You can reduce taskbar updates for News and Interests in Windows 10. The new News and Interests widget includes an extra option to allow you to save bandwidth. By default this feature is disabled, but it is easy to enable it.
Category: Windows 10
Make News and Interests Open Links in Chrome on Windows 10
It is finally possible to make News and Interests open links in Chrome, or even in any other web browser of your choice. For that, you can use the same trick as you might have been using for Cortana, to redirect its web content to your favorite browser.
Microsoft quietly fixed game performance issues in the latest Windows 10 updates
Some users have been complaining since the last month about the gaming performance issues in the latest Windows 10 cumulative updates. Although such reports appear literally every month, this time, the thing turned out to be legit. In fact, even NVIDIA recommended that its users uninstall the latest update to fix performance dips. Microsoft also stepped in and came up with a solution. The company applied the Known Issues Rollback feature that fixes problems in Windows Updates before they reach millions of computers worldwide. Microsoft has detailed the patch on the official Windows Health Dashboard.
Windows 10 has got an option to turn on or off Aero Shake
Recently, we covered the upcoming toggle option that allows quickly disabling on enabling Aero Shake in Windows 10. It was hidden by that time. This has finally changed, and the option is now available in Windows 10 build 21364.
Microsoft is now rolling out News and interests to everyone
Microsoft has finished testing its News and Interest taskbar widget. Microsoft says will begin rolling out to customers over the next several weeks. First it will be included in April 2021 cumulative update preview for Windows 10. After that it will become available to everyone via May 2021 cumulative updates.
How to Enable or Disable Eco Mode for an App in Windows 10
Starting in Windows 10 build 21364, you can enable or disable Eco Mode for an app in Task Manager. Eco Mode is a new feature which allows users to throttle process resources. It will also help to find apps that are already running in Eco mode.
Windows 10 Build 21364 allows running Linux GUI applications
Microsoft today released Windows 10 Build 21364 to Insiders in the Dev channel. It includes the first preview of GUI app support on the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Also, there are a number of Task Manager improvements.
Disable Update and restart and Update and shut down in Windows 10
You can disable Update and restart and Update and shut down commands in the Start Menu in Windows 10 if you find them annoying. Once you follow the instructions in this post, they will never appear in power options and in the right-click menu of the Start button.
Microsoft will revive the Store app in Windows 10, will accept classic apps
Microsoft is reportedly reviving the Microsoft Store with a new user interface and app submission policy. The information comes from Windows Central, which was able to contact an internal source at Microsoft.
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.
