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We're back this week with another round of hot tips for making your computing life less annoying, including super secret UI settings, methods of bending digital voice assistants to your will, a low-level Windows hotkey not even Will knew about, the latest PowerToys (since the last time we talked about PowerToys), an easy way to trim videos without encoding them again, the fastest video player in the West, and other tips you won't want to miss!

The apps we mentioned in this ep include LosslessCut, mpv, Authy, and the ever-growing Power Toys.

The Windows hotkeys we mentioned:

Win + . - emoji/Unicode pickerWin + Shift + S - easy screenshotsWin + R - run applicationsWin + L - lock your computerWin + Alt + B - disable / enable HDR at the OS levelWin + Ctrl + Shift + B - video driverWin + P - select output deviceWin + alt + r - record video of game window that’s open (needs Game Bar)Win + alt + g - record last 30 seconds, but needs to be turned on first (also Game Bar)Win + V - clipboard history (need to enable in privacy)

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