The hidden video editor on your PC

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It's a busy time in the PC industry with tons of new hardware coming out. I've been spending lots of hands-on time with these PCs, and I'll show you exactly what "AI tricks" they have up their sleeves. But more importantly, I'm excited about showing off a video editor buried in Windows. No, I'm not talking about Clipchamp, Microsoft's modern video editor. I'm talking about a hidden video editor buried in another app — one that's very convenient for quick video-trimming. Check out this week's Things to Try section for the details. Oh, one last thing before we get to the good stuff: I'll be off next week, which is the week of Independence Day here in the US. I'll be back in your inbox on Monday, but there will be no Friday newsletter next week. Wherever you are, I hope you have an awesome week as well! [Chris Hoffman, AUthor] Chris Today's read: ⌚ 3 Things to Know: 2 minutes ⌚ 3 Things to Try: 2 minutes ⌚ Top Thurrott Thoughts: 30 seconds ⌚ Just for Fun: 20 seconds ​ [] [3 Things to Know This Week] ​ 1. Here's what the AI experience is like on a Copilot+ PC ➜ THE SHORT VERSION: New Copilot+ PCs are now available. While I think the battery life and power efficiency is the big story, Microsoft and PC makers want to talk about AI features first and foremost. 🔎 KNOW MORE: These machines have a variety of integrated AI features that uses the neural processing unit (NPU) — hardware built into the machine that can run some AI tasks on your PC, offline. - New and exclusive features include AI image generation, offline audio translation, and webcam effects. - However, these features are a little half-baked. Microsoft's Recall tool, which would screenshot your desktop every five seconds and let you search your PC usage with AI, was the big feature. It's now been delayed. - Surprisingly, the Copilot experience takes a step back on these PCs: You can't use it to change PC settings with commands like "turn on dark mode" anymore. 📌 READ MORE: Check out [my hands-on look at all the AI features you'll get on a Copilot+ PC]() or [read my review of how useful they really are](). --------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Microsoft is putting your phone in your Start menu ➜ THE SHORT VERSION: Phone Link isn't just an app anymore. Microsoft wants to put information about your phones right in your Start menu, with a floating pane at that appears to the right side of your shortcuts. 🔎 KNOW MORE: The Phone Link app lets you see your phone's notifications, copy photos, and text from your PC. It works best with Android phones, but some of its features also work with iPhones. - The new Phone Link integration in the Start menu is now available in the Windows Insider program's beta channel on Windows 11. - This isn't just for Microsoft's Phone Link. It uses a new feature called a "Start Menu Companion." In other words, more apps will want to add themselves to your Start menu soon. - Expect this feature to arrive on all Windows 11 PCs before the end of this year. 📌 READ MORE: Take a look at [the Phone Link integration in the Start menu.](=)​ --------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Windows is getting pushier about syncing with OneDrive ➜ THE SHORT VERSION: Copilot+ PCs have a new setup process — and the new setup experience automatically enables OneDrive backup for folders like your Documents and Desktop without asking. 🔎 KNOW MORE: It's the latest in a long line of decisions Microsoft is making to nudge everyone towards storing more and more of their files in OneDrive. - OneDrive folder backup is convenient if you trust Microsoft's cloud storage — you can get access to your files on any PC just by signing in with a Microsoft account. - However, it should be your decision. And, while you can still choose not to use OneDrive folder backup, you'll now have to turn it off after you set up your PC. - Microsoft has also been blocking more workarounds that let you set up Windows without a Microsoft account. You can still do it, if you like — but it's getting harder. 📌 READ MORE: [This quick story]( has the details. SPONSORED MESSAGE When you need caffeine, you drink espresso… ☕️ But when you need the most important tech news in just 5 minutes, you [read Techpresso](=). [Homer Simpson sipping an espresso](=)​ The baristas of tech and AI, Techpresso culls through 60+ media sources daily to deliver you the top headlines from the last 24 hours. Why Techpresso is the only tech email you’ll ever need (aside from this one, of course!): ☕ Unlike espresso, it’s totally free 🖊️ Written in short, hard-hitting bullet points for easy digestion 📰 Read by 100,000+ professionals from Google, OpenAI, Nvidia, and more ➜ [Get your daily tech news roundup and subscribe to Techpresso FREE with 1-click.]()​ [SUBSCRIBE WITH ONE CLICK​ ➜]() ​ [] [3 Things to Try This Week] 1. Trim a video without using Clipchamp Microsoft now includes its Clipchamp video editor with Windows. But there's an alternative video-editing tool buried in Windows. ➜ If you just want to trim a video file, cutting out pieces of it to make it shorter, this tool is for you. You don't have to install anything else — and you don't have to use Clipchamp for such a simple and quick edit. ⌚ You can do this in about 10 seconds. 💻 This works on both Windows 10 and Windows 11. 📌 Take a look at [my quick new video-trimming guide](=) for the details. --------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Snap Windows to the top and bottom of your screen You may already know you can press Windows+Left arrow and Windows+Right arrow to Snap a window to the left half or right half of your screen. ➜ There are some lesser-known keyboard shortcuts that will let you snap a window to the top half or bottom half of your display instead. ⌚ You can try this in just 1 second. 💻 These shortcuts only work on Windows 11. (Other Snap shortcuts work on Windows 10, but not these.) To Snap a window to the top or bottom of your screen, press Windows+Alt+Up arrow or Windows+Alt+Down arrow. (To snap a window to the top of your screen, you can also press Windows+Up arrow twice.) [The top and bottom windows snapped on Windows 11.] The Alt key shortcut is the trick here — without that, these shortcuts just maximize or minimize windows. 📌 For more window-snapping advice, check out [my guide to the Windows Snap feature](=). --------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Use OCR and other AI tricks on your current PC Everyone's talking about the new AI features you can get if you buy a new Copilot+ PC, but all Windows 11 PCs are packed with a variety of AI features. My favorite one arguably isn't an AI feature at all. ➜ With optical character recognition (OCR) built into Windows, you can copy text directly from a photo or a screenshot of your screen and paste it as text anywhere — easy. ⌚ You can try this in about 10 seconds. 💻 This is only available on Windows 11. To do this, you'll need to take a screenshot with the Snipping Tool. You can press Windows+Shift+S or Print Screen and draw somewhere on your screen to capture a screenshot. You'll see a Snipping Tool notification pop up with a thumbnail of your screenshot. Click it. In the Snipping Tool window, click the "Text actions" button on the toolbar. Windows will analyze the image for words and let you copy the text so you can paste it into another application. [The "Text actions" button in Windows 11's Snipping Tool.] 📌 Check out my list of [10 AI features you can use on your Windows 11 PC](=) for more good stuff you can use on any PC. ​ [] [Top Thurrott Thoughts] Some standout links and expert analysis from our friends at Thurrott, who have been covering Windows since 1994: - ​[Snapdragon X Copilot+ PC: My Windows 11 on Arm App Compatibility Scorecard]() - Most apps work — but not all of them. - ​[Snapdragon X Copilot+ PC: Initial Hardware Compatibility]()​ - Testing peripherals. - ​[Snapdragon X Copilot+ PC: Gaming on the Go]( - But can it run Crysis? - ​[Need to Know: Windows Hello Enhanced Sign-In Security (Premium)](=) - Great technical information. - ​[Snapdragon X Copilot+ PC: In-Box AI Experiences]()​ - Digging into the AI features. ​ SPONSORED MESSAGE [Old cartoon of computer hacker]( Shield your devices Need to protect yourself against sneaky viruses and malware? 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