Microsoft is rolling Microsoft Edge 127 stable, version 127.0.2651.86. It comes with it several bug fixes, performance improvements, and one change related to branding.
Windows 11 Build 22635.4005 (Beta) comes with stability improvements
A new Beta channel release, Windows 11 Build 22635.4005 (KB5040555), comes with several fixes and general improvements. There are no new features this time.
Windows 11 will allow you to easily change mouse wheel scrolling direction
Starting in Windows 11 Build 26257 Canary, you can change the direction of mouse wheel scrolling in the Settings app. Previously, this required manually editing the operating system registry .
Firefox is getting automatic Picture-in-Picture mode
Firefox 130, which is currently in Nightly and is expected to be released on September 3, will be able to automatically open picture-in-picture when switching from the tab where the video is displayed. So if you were watching something, but switched the tab, the video will open in a flyout. After returning to the original tab with the video, the picture-in-picture mode will be automatically disabled.
Latest Bing update puts an emphasis on AI-powered results
Microsoft has unveiled a major update to its Bing search engine that dramatically changes the search results page. The page will now display a detailed answer generated by artificial intelligence based on millions of sources. Next, it will list the sources that the AI used to generate the answer so you can verify the information or learn more.
Winget now allows downloading app packages for installing them on demand
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.
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.
