Microsoft has announced that the new design OneDrive 3.0 will be available to everyone before the end of February. The functionality will differ from the OneDrive for Business version (which now looks the same), but the look will be identical.
Microsoft Edge for Android is getting extension support
Shortly after Firefox, Edge mobile is getting support for extensions. Microsoft is already testing the new capabilities with a small select group of users.
Tab auto grouping in Edge leaks your open sites to Microsoft
Since March, Microsoft is testing the tab auto grouping feature in the Edge browser. By selecting the "group similar tabs" in the tab menu, you can make it create several tab groups united by the topic and domain. However, Microsoft forgot to mention that this feature will send URLs of open websites to their servers.
New Windows 11 setup UI is actually 10 years old
With build 26040, Microsoft introduced a new setup experience that looks fresh and re-arranges some of the elements in the UI. However, users quickly discovered that traces of this new interface go as far back as pre-release Windows 10 builds.
Windows 11 now removes WordPad on build upgrade
Microsoft is following their plan to kill WordPad in Windows 11. Earlier, build 26020 excluded the app from clean installs. The newer build 26040 now removes WordPad even if you do an upgrade.
With KB5034204, Edge forcibly imports Chrome tabs, here’s a workaround
After installing the KB5034204 update for Windows 11, the Microsoft Edge browser automatically opens all tabs from Chrome. It silently imports them even if you have earlier disabled the appropriate option.
Windows 11’s setup program has received a visual refresh
Windows setup program is part of the user interface that an average user doesn't see frequently. So it rarely gets visual updates. The current installation wizard didn't change much from what the company created in Longhorn days, and then used from Vista to Windows 11. Several dialogs with the "Windows Basic" theme borders survived over years through a variety of OS releases. Now, the Redmond firm has decided to show some love to the now-classic UI.
WMIC is now disabled by default on Windows 11
Microsoft has disabled by default the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMIC) command-line tool. Currently, in Windows 11, WMIC is accessible as a feature on demand (FOD) which is available out of the box, but it will be deactivated in the next update.
Windows 11 Build 26040 updates everything and all in Setup and OOBE
Microsoft today released Windows 11 Build 26040 to Insiders in the Canary channel. It comes with a huge number of new features and improvements. You will find a new UI in the setup program, a new Task Manager icon, Narrator and screen casting issues, a new compression wizard for picking the archive format, Voice Clarity for more devices, and much more!
FTC investigates Microsoft, Google, and Amazon investments into OpenAI and Anthropic
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has initiated investigations into OpenAI, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, and Anthropic, according to Reuters. The agency has requested information from these companies regarding recent investments and partnerships related to generative artificial intelligence and cloud service providers.
