You can enable or disable News and Interests open on hover in Windows 10. Windows 10 includes a new News and Interests widget on the taskbar. You can make it open when you hover over its taskbar icon with your mouse pointer. By default the flyout only appears when you click on the weather icon.
Author: Sergey Tkachenko
Edge Dev 91.0.852.0 is out with UI improvements
Microsoft has updated the Dev channel of Edge with a new build 91.0.852.0. It will allow you to open the History, Favorites, Downloads, etc. full page views with a middle-clicking or ctrl+click on the appropriate button on the toolbar. Also, the Password Monitor feature is now available to everyone.
Cumulative updates for Windows 10, April 13, 2021
Today's Patch Tuesday brought a number of cumulative updates to Windows 10 version 20H2 and older. Here's what's new in the released patches.
Enable or Disable Wake on LAN in Windows 10 (WOL)
Here's how to enable or disable Wake on LAN in Windows 10 (WOL)
Wake-on-LAN (WOL) is a cool feature that allows you to wake your PC from sleep or shutdown over the local network or the Internet. It works like a remote power button. If your hardware supports WOL, you can turn on your computer remotely.
Chrome 90 is out with AV1 encoder and read-only file paste
Google Chrome 90 is now available for download. This is quite and interesting release of the world's most popular browser, which includes such novelties as an AV1 encoder, the ability to paste read-only files from the clipboard. It also comes with a number of security enhancements, including blocking of the port 554 for HTTP, HTTPS, or FTP servers.
Global Media Controls in Chrome receive a progress bar
Global Media Controls is a feature of Google Chrome that allows controlling all active media sessions in the browser from a single flyout. Today's Canary build of the browser adds one more minor feature that many may find useful. It now includes a progress bar for the video stream you currently play, so you can scroll back and forth with ease.
How to Enable Workspaces in Microsoft Edge
Here is how you can enable Workspaces in Microsoft Edge if this new feature is not yet available in your browser. While currently there is no flag for that in edge://flags, this can be done with by modifying the Edge shortcut.
Edge receives a brand new Workspaces feature to organize your tabs
Microsoft's very own web browser is getting yet another productivity feature. In addition to tab groups and window naming, Edge includes Workspaces - a set of tabs isolated into a session inside one window.
Always Show Cast Media Icon on Toolbar in Microsoft Edge
You can make the cast icon always show on toolbar for your user or for all user accounts in Windows. By default the cast media button doesn't appear on the toolbar in Microsoft Edge unless you are casting.
How to Cast Media in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10
Here's how to cast media in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 to a TV, or any other Miracast or DLNA-enabled device. You can do that for videos, pictures, audio, or regular web page content opened in your browser by sending it to compatible devices on your network.
