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The News and Interests widget is coming soon to older Windows 10 versions
If you follow Windows 10 development process, you are probably well aware of a new News and Interests widget. It is a small taskbar panel that shows a weather forecast, news headlines, finances, traffic, and other information when expanded. Since December 2020, this feature is available on the taskbar for those running Windows 10 preview builds from Dev Channel. In a somewhat surprising move, Microsoft announced that News and Interests is coming soon to older Windows 10 versions, including Windows 10 21H1, 20H2, and 2004.
How to Change Background Image in Windows Terminal
Here's how to change Background image in Windows Terminal and set it to a custom wallpaper. Windows Terminal is a relatively new application for Windows 10 that combines conventional command line tools and shells. You can use Windows Terminal as a replacement for Windows Command Prompt, PowerShell, and Windows Subsystem for Linux. Windows Terminal has several benefits: tabs support, hardware-accelerated font rendering, UTF-8 and Unicode support, and dozens of customization options. Sure, personalization is not the most requested feature from power users relying on command-line-based tools. Still, it is nice to have some options to make software yours or separate it from other tasks.
Microsoft removes Paint 3D integration from classic MS Paint
A couple of days ago, Microsoft finally published the classic Paint app in the Microsoft Store, fulfilling its old promise. The program made it to the Store without significant changes or new features except for a new icon. Interestingly, the classic Paint from the Microsoft Store has one more change that slipped under the radar. Users noticed that the new version no longer offers the Edit in Paint 3D button.
Enable or Disable Performance Mode in Microsoft Edge
Here is how to enable or disable Performance mode in Microsoft Edge. In recent updates, Microsoft Edge received several new features to improve performance, speed, responsiveness, and reduce the overall resource footprint on your computer. Microsoft continues working on this aspect of its browser, and the company recently introduced a new Performance mode.
The Surf mini-game of Microsoft Edge is now available online
Whenever the Internet goes down; and users cannot access web pages in Google Chrome, they can play a built-in Dino game to kill some time. In Microsoft Edge, there is a similar time-killer, although much more interesting and engaging. This game is called Surf, and it is available not only when the browser cannot load a webpage. You can launch Surf by opening the edge://surf link in the new browser from Microsoft. Now users can play it in Chrome or any other modern browser.
Microsoft Edge Canary is now available on Android with unified code base
Microsoft is finally getting closer to creating a single code base for its browser. Several weeks ago, the company announced plans to bring desktop and mobile Edge together under a unified code base to improve development speed. Now, Edge Canary for Android is finally available in Google Play Store. It has the same version number as the Edge Canary for desktops on Windows, macOS, and Linux - 91.0.858.0.
Mozilla will remove FTP support in Firefox 90
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) follows Adobe Flash on being kicked out of modern browsers. Mozilla Foundation announced the upcoming removal of this ancient protocol in Firefox 88 and Firefox 90.
Edge’s updates, extensions, and other parts are broken right now
Yesterday, Microsoft released the Edge 90 update to all users in the stable channel. Unfortunately, things did not go well. Many users, including us, now face severe issues with different browser components.
Microsoft invites more insiders to test Edge on iOS
A couple of weeks ago, Microsoft announced its plans to merge Edge's code between several platforms on desktop and mobile. This change will help the company speed up the development process, as Microsoft needs to code a single feature three times to make it available across supported platforms. The first time it is is for desktop, the second is for Android on an older Chromium release, and the third one for iOS with a completely different rendering engine.
