.952% of Firefox users. Well, that probably explains why Windows 7 is still supported by Firefox, and of course by extension, Windows 8, 8.1 as well.

Mozilla recommends users on supported operating systems to use Firefox ESR 128 or above.

We do not recommend using older operating systems that do not get security updates anymore. If you have no other choice, i.e. if you cannot upgrade to a newer operating system due to hardware limitations, it's understandable but extremely risky. I strongly suggest looking at Linux distros like Mint, it may take some getting used to switch from Windows or macOS, but it's possible that your old computer will be able to handle Linux just fine.

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IO Interactive has revealed the launch date for 007 First Light. The James Bond game releases on March 27th, 2026.

Irish actor, Patrick Gibson, best known for playing young Dexter Morgan in Dexter: Original Sin, has been cast in the role of James Bond in the third-person stealth/spy/shooter game.

A new trailer that outlines the gameplay is out on YouTube. But if that 2-minute video doesn't impress you, there is something that might. IO Interactive has published a longer video, a 30-minute premiere showcasing around 20 minutes of gameplay, and 10 minutes of developer commentary. The premiere focuses on the first mission in the game. This also happens to be Bond's first mission in the field, and he has to capture Agent 009, who has gone rogue. You don't work alone, 007 teams up with his associates to take down the villain.

There are multiple ways to get around obstacles like security checks, you don't have to go guns blazing. Sometimes subtlety is important, maybe you can talk your way out of things. Bond has access to some tools and gadgets, he can pick things up to use as a distraction, and combine them with environmental objects to create an opening. Agent 47 may be a Silent Assassin, but Bond's a bit of a chatterbox, narrating his thoughts, often humorously.

Stealth games usually have bad mechanics like enemies and NPCs easily getting distracted, and not noticing the player doing odd things, like climbing a pipe, etc. I mean, that is by design, these distractions are meant to allow the player to get past guards or hostile NPCs. It may look odd in a super-spy game, but it is made by Hitman's devs, so I guess it can't be helped.

007 First Light involves driving vehicles, of course it has to, Bond likes his fancy cars. Unfortunately, this is where things begin to look bad. The high-speed car chase that was featured in the video had significant frame drops, the driving looked jarring, and that motion blur effect was not helping. The gun-fight that follows was impressive, it reminded me a little of Uncharted, the chaotic explosions from Just Cause, the bullet-time of Max Payne, and a bit of Grand Theft Auto. First Light also has melee combat. Performance during these scenes were far from impressive, hopefully these issues will be ironed out before the game is released.

It may be a Bond game, but it definitely has the Hitman vibe, which is a good thing in my book. But unlike Agent 47, Bond being Bond, is often reckless, has a problem with authority, and following orders. The game seems to deliver all these, along with witty humor. I liked the subtle touch when Bond jumped into a tunnel, "License to Kill" appeared on the screen, and he shoots a guy. This is a nod to the iconic intro in Bond movies.

I know it's just an extended trailer, but it felt like a short movie. 007 First Light will be available for PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2.

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Une nouvelle offre d'abonnement proposant plus de choix, plus de clarité et plus d'avantages aux voyageurs d'aujourd'hui.
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Linux Mint 22.2 is here. The update is called Zara, here's what's new in it.

Mint 22.2 is based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and will be supported 2029. It comes with Linux kernel 6.14.

Sticky notes now have rounded corners, and the app is compatible with Wayland. Android users can use a companion app called StyncyNotes to sync their notes between their Linux system and phone. The app is available for download at F-Droid's repository. It uses SyncThing to sync, hence the name, StyncyNotes.

Linux Mint 22.2 adds a subtle blur effect to the login screen, the background of the login box is blurred. It also displays your user avatar now.

Mint 22.2 comes with a new XApp called Fingwit, which is used for fingerprint authentication. It is used for the screensaver, sudo commands, Admin apps (pkexec). You will need to enter your password to add fingerprints, after which you will need to use your computer's fingerprint reader to add the scans.

Unfortunately, it doesn't progress beyond the first scan for me. My device (04f3:0c4f) is supported by libfprint, so I'm not sure what's wrong. Anyway, I couldn't test it at all. It's also worth mentioning that the login screen still requires you to type a password if you use a home directory encryption or a keyring.

The Software Manager's home page has been redesigned, and the i button on app listings now explains the difference between Flatpak and system packages. The Update Manager will display a reboot button on the taskbar, when an update requires a restart.

Linux Mint 22.2 changes the default Mint-Y theme slightly, it is now less gray and slightly more blue.

(Image courtesy: Linux Mint)

LibAdwaita has been patched to work with themes, and now supports Mint-Y, Mint-X and Mint-L. The LAN based file-sharing app, Warpinator, is now available for iOS.

The IPTV app, Hypnotix, now supports two additional modes. Theater Mode hides the controls and menus, but still displays the title bar.  The hotkey for theater mode is F6.

(Image courtesy: Linux Mint)

Borderless Mode hides everything, including the borders, title bar, though you use the Alt key to move the window around. Borderless mode can be toggled with the F7 keyboard shortcut.

(Image courtesy: Linux Mint)

The app has been updated to startup faster, searching large playlists is also faster. Hypnotix will no longer reset the volume when you switch channels.

For a full list of changes, known issues, please refer to the release notes, and the blog article on Linux Mint's website.

If you don't see the Linux Mint 22.2 update yet, open the Update Manager and click on Edit, and you should see an option to update to 22.2. Or, you can download the ISO of your choice from https://pub.linuxmint.io/stable/22.2/.

It's unclear when Linux Mint Debian Edition 7 (codenamed “Gigi”) will be released.

Have you updated to Mint 22.2 ?

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Amazon has announced that it will end Prime shipping benefits for accounts outside households. The Prime Invitee Program is being replaced by Amazon Family.

Users could not join the Prime Invitee program since 2015. It has existed for ten years, to allow users to continue sharing the free shipping benefits. However, a support page on Amazon's website mentions that the Prime Invitee program will end on 1 October 2025. Users who aren't in the same household will no longer be able to access the Prime delivery benefit.

Instead, they are being directed to Amazon Family. Now, this isn't a new program either, it was launched in 2015, and introduced additional benefits. Currently, it allows Family members to share the following perks: free shipping, Prime Video (with ads), Prime Reading, Prime Music, audiobooks, eBooks, games, some third-party benefits like Grubhub.

These benefits are only available for 2 adults, up to four teens (who were added before April 7, 2025), and up to 4 child profiles per household. Amazon Music can only be shared with one adult in the Amazon Family.

So, why is Amazon cutting access to free shipping outside households? They want to attract more subscribers. Reports indicate that Amazon fell slightly short of Prime sign-ups in the U.S. this year (around 5.4 Million users), both in terms of the company's target, and to meet last year's total numbers (around 5.56 Million). The 2% failure happened despite an extended Prime Day sale event, which ran for four days instead of two. Amazon says Prime sign-ups achieved record-breaking numbers in the 25 days around the sales period, though it has not published the data to back this up.

The Verge reports that users who don't live in the same household as the account holder, are being offered a discounted subscription for Amazon Prime, at $14.99 for the first year, after which they will be charged $14.99 per month if they choose to continue.

YouTube Premium Family plan subscribers are being flagged if accounts are from different households. Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max (soon), are all enforcing location based restrictions to prevent users from sharing their passwords, or accounts with members outside their physical location, to drive up more subscriptions. If I were to describe all this in two words, I'd call it "subscription hell", because that's what it feels like for consumers.

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Last year, a U.S. Judge ruled that Google had created an illegal monopoly in the search industry. The Justice Department had recommended severe remedies such as forcing Google to sell Chrome, and split Android away from the Mountain View company.

However, the antitrust trial seems to have taken a bizarre turn. A three-week hearing was held in April by Judge Amit Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Mehta's ruling bars Google from entering into exclusive contracts to distribute its software including Google Search, Chrome, Google Assistant, and the Gemini app.

But, he allowed Google's partnerships to continue, which means it can continue to pay its partners for preloading or placement of Google search, Chrome and GenAI products. Apple earns a cool $20 Billion a year from its partnership with Google. This is also good news for Firefox, since Mozilla had admitted in its testimony it would be doomed without Google's money. It could have played a big role in this ruling.

As for Google Chrome's sale, the Judge stated that the Justice Department had overreached in seeking the forced divestiture of key assets (Chrome), which Google had not used to effect any illegal restraints. The Court said that it will not include a contingent divestiture of the Android operating system in the final judgment.

The ruling says Google is not allowed to enter agreements that require the distribution, preloading, or placement of Google Search, Chrome, Google Assistant, or the Gemini app on devices, for licensing of the Play Store or any Google app. So, Android manufacturers won't need to preload all the apps to get their device verified for Play Store access? I think that's what it means. I wonder whether this will affect Google's upcoming sideloading restrictions. Google does not have to present users with choice screens on its products, nor does it have to ask its Android OEM partners to do the same. You can read the entire ruling on CourtListener.

The only remedy that was against Google's favor is that it is now required to share certain search index and user-interaction data to its competitors like Microsoft, DuckDuckGo, OpenAI, etc. Google wasn't happy with this, Lee-Anne Mulholland, vice president of regulatory affairs, said that the company is concerned how these requirements will impact its users and their privacy. Bloomberg reports that the Judge has asked both parties to come back by September 10, with a new remedy proposal that is consistent with his ruling, or submit a status report about any disagreements.

Google seems to have gotten away big time. What are your thoughts about this?

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Au nom de la direction de The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited, nous sommes heureux d'accueillir M. Vincent Pimont en tant que Directeur général de notre hôtel emblématique, The Peninsula Hong Kong, à compter du 26 janvier 2026. Il succède à M. Joseph Chong, Vice-Président Exécutif Régional Asie et Directeur général de The Peninsula Hong Kong. Vincent a débuté sa carrière au sein du groupe en 2007 au Peninsula Beijing en tant que Directeur de l'hébergement, avant d'être promu Directeur d'hôtel en 2010. (...)

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Opera for iOS has received a major update. It introduces a new tab management system, a customizable main menu, and more.

I know it's called Opera One for iOS, but let's keep it simple and call it Opera, shall we?

Opera for Android added a new tab management system in May 2025. But, since Apple does not allow third party browser engines on iOS, tab management in Opera for iOS is nowhere as good as the Android version which has undo closed tabs, access recently closed tabs, mute tabs, etc. Still, this is a pretty good update.

In July 2025, the iOS version of Opera added some new features for the new tab page, such as support for drag and drop to reorder tabs, and an option to switch between a grid view and list view. Grid view displays thumbnails of each page, and you scroll down to view all your tab. List view is basically vertical tabs view, which I like on a phone. I'm not a tab hoarder per se, people have 100s of tabs open. I usually have like 20 to 30 tabs, even on desktop. On Safari on my iPhone, I make it a habit to close the tab immediately after reading a page, to prevent the list from getting bigger, scrolling the list is a pain. Vertical tabs solve this problem pretty well.

Tap on the tabs icon in Opera, and then on the button in the bottom left-corner to alternate between grid view and list view.

Besides Opera, only DuckDuckGo for iOS has a similar grid/list view. Orion browser has a list-style tab manager, but no option to change to a grid view. I don't think any other iOS browser has a list-based tab management system.

Now, coming to the new features in today's Opera for iOS update, you can group tabs and organize them. Opera is a bit late to the party, Safari, Chrome, Orion, and Vivaldi already supported tab grouping. But Opera's tab groups feature is a little different. Tap on the three-dot button in the bottom right corner, and you can select the tabs.

This can also be done by tapping the checkmark button on the bottom bar. Then tap on "add to" and you can create a group. Alternatively, you can also use the three-dot menu to close all tabs in a single tap, or select some tabs and choose to close them. You may also long press on a tab to create a new group. Give the group a name, choose a color, and you're good to go.

I don't have an iPad anymore so I can't test it, but according to Opera, the new update for iPadOS brings Tab Islands for iPads. These are basically tab groups accessed via the tab bar on the desktop version.

(image courtesy: Opera)

Opera for iOS now has a tab search bar, so if you have dozens of tabs open and want to find something specific. Just tap on the search icon in the new tab page and type the name or title of the tab, the list is filtered as you type.

Opera says that the update adds a shortcut for Aria AI to the bottom bar. I don't like that, but here's the thing, the update doesn't seem to have added the icon for me. But if you see it on your phone, there is a way to disable it. Go to the Settings > Aria Browser AI. The first option here says "Bottom Bar Shortcut", this is enabled by default and will replace the "search" button on the bottom bar. Disable the option, and it should restore the search button and remove the Aria shortcut.

Staying with Opera's new tab page, it has a couple of icons at the top of the screen. The first one with the hat and glasses represents Private Browsing, the other option which shows a counter with the number of tabs that are open is regular browsing mode. Opera's blog (and the app itself) mentions that you can now swipe on the icons to switch between private browsing and regular browsing mode, but I couldn't get the feature to work. It was then I realized you have to swipe the screen left or right, not directly on the icons.

Note: You may see a third button at the top, which is the synced tabs icon. It only appears when you sign in to Opera Flow.

Let's go back to the Settings menu, there is a new section here called "Customize Menu". You can disable or enable any option here, to add or remove the shortcuts that appear when you tap on the three-dot button in the bottom bar. The options that you can toggle include: Aria AI, Bookmarks, History, Downloads, Flow, Send to Flow, Find in Page, Site Options, Translate and Show Desktop Version. Tap and drag an item in the list to reorder the entry. For example, if you use "show desktop version, or translate" frequently, you may want to drag these options to the top of the list. Use the Reset button to set the menu to its default settings.

It is now possible to import your bookmarks and speed dials from Opera for desktop to Opera for iOS. Tap on Settings, and the very first option here is new, it's called Account. Sign in to your account and it will import the data. This is not a two-way sync feature, Opera says it's still working on it. Will it replace Flow?

Download Opera for iOS from the App Store.

That was way longer than I expected, but those are a lot of quality-of-life improvements, which are always welcome. I wish Firefox on iOS added some of these, or Apple allows third party browser engines.

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