Download of the Week

Samsung SSD Magician is a management tool to check your Samsung's drive health, execute secure erasing, get TBW lifetime writes left, perform firmware updates, and more.

Visual Studio 2022 improves Microsoft Azure and GitHub integration, adds Live Share and Xamarin for easy cloud-based storage, and the full suite of tools for C++20.

Discord features robust messaging, voice and video chat, and multi-server support. Originally aimed at gamers, it's kept gaining ground thanks to its versatility. Case in point, we dumped Slack a long time ago in favor of Discord for TechSpot's staff communication.

Firefox Focus is a privacy-focused mobile browser for smartphones and tablets. By default, Focus blocks trackers and lets you erase your history, password, and cookies with ease.

Firefox 100 enables video overlay and AV1 video decoding hardware acceleration by default on Windows with supported GPUs, adds floating scrollbars on Linux, and more.

Tails is a Linux-based OS aimed at preserving privacy and anonymity. It can be installed on any USB stick and it won't store any data on the host computer. Additionally, Tails uses Tor to browse the web, so you can stay anonymous.

Notepad++ is an advanced text editor aimed at programmers, web designers, and IT professionals. It has basic IDE features but retains the familiarity of Windows' built-in text editor and very simple word processor.

MSI Afterburner is a free utility that allows you to overclock, monitor, and benchmark your GPU. The latest version adds Predator in-game video capture to share your gaming sessions.

Google Chrome for Windows, Mac and Linux has hit version 101 with a new Downloads UI, an option to save a group of tabs for later access, and a more robust password manager.

Roblox Studio is a free Windows/Mac development environment that provides everything you need to create Roblox games. The included tools are aimed at a variety of skill levels, from novices to the most expert programmers.

FastStone Image Viewer features image editing tools like a healing brush, sharpen/blur, color adjustment, and more with a UI similar to Windows Explorer.

CrystalDiskInfo is a free tool that monitors S.M.A.R.T. values and disk temperature. It also provides a health rating based on your drive's status.

UVK is a multi-tool that helps you remove many forms of malware and spyware. It also features repair, cleanup and optimize tools designed to keep Windows running smoothly.

Free utility HWMonitor shows the status of your PC components in real time: CPU and GPU temperatures, fans and clock speeds, power consumption, VRAM clocks and more.

FBackup can make exact copies of your important files to network locations, external drives or the cloud, like Google Drive or Dropbox.

Franz integrates multiple messaging services (and different accounts) for WhatsApp, Slack, Discord, Telegram, and Facebook Messenger into one app. The free version allows up to 3 services.

Wireshark is a free utility to analyze network traffic at the microscopic level. This makes it easier to identify and solve networking traffic or latency related issues.

Ditto stores every item you save to the clipboard: text, images and other formats. You can also keep clipboards from multiple computers in sync.

Balabolka converts any text document into speech and lets you save on-screen text as an audio file. This can be handy for the vision impaired, if you're learning a new language, or simply want text read to you while doing something else.

With PS Remote Play, you can use your PlayStation console remotely wherever you have a high-speed Internet connection. It's free and compatible with Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS.

ShareX allows you to capture and record your screen, modify your capture, and upload that directly to destinations such as Imgur, Twitter, Dropbox, or as an URL.

SUMo, or Software Update Monitor, is a free utility that will tell you if updates are available for all of your installed programs. It's also available as a portable app.

With over 50 visual effects and an easy-to-use interface, VideoPad Video Editor lets you create pro-quality videos in an optimized format for any playback device. It is free for non-commercial use and it won't watermark your projects.

If you feel that Windows Search isn't working as it should, Everything is a good alternative for handy local search for all your files and folders. Check out more like this in our essential apps to install.