Artem Russakovskii

WhatsApp for Android is adding three floating dots to show when someone is typing. The updated typing indicator is currently limited to the beta version of the app, though its broader appearance shouldn't be far away. This typing indicator with three dots has been a fixture of other Meta-run apps like Instagram and Messenger apps for a while now. WhatsApp, much like most messaging apps you'll find today, has a ton of tools to make your texting experience that much better.

Google Gemini now allows setting reminders via Tasks even without a date or time, making it more user-friendly. There's also an onscreen message that notes when a task is created, accompanied by an Undo button to discard the reminder or task. Gemini will still provide an optional date and time prompt for users who want a specific timeline for their task. Google Tasks is a handy to-do app that keeps you on top of your reminders, lists, and more.

To quickly view what's causing my monitor to not sleep, I usually use this .bat script with this simple contents: @echo off powercfg /requests pause On my Windows 10 machine, it results in the output one would expect, but when I try it on my Windows 11 machine (run .bat file as administrator), it shows a bunch of "[PROCESS] Legacy Kernel Caller" entries instead: Here's the weird part - if I just open cmd as admin and type in powercfg /requests, it shows correct output: So, what is going on here?