Microsoft has released Windows 11 build 25295 to Insiders in the Dev channel. The release is bringing up with it the ability to quickly copy two-factor authentication codes from notification toasts, makes the new taskbar Search available to everyone, and also includes a good number of fixes and general improvements.
Chrome 110 adds biometric authentication to its password manager, fixes 15 vulnerabilities
Google Chrome 110 is available in the stable channel, and comes with several improvements and enhancements. It now supports NVIDIA's RTX Super Resolution technology, allows using biometric authentication before activating password auto-fill, adds a new offline work warning page to web apps, allows styling the picture-in-picture window, and shrinks the User Agent string even more.
Microsoft officially retires MSDT and some legacy Windows troubleshooters
Earlier, we reported that Microsoft was about to retire Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool, based on a hidden banner added to the app in Insider builds of Windows 11. The company has finally confirmed the change, and also revealed that they will also discontinue some of the classic troubleshooters. The latter include Speech and Keyboard troubleshooters, and more.
Microsoft Edge to use the Adobe Acrobat’s PDF renderer
Microsoft is about to improve Edge with a better PDF viewer. This time it will be based on Adobe Acrobat. It will make the browser more compatible with PDF as well as improve its security and performance.
How to disable Discover Bing button in Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge includes a Discover feature that draws a Bing icon in the toolbar. Depending on your browser version, it may appear as a purple star icon. The button sits in the top right corner where the menu button used to be. if you find no use for the Discover feature, here is how to disable it.
Microsoft has officially announced new ChatGPT-powered Bing
Microsoft has announced a new version of the Bing search engine that comes bundled with the latest version of the ChatGPT chatbot from OpenAI. As you could expect, Microsoft Edge will also have AI-powered features via tighter integration with Bing.
Paint has got an updated Image Properties dialog in the Dev channel
Insiders who run Windows 11 in the Dev channel started to receive a newer Paint app. While it doesn't bring with it any drastic UI change, there is an updated properties dialog. It better fits the appearance of the OS and doesn't look aged.
Microsoft to host a special event on integrating ChatGPT into Bing
Microsoft has announced a special press event to be held at the company's headquarters in Redmond. The event will be in-person, at starts February 7, at 10AM PT / 1PM ET / 21:00 UTC+3. It is assumed that they will talk about the rumored ChatGPT integration into Bing and its broader partnership with OpenAI, although there is no official confirmation yet.
Cloudflare: Firefox has 5.9% share on the browser market
According to Cloudflare Radar, Firefox's share rose to 5.9%, showing an increase of 0.1% in the last 7 days and 0.11% in a month. The share of Chrome is 30.3%, Chrome Mobile - 26.7%, Mobile Safari - 11.1%, Chrome Mobile Webview - 6.1%, Edge - 4.7%, Facebook - 3.4%, Safari - 3.4%. These values are much different from Statcounter, which currently shows Firefox's share is declining to 3%.
Microsoft Edge’s new “Discover” feature adds even more promoted content to the browser
The latest Insider Preview releases of Edge sport a new feature called "Discover". It appears are a new button next to the menu button with a glowing star. Clicking it displays a huge pane with some content you would find interesting to learn, of course in opinion of the browser.
