Winget version 1.8 is now available with a great improvement. The app is now able to download app 'distros' from the Store so you can install them offline on demand.
Author: Sergey Tkachenko
Full-screen OneDrive promotion started to appear in Windows 11
In addition to monthly reminders to use Microsoft Edge and Microsoft 365, Windows 11 has started showing a full-screen pop-up promoting OneDrive and device protection. The pop-up is designed to resemble the OOBE (Windows Out of Box Experience) that typically appears when you first install the operating system.
For 18 hours, Google Chrome prevented millions of users from accessing saved passwords
Google confirmed an issue that caused 15 million Chrome users on Windows to temporarily lose access to their stored passwords. The issue persisted for 18 hours.
How to Enable Tab Performance Issue Notification in Google Chrome
Google Chrome has got a new option to show a performance issue notification for tab resource usage which you can enable with ease. The change is already available in Canary version, but soon it will land in the stable branch. The latter just updated to Chrome 127.
Chrome 127 released, will ask you to provide passwords for encrypted archives you download
Google Chrome 127 is available in the stable channel. The release it focused on security. It improves the Ingonito mode by enabling HTTPS-First by default. Google is also starts killing Manifest V2 in flavor of Manifest V3, with the latter being not friendly to ad blockers. Finally, there are some changes to Safe Browsing. First of all, the browser will now ask a password for encrypted archives. If you specify it, Chrome will send the contents to Google to check the files for safety. Also, Enhanced protection now includes extra telemetry that checks some pages against a block list.
Windows 11 22635.4000 (Beta) auto-opens jump lists on mouse hover over taskbar icons
Windows 11 Build 22635.4000 is now available in the Beta channel of the Windows Insider program. Here are the key changes.
Windows 11 Build 26120.1330 (Dev) makes it easier to duplicate Explorer tabs
Microsoft is rolling out KB5040543, Build 26120.1330, to Windows 11 Insiders running the OS in the Dev channel. A new option to duplicate a tab in the tab row context menu, Narrator improvements, the ability to change the power mode for battery and when plugged in, the updated logic for the "End task" option in the taskbar right-click menu are among the changes.
Windows 11 will soon let you view and manage Android files wirelessly
Microsoft has announced a new feature for Windows 11 that provides wireless access to files and folders on a connected Android smartphone via File Explorer. It is reported that some participants in the Windows Insider program can now evaluate the innovation, regardless of the selected channel.
Google cancels the third-party cookie removal from Chrome
Disabling third-party cookies in Chrome will become optional. After years of testing, Google has abandoned its plan to disable third-party cookie tracking by default in the Chrome browser.
Thunderbird closed a 25-year-old request to have a native tray icon notification
Thunderbird finally closes a 25-year-old request to add a new mail notification icon to the mail client. An indicator notifying of new mail via an icon in the system tray was requested for Thunderbird in November 1999.
