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How to Reset the Settings app in Windows 10
Windows 10 comes a with a modern replacement for the classic Control panel program called Settings. Settings is a Universal app that can be used instead of the classic Control Panel on both touch screen devices and desktops with a mouse and keyboard. It consists of several pages which bring new options to configure Windows 10 along with some older options inherited from the classic Control Panel.
Microsoft is testing various layouts for the Microsoft Edge's Vertical Tab option. Currently, the browser shows a button prior to the tab row on the left. By clicking on that button the user can move the open tabs to the left and stack them vertically, or restore the traditional horizontal tab layout.
How to Add or Remove the Web Capture button from the toolbar in Microsoft Edge
You can now enable a dedicated toolbar button for the Edge's Web Capture feature. So, in addition to the menu entry and its keyboard shortcut, you can access it with a single mouse click.
The PowerToys team is working on adding a new tool to the apps suite. It will allow to record the screen contents, and provide a few editing options. The tool is currently known as 'Video GIF Capture'.
In its monthly digest, the Linux Mint project has revealed the code name for Linux Mint 20.1, which is Ulyssa. Also, the announcement includes new Chromium packages that the project is going to maintain and build from upstream, as an alternative to Ubuntu's snap option. Besides there, there are new apps and other improvements.
Microsoft today announced the improved Surface Pro X device that comes with better performance and features a new Platinum finish. While most of its specs remain the same, there is a new CPU, and three more colors for its keyboard: Ice Blue, Poppy Red, and Platinum.
Microsoft today introduced a new Surface Laptop Go device, that is an affordable item from the modern Surface family. Its price starts at $549, which is the most cheap option when compared to Microsoft's premium Surface devices.
Mozilla has issued a minor update to the latest Firefox 81 branch. Traditionally for post-major releases, such updates are targeting security and reliability issues. Version 81.0.1 is not an exception to this rule, and it includes a notable number of fixes.
Some time ago Microsoft added a new feature to Edge Canary, called Web Capture. It can be used to capture and share a portion of a web page. The company officially announced it a few days ago, and already updated it with the ability to add annotations to your screenshots.
Microsoft has released a new optional update to Windows 10 version 2004, May 2020 Update. The release is notable for delivering plenty of fixes to the OS, including a number of resolved issues with audio, and reliability issues for Windows Mixed Reality.
