Google is working on its own implementation of Chrome's root certificate store for certification authorities (Chrome Root Store). The company plans to use it instead of the cert store included in the operating system. The initiative is reminiscent of Mozilla's approach, who maintains a separate independent root certificate store for Firefox. Firefox uses it to verify the certificate chain of trust when opening sites over HTTPS, using the OS cert store as a fallback option.
Author: Sergey Tkachenko
HoloLens 2 Development Edition is now available in the United States
Microsoft just made HoloLens 2 Development Edition available in the United States, with the price $3500. For this money, it will also include Azure credits and 3-month licenses for Unity Pro.
Windows 10 version 21H1 could turn into a minor update
There are plenty of rumors around the upcoming release of Windows 10. Version 21H1, which will be a successor to the current October 2020 Update release (20H2), has a bit of an unclear future.
Your Phone app receives a few new features
A small Your Phone app update has become available to a number of Windows Insiders. Now it allows managing the Startup option from the settings. Also, there is a new pages that highlights the changes in the current app release.
How to Use Media Creation Tool to Download Any Windows 10 Version
How to Download Any Windows 10 Version using Windows Media Creation Tool
Windows Media Creation Tool is the official application Microsoft recommends using to build an ISO image, or install or upgrade Windows 10. The only problem is that it always downloads the latest Windows 10 version. However, if you need to get an ISO image for a previous version of Windows 10, it doesn't show such an option. But here's a secret hidden way to make it do that for you.
Linux Mint now ships Chromium in its repos, introduces IPTV app
This has finally happened. Ubuntu no longer ships Chromium as a DEB package starting in version 20.04, and force installs a span package instead. In order to resolve this issue and offer the traditional package instead, the Mint project is now running a dedicated build server that makes a DEB package for Chromium. Also, there is a test version of the new IPTV app.
Microsoft has introduced a new Resources widget for Xbox Game Bar
Microsoft has announced a new widget for the built-in Xbox game bar feature of Windows 10. The widget renders real-time resource consumption, and allows quickly finding and terminating a resource-hungry process without leaving the game.
Microsoft Edge can now capture and open links in tabbed PWAs
Microsoft is actively working on running Progressive Web Apps (PWA) inside Edge tabs. The latest Canary build introduces a new flag that allows PWAs that run in a tab to intercept and process links on Desktop. While it has some limitations, it extends the capabilities of tabbed PWAs in Windows 10, which now handle certain websites like Android apps do.
How to Add or Remove History Button from Toolbar in Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge now allows adding a History button to the toolbar
A new feature is available to some of the Edge Insiders running the latest Canary and Dev builds of the browser. Now it is possible to add a new History button to the toolbar.
WSL –install will now install Linux distros, allows picking any of available online
Microsoft has done a useful change to the Windows Sybsystem for Linux (WSL). Starting in Windows 10 build 20246, WSL will now install a Linux distro in addition to the feature itself, so it will get ready INSTANTLY, with no extra actions required from your side.
