Thursday Tech Headlines – 22JAN2026
Every Thursday, we share some recent tech headlines that we found interesting (or disturbing) and hope that you will find of interest too. You get to pick and choose which ones interest you the most. So, click on the titles that pique your curiosity! We hope you will like our new Thursday Tech Headlines feature. If you do, please let us know!
Tech Headlines for Thursday, January 22, 2026
More malicious browser extensions uncovered – Chrome, Firefox, and Edge all affected
Microsoft finally kills the “Save as JPG” chore — Windows 11 backgrounds get a modern brain
Microsoft rushes out emergency updates to fix a broken Windows Patch Tuesday
Are you still on Windows 10? You should install the latest update
Tech hero releases tool that disables AI, ads, and other junk in Chrome, Edge, and Firefox
Here’s how your ISP tracks every website you visit, and one tool that stops it
Here’s ‘World’s healthiest meat’ is better for you than peas, tomato, and lettuce
That’s it for our Thursday Tech Headlines for this week. We hope you like our new feature and you found some of these articles interesting, thought-provoking, or maybe just plain weird.
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