In a new blog post, Microsoft announced that "no less than 14" different areas of the user interface in Microsoft Edge now use WebUI 2.0 instead of React. They include components like Favorites, Browser Essentials, Downloads, and more. As a result, they load up to 40% faster than before on average. Here is an example showing Microsoft Edge opening the downloads interface over 50% faster:

Here is another example that shows a massive performance improvement when loading Browser Essentials:

Microsoft says these performance improvements were made possible by minimizing the size of code bundles and the amount of unnecessarily shared code between components:

In this project, we built an entirely new markup-first architecture that minimizes the size of our bundles of code, and the amount of JavaScript code that runs during the initialization path of the UI. This new internal UI architecture is more modular, and we now rely on a repository of web components that are tuned for performance on modern web engines. 

Although Edge already has many of its UI parts based on WebUI 2.0, there are still plenty of components left to upgrade. Future Microsoft Edge updates will bring WebUI 2.0 to other important interface areas like the Settings section, print preview, Read Aloud, and more.

All these performance improvements are available in Microsoft Edge 132, which was released in January 2025. To check your Microsoft Edge version, head to edge://settings/help or edge://version. In other news, Microsoft also shipped a big update for Edge's built-in Surf game, which now features more customization, a new game mode, reworked graphics, and more.

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With this new feature, you can ask Copilot to display to-do items in a table or organize emails with columns for the sender and subject line. It also comes in handy when you need to combine data from different sources, such as public stats from the web, internal documents, organizational details, or tables from another Excel file.

To try this feature, you'll need Windows (Build 17729.20000 or later) or Mac (Build 24053110 or later), a Copilot license, web search enabled, and a stable internet connection. Using the new feature is as simple as the following:

1. On the Home tab in Excel, select Copilot.
2. Ask Copilot a question about the data you are looking for.
3. Ask follow-up questions until you're satisfied with the results.

 

Note: For results from external data, make sure you see reference(s) at the end of the response.

Microsoft says this update to Copilot in Excel will be coming to the web soon. There are some limitations, such as refreshable data imports only working for Excel files with tables stored on SharePoint or OneDrive and limited support for handling workbook and external data simultaneously.

Copilot in Excel has received several updates in recent months. For example, there's now a Clean Data feature that fixes issues like text/number inconsistencies.

In March last year, Microsoft added an update that allowed users to speak with Copilot directly instead of typing manually. In November, Copilot was integrated into the Excel start experience, enabling users to explain what they want to create and receive improvement suggestions.

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Also, Firefox 135.0.1 includes a single security fix. It patches the CVE-2025-1414 security vulnerability involving memory safety bugs discovered in Firefox 135.0.

Here is the complete changelog:

Version 135.0.1, first offered to Release channel users on February 18, 2025

 

• Fixed drop-down menus being unusable on some sites relying on certain mousemove event behavior. (Bug 1944191)
• Fixed scrolling to the wrong location with anchor tags in some situations. (Bug 1946899)
• Fixed being unable to restore closed windows and tabs via the History menu when upgrading from an older Firefox version. (Bug 1947503)
• Fixed broken search functionality when updating to Firefox 135 with a custom search engine with an overly-large icon installed. (Bug 1946156)
• Security fix.

You can update Firefox to the latest version by clicking Menu > Help > About Firefox. The browser is available on all platforms on the official website, plus Windows users can get it from the Microsoft Store for extra convenience. Full release notes for Firefox 135.0.1 are available on the official website, and you can click here to learn more about the recent Firefox 135.0 update.

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The discontinued Windows 95, 98, and Me support is not the main change in AIDA 7.60, of course, even though it is quite impressive that they were still supported. More important and relevant changes in the update include two new themes for dark mode, support for AMD's upcoming RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT graphics cards, support for Nvidia's RTX 50 series (likely the upcoming RTX 5070 Ti, which launches later this month), improvements for Intel's 800 series motherboards and Arrow Lake Chips, and more. Here is the changelog:

The latest AIDA64 update introduces green and purple dark themes, support for Turing LCD screens, and supports the latest graphics and GPGPU computing technologies by AMD, Intel and nVIDIA.

 

New features & improvements

 

• Green and purple dark themes
• Asus ROG Ryujin III Series LCD support
• Turing (Turzx) LCD support
• Enhanced support for B840, B850 and B860 chipset motherboards
• Corsair HX1200i 2023 PSU sensor support
• Kernel driver security improvements
• Improved support for Intel Arrow Lake-H and Arrow Lake-U processors
• GPU details for AMD Radeon RX 9070 and Radeon RX 9070 XT
• GPU details for nVIDIA GeForce RTX 5000 Series
• Discontinued support for Windows 95, 98, Me

AIDA64 7.60 is available as a free update for all existing users. You can purchase the app on the official website (starting at $59.95) or try a free trial for a limited time. Full release notes for version 7.60 are available here.

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Microsoft's Notepad has been around for over four decades. The simple text editor has remained largely unchanged for much of that time, though it has seen a surge in development of late. For example, Notepad now supports character count. One constant people have been able to count on is that Notepad is free and does not require an account. Both of those have now come into question, though the situation is not as bad as it once appeared.

Notepad now includes a prompt to sign in to a Microsoft account, an addition that drew worry and criticism. But the prompt only refers to those who want to use the AI-powered Rewrite feature. You can still use Notepad without a Microsoft account or a paid Microsoft 365 plan. I've also seen a separate prompt to sign up for a Microsoft 365 Personal or Microsoft 365 Family account when trying to use Rewrite within Notepad. Notably, both those plans require payment.

You don't have to use Rewrite to use Notepad as a text editor. In fact, you can disable the feature altogether and won't even see an icon for it within Notepad. Still, the icon and prompts related to Rewrite could be viewed as ads. Trying to use Rewrite if you do not have a paid subscription will ultimately lead to a page for subscribing to Microsoft 365, or at least that's what happened in my testing.

One of the new prompts was spotted by X users TheBobPony.

Dynamic updates bring improvements to the Windows Recovery in the form of Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) updates, also called Safe OS updates, as well as to the Setup binaries in the form of Setup updates. The dynamic updates for Windows 11 24H2 also apply to Server 2025 as well.

First we have the Setup updates. Microsoft writes:

KB5053424: Setup Dynamic Update for Windows 11, version 24H2 and Windows Server 2025: February 11, 2025

 

Summary

 

This update makes improvements to Windows setup binaries or any files that setup uses for feature updates in Windows 11, version 24H2 and Windows Server 2025.

 

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KB5053485: Setup Dynamic Update for Windows 11, version 22H2 and 23H2: February 11, 2025

 

Summary

 

This update makes improvements to Windows setup binaries or any files that setup uses for feature updates in Windows 11, version 22H2 and Windows 11, version 23H2.

And about the WinRE updates Microsoft writes:

KB5053426: Safe OS Dynamic Update for Windows 11, version 24H2 and Windows Server 2025: February 11, 2025

 

Summary

 

This update makes improvements to the Windows recovery environment in Windows 11, version 24H2 and Windows Server 2025.

 

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KB5052424: Safe OS Dynamic Update for Windows 11, version 22H2 and 23H2: February 11, 2025

 

Summary

 

This update makes improvements to the Windows recovery environment in Windows 11, version 22H2 and Windows 11, version 23H2.

For those who may not be aware, these Dynamic Update packages are meant to be applied to existing Windows images prior to their deployment. In a Tech Community blog post about Windows 10 Dynamic Updates, Microsoft explained Dynamic Updates in more detail regarding its various components and uses. These packages include fixes to Setup.exe binaries, SafeOS updates for Windows Recovery Environment, and more:

As soon as a Windows 10 feature update initiates, whether from media or a Windows Update service-connected environment, Dynamic Update is one of the first steps invoked. Windows 10 Setup reaches out to an Internet-facing URL hosted by Microsoft to fetch Dynamic Update content, then applies those updates to your OS installation media.

 

Content acquired includes:

 

• Setup Updates: Fixes to Setup binaries or any files that Setup uses for feature updates.
• Safe OS Updates: Fixes for the "safe OS" that are used to update Windows recovery environment (WinRE).

 

In addition to these updates, Dynamic Update will preserve Language Pack (LP) and Features on Demand (FODs) content during the upgrade process. These are not updates to LPs and FODs, but reacquisition to ensure the user has these elements present with the update completes.

The Setup updates are available for manual downloading from the Windows Update Catalog website. You can find them here: KB5053424 / KB5053485. You can also avail of the WinRE updates manually there at KB5053426 / KB5052424.

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This is a problem for many users, especially for users who run systems with hardware that is not compatible with Microsoft's official list of supported hardware for Windows 11.

One way out of this is to extend support via ESU.

What is ESU? Extended Security Updates were introduced by Microsoft for Windows 7. Organizations could pay Microsoft to extend support for up to three years.

For Windows 10, Microsoft widened the ESU-program to also include home users. Microsoft charges home customers $30 for a year of extended security updates. Notably, Microsoft is limiting the offer to a single year. Business customers on the other hand may extend support for three or even more years.

Windows 7 ESU Bypass hack

Back when Microsoft announced ESU for Windows 7, bypasses were discovered that enabled these updates on any Windows 7 machines, even home systems and devices that did not join ESU officially.

What this meant was that devices would continue to receive updates from Microsoft, even after the official end of support. These continue to work five years after Microsoft ended support for Windows 7 officially. While there are some limitations, only 64-bit Windows 7 remains supported, the bypass continues to work as to this day.

Windows 8 did not get any ESU.

Windows 10 ESU-bypass

Windows 10 customers may extend support for one or three years, depending on whether they are a consumer or business.

Preliminary tests show that Bypass ESU is working on Windows 10 devices as well. This would unlock security updates after October 2024 on systems on which the patch is installed.

The only downside, apart from the question of legality, is that Windows 10 Home updates cannot be extended for more than one year. Devices that run Windows 10 Pro on the other hand support at least three years of ESU updates in theory.

Closing Words

The end of Windows 10 support impacts millions of PC users significantly. While millions of Windows 10 PCs can be upgraded to Windows 11, tens of millions can't because of the altered system requirements of Windows 11.

These customers need to make a decision regarding the future of the device. ESU is one option to extend support, especially if the device is working perfectly fine. Another is to use the services of the micro-patching company 0Patch instead. For about $30 per year, 0Patch promises to release security patches for Windows 10 until at least 2030.

Now You: do you still run Windows 10 on your PC? What is your plan for October 2024? Feel free to leave a comment down below.

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Fortunately, there is no need to wait for Microsoft to fix its operating system. Third-party app Windhawk is a treasure trove of useful Windows mods, and one of them lets you have Windows 11's Start menu just as it should have been in the first place: Windows 10's convenience and Windows 11's fancy design.

What I miss from the days of Windows 10 is how it allowed me to have the list of all apps and pinned tiles all on one screen with no need to switch between any views. On Windows 11, however, the Start menu defaults to an area with pinned apps and recommendations (that might soon go away), and opening the list of all apps requires making another click. With this mod, however, you can have all your app pins at the center, the list of all apps to the left, and recommended content to the right—no more extra clicks just to find that one app in the list.

Here is what you need to have the same Start menu layout on your system:

1. Download and install Windhawk from the official website.
2. Find the "Windows 11 Start Menu Styler" mod and install it.
3. Once installed, go to the "Advanced" tab and paste the code from the "Modern Start Menu" section on this page. If you want the Start menu without the Recommended section, use the code from the "Start Menu without Recommended" section.

   

4. Click Save, then Load.
5. Open the Start menu and enjoy the much more convenient layout.

The best part about this thing is that it is highly customizable, and you can tweak literally every part, assuming you can figure out what each parameter and its value do. However, even as is, it is a much better alternative to the stock Windows 11 Start menu. That, of course, is if you trust third-party tweaks and mods.

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Over on the blue side though, the tech giant has surprisingly removed several Intel SKUs from this new list even though they should technically be supported on 24H2 as they fulfill the official system requirements criteria. So as of now, Microsoft no longer supports these parts on new machines, at least on paper.

For starters, Ice Lake U and Y (Intel 10th Gen mobile) and Comet Lake (Intel 10th Gen desktop and mobile) SKUs have been dumped. Support for 8th and 9th Gen parts (Cofee Lake) have been dropped too. We have compiled the list of removed 10th Gen, 9th Gen, and 8th Gen processors below:

10th Gen

• Intel® Core™ i3-1000G1
• Intel® Core™ i3-1000G4
• Intel® Core™ i3-1005G1

• Intel® Core™ i3-10300T

• Intel Core™ i3-10305

• Intel® Core™ i3 10305T

• Intel® Core™ i3-10320

• Intel® Core™ i3-10325

• Intel® Core™ i3-10300
• Intel® Core™ i3-10100
• Intel® Core™ i3-10100E
• Intel® Core™ i3-10100F
• Intel® Core™ i3-10100T
• Intel® Core™ i3-10100TE
• Intel® Core™ i3-10100Y
• Intel® Core™ i3-10110Y
• Intel® Core™ i3-10105
• Intel® Core™ i3-10105F
• Intel® Core™ i3-10105T
• Intel® Core™ i3-10110U

• Intel® Core™ i5-10210U

• Intel® Core™ i5 10210Y

• Intel® Core™ i5-10300H

• Intel® Core™ i5 1030G4

• Intel® Core™ i5-1030G7

• Intel® Core™ i5 10310U

• Intel® Core™ i5-10310Y

• Intel® Core™ i5-1035G1

• Intel® Core™ i5-1035G4

• Intel® Core™ i5-1035G7

• Intel® Core™ i5-1038NG7

• Intel® Core™ i5-10400

• Intel® Core™ i5-10400F

• Intel® Core™ i5-10400H

• Intel® Core™ i5-10400T

• Intel Core™ i5-10500

• Intel® Core™ i5-10500E

• Intel® Core™ i5-10500H

• Intel® Core™ i5-10500T

• Intel® Core™ i5-10500TE

• Intel® Core™ i5-10505

• Intel® Core™ i5-10600

• Intel® Core™ i5-10600K

• Intel® Core™ i5-10600KF

• Intel® Core™ i5-10600T

• Intel Core™ i7-10510U

• Intel® Core™ i7-10510Y

• Intel® Core™ i7-1060G7

• Intel® Core™ i7-10610U

• Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7

• Intel® Core™ i7-1068G7

• Intel® Core™ i7-1068NG7

• Intel® Core™ i7-10700

• Intel® Core™ i7-10700E

• Intel® Core™ i7-10700F

• Intel® Core™ i7-10700K

• Intel® Core™ i7-10700KF

• Intel® Core™ i7-10700T

• Intel® Core™ i7-10700TE

• Intel® Core™ i7-10710U

• Intel® Core™ i7-10750H

• Intel® Core™ i7-10810U

• Intel® Core™ i7-10850H

• Intel® Core™ i7-10870H

• Intel® Core™ i7-10875H

• Intel® Core™ i9-10850K

• Intel® Core™ i9-10885H

• Intel® Core™ i9-10900

• Intel® Core™ i9-10900E

• Intel® Core™ i9-10900F

• Intel® Core™ i9-10900K

• Intel® Core™ i9-10900KF

• Intel® Core™ i9-10900T

• Intel® Core™ i9-10900TE

• Intel® Core™ i9-10900X

• Intel® Core™ i9-10920X

• Intel® Core™ i9-10940X

• Intel® Core™ i9-10980HK

• Intel® Core™ i9-10980XE

9th & 8th Gen:

• Intel® Core™ i5-8200Y
• Intel® Core™ i5-8210Y
• Intel® Core™ i5-8250U
• Intel® Core™ i5-8257U
• Intel® Core™ i5-8259U
• Intel® Core™ i5-8260U
• Intel® Core™ i5-8265U
• Intel® Core™ i5-8269U
• Intel® Core™ i5-8279U
• Intel® Core™ i5-8300H
• Intel® Core™ i5-8305G
• Intel® Core™ i5-8310Y
• Intel® Core™ i5-8350U
• Intel® Core™ i5-8365U
• Intel® Core™ i5-8365UE
• Intel® Core™ i5-8400
• Intel® Core™ i5-8400B
• Intel® Core™ i5-8400H
• Intel® Core™ i5-8400T
• Intel® Core™ i5-8500
• Intel® Core™ i5-8500B
• Intel® Core™ i5-8500T
• Intel® Core™ i5-8600
• Intel® Core™ i5-8600K
• Intel® Core™ i5-8600T
• Intel® Core™ i5-9300H
• Intel® Core™ i5-9300HF
• Intel® Core™ i5-9400
• Intel® Core™ i5-9400F
• Intel® Core™ i5-9400H
• Intel® Core™ i5-9400T
• Intel® Core™ i5-9500
• Intel® Core™ i5-9500E
• Intel® Core™ i5-9500F
• Intel® Core™ i5-9500T
• Intel® Core™ i5-9500TE
• Intel® Core™ i5-9600
• Intel® Core™ i5-9600K
• Intel® Core™ i5-9600KF
• Intel® Core™ i5-9600T
• Intel® Core™ i9-8950HK
• Intel® Core™ i9-9820X
• Intel® Core™ i9-9880H
• Intel® Core™ i9-9900
• Intel® Core™ i9-9900K
• Intel® Core™ i9-9900KF
• Intel® Core™ i9-9900KS
• Intel® Core™ i9-9900T
• Intel® Core™ i9-9900X
• Intel® Core™ i9-9920X
• Intel® Core™ i9-9940X
• Intel® Core™ i9-9960X
• Intel® Core™ i9-9980HK
• Intel® Core™ i9-9980XE
• Intel® Core™ m3-8100Y
• Intel® Core™ i7-8086K
• Intel® Core™ i7-8500Y
• Intel® Core™ i7-8550U
• Intel® Core™ i7-8557U
• Intel® Core™ i7-8559U
• Intel® Core™ i7-8565U
• Intel® Core™ i7-8569U
• Intel® Core™ i7-8650U
• Intel® Core™ i7-8665U
• Intel® Core™ i7-8665UE
• Intel® Core™ i7-8700
• Intel® Core™ i7-8700B
• Intel® Core™ i7-8700K
• Intel® Core™ i7-8700T
• Intel® Core™ i7-8705G
• Intel® Core™ i7-8706G
• Intel® Core™ i7-8709G
• Intel® Core™ i7-8750H
• Intel® Core™ i7-8809G
• Intel® Core™ i7-8850H
• Intel® Core™ i7-9700
• Intel® Core™ i7-9700E
• Intel® Core™ i7-9700F
• Intel® Core™ i7-9700K
• Intel® Core™ i7-9700KF
• Intel® Core™ i7-9700T
• Intel® Core™ i7-9700TE
• Intel® Core™ i7-9750H
• Intel® Core™ i7-9750HF
• Intel® Core™ i7-9800X
• Intel® Core™ i7-9850H
• Intel® Core™ i7-9850HE

And in terms of SKUs that are new on the list, Intel has added the Core UL and HL Raptor Lake (series 1) mobile parts as well as the "Core 3 100U with IPU" to the list. Finally, Intel Atom embedded CPUs have been added.

You can find the full list here on Microsoft's official website. If your Intel CPU is on the list for 24H2, the SKU should work on the previous Windows 11 versions as well.

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Neowin noticed today that at long last Microsoft has also released a new list of supported AMD and Intel processors for Windows 11 24H2. The company has finally added AMD's Ryzen 8000 series desktop and mobile parts, something which we had pointed out earlier.

However, the support list is still missing Ryzen 9000 desktop, and Ryzen AI Max+ as well as 300 series parts. While the former was announced at CES 2025 earlier this year, the latter was released back in June last year at Computex 2024. This was even before Windows 11 24H2 was generally available and thus they should have been on the list.

We are not entirely sure who is more to blame for this, if it is AMD or Microsoft. However, this is hardly the first time that support for an AMD chip is late or strange as we pointed out above, and also previously with the Ryzen 7320U in terms of Windows 10 support.

Here are the new AMD CPUs that are now officially on the Windows 11 24H2 support list:

• AMD Ryzen™ 7 8700G

• AMD Ryzen™ 5 8500G

• AMD Ryzen™ 5 8500GE

• AMD Ryzen™ 5 8600G

• AMD Ryzen™ 5 PRO 8540U
• AMD Ryzen™ 7 PRO 8700G

• AMD Ryzen™ 5 PRO 8600G

• AMD Ryzen™ 5 PRO 8600GE
• AMD Ryzen™ 5 PRO 8500G
• AMD Ryzen™ 5 PRO 8640HS
• AMD Ryzen™ 5 PRO 8640U
• AMD Ryzen™ 5 PRO 8645HS
• AMD Ryzen™ 7 PRO 8840HS
• AMD Ryzen™ 7 PRO 8840U
• AMD Ryzen™ 7 PRO 8845HS
• AMD Ryzen™ 7 PRO 8945HS

You can find the full list here on Microsoft's official website. If your AMD CPU is on the list for 24H2, the SKU should work on the previous Windows 11 versions as well.

Over on the Intel side though, things have gotten trickier. Microsoft has removed several Intel processors that should in theory work on Windows 11 24H2. You can read about it in this dedicated article.

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Microsoft announced the end of the Location History feature in the latest Windows 11 preview build for Dev and Beta insiders. In a nutshell, this API is responsible for collecting and storing your device's location data for the last 24 hours. Cortana and other apps with the corresponding access to the API can get stored location data without requesting new positions (the API is limited to 3,600 positions) and provide users with relevant information, recommendations, geo-based reminders, etc.

Here is what Microsoft says about the upcoming change:

We are deprecating and removing the Location History feature, an API that allowed Cortana to access 24 hours of device history when location was enabled. With the removal of the Location History feature, location data will no longer be saved locally and the corresponding settings will also be removed from the Privacy & Security > Location page in Settings.

As of right now, you can find Location History and related options in Settings > Privacy & Security > Location. Note that the change will not affect Windows 11's ability to receive your device location to provide relevant information. The only change is that data is no longer stored.

Some of the other recently deprecated features include Suggested Actions (really handy, but, apparently, barely used by anyone feature), Paint3D, Legacy DRM services, and more. You can find the entire list of deprecated Windows features in the official documentation here.

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Following that, Microsoft has confirmed another such issue has been resolved. Back in October last year, the tech giant had blocked Windows 11 24H2 on some Asus PCs. Such systems were running into a blue screen of death (BSOD) error when trying to perform the upgrade.

While Microsoft has stated that the safeguard is still in place, the company has also assured that it will be lifted slowly but surely. However, what exactly caused the issue has still not been explained.

The update is being pushed via a BIOS update on the affected Asus laptop models, X415KA and X515KA. However, users will not have to worry about manually updating the firmware as it is being pushed via the Windows Update channel.

Microsoft explains:

Resolution:

 

This issue has been resolved with a BIOS update provided by ASUS. Devices with ASUS models X415KA and X515KA running a BIOS version lower than 311 will need to install the latest BIOS update to remove the safeguard and proceed with the Windows 11, version 24H2 upgrade. The BIOS update is categorized as a Critical Update (CU) and is available through Windows Update.

 

While the safeguard remains in place, it will gradually be lifted as more devices receive the update. Users are advised to check for updates in Settings > Windows Update and install all available updates to ensure compatibility with Windows 11, version 24H2.

You can find the issue here on the Windows health dashboard page on Microsoft's official website.

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Here is the changelog:

New features gradually being rolled out to the Dev Channel with toggle on

 

Ability to seamlessly resume OneDrive files in 1-click from your phone to PC

 

We are gradually rolling out the ability to seamlessly resume working on OneDrive files from your phone (iOS and Android) on your Windows 11 PC with a single click. With this feature, you will get a notification asking you if you want to pick up where you left off editing a OneDrive file like a Word doc that you last viewed or edited on your phone within a 5-minute time window preceding unlocking your PC.

 

Upon clicking on this notification, the same file that you were viewing or editing previously on your phone will open in your default browser on your PC.

 

Here are some important details about how this feature works:

 

• This feature works only when signing into OneDrive with a Microsoft account. Work and school accounts are not supported. And you need to be using the same Microsoft account signing into OneDrive on your phone and signing into your Windows 11 PC.
• This feature supports Word docs, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, OneNote notebooks/pages, and PDFs.
• The OneDrive file must be opened on your phone when your PC is locked. If you then unlock your PC within 5 minutes of accessing the file on your phone, you will receive the resume notification as noted above.
• For the best experience using this feature, you should be logged into OneDrive in your default browser on your PC.

 

This feature can be managed and turned off via Settings > Apps > Resume.

Here are the changes that Microsoft is rolling out gradually to Insiders:

Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out to the Dev Channel with toggle on

 

[Recall (Preview)]

 

Recall is currently available in preview for Windows Insiders on Windows 11, version 24H2 in the Dev and Beta Channels on Copilot+ PCs.

 

• We’re improving Recall on the next update. This important update will improve your experience. As part of this upcoming update, your existing snapshots will be deleted.
• Recall filtering options are now easily accessible via the Recall system tray flyout instead of having to set filtering directly in Settings.

[Taskbar & System Tray]

 

• We are rolling out the ability to share files directly from the jump lists on the taskbar, which appears when you right-click on an app with a jump list like Notepad the taskbar.

[Snap]

 

• We are introducing an improvement to Snap in Windows 11 aimed at driving contextual learning and discovery of the feature. Inline messaging will now appear when you accidentally invoke the Snap Bar when dragging an app to the top middle of your desktop or Snap Flyout when hovering over the Minimize or Maximize button of an app. This messaging is designed to provide guidance on snapping app windows and educating users on the keyboard shortcuts for quickly snapping app windows in the future. We are trying several variants of this experience out.

[File Explorer]

 

• When “Restore previous folder windows at logon” is enabled in File Explorer, we will also now restore all the extra tabs which you previously had open in each File Explorer window. As part of this work, we have also updated the logic for the “Automatically save my restartable apps and restart them when I sign back in” setting via Settings > Accounts > Sign in options, so that when you enable this, we will automatically enable the File Explorer specific setting for you too.
• We’re adding a new option to snooze or turn off the “Start backup” reminder in the File Explorer address bar, for those that aren’t already backing up their Documents, Pictures, or Desktop folders. This option is available when you right-click “Start backup”.

 

[Spotlight on the lock screen]

 

• We’re trying out a few different treatments for the top right hotspot (“Like the image that you see”) on the lock screen. You can now learn more about the spotlight image on your lock screen by clicking on the “Like icon” that takes you to the Spotlight landing page.

 

[Spotlight on the desktop]

 

• We’re beginning to roll out some changes to the Desktop Spotlight icon interaction model for Windows Insiders. You can now quickly and easily discover more information about your background image by simply hovering over or clicking on the “Learn about this picture” icon on your desktop.
• We’re beginning to roll out some additional changes to the Desktop Spotlight icon for Windows Insiders to help with discoverability including changes to the icon color/backplate and moving the icon to the bottom right position on your desktop.

 

[Settings]

 

• Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass subscribers coming to Settings homepage will begin to see a new card for referring a PC Game Pass subscription to their friends to try PC Game Pass for free. This new card will only appear on the Settings homepage if you’re signed into your PC with your Microsoft account and meet the required eligibility criteria.

  

• We are temporarily disabling the Settings homepage for commercial customers on PCs managed by an IT administrator which began rolling out with Build 26120.3073. We plan to address some issues and roll it out again in a future flight.

 

[Other]

 

• We are removing the Location History feature, an API used by Cortana to access 24 hours of device history when location was enabled. With the removal of the Location History feature, location data will no longer be saved locally, and the corresponding settings are also being removed from Settings > Privacy & security > Location page.

There is also a list of fixes that are rolling out gradually:

Fixes gradually being rolled out to the Dev Channel with toggle on*

 

[General]

 

• Fixed the issue causing unexpectedly high DCOM CPU usage for some Insiders after opening the Performance section of Task Manager

 

[Lock screen]

 

• Fixed an issue in recent flights where if you tried to reset your password from the login screen, it wouldn’t work due to an underlying crash.

 

[File Explorer]

 

• As part of our ongoing commitment to improving File Explorer accessibility, this release includes increased support for the text scaling (via Settings > Accessibility > Text size) across File Explorer, File Open/Save dialogs and the copy dialogs.
• Fixed an issue causing the see more “…” menu in the command bar to open in the wrong direction for some resolutions.

 

[Taskbar & System Tray]

 

• Fixed an issue when using multiple monitors, where the distance between the date and time and edge of the screen wasn’t consistent.

[Improved Windows Search]

 

The following fixes are rolling out for improved Windows Search on Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs:

 

• Fixed the issue where the AI sparkle and underline animation in the File Explorer search box was not present.
• The search box on the taskbar now has the AI sparkle and underline animation just like the File Explorer search box has.

  

• Fixed the issue where In some rare cases, improved Windows search experiences may not be available and may require a reboot to start working.
• Fixed the issue where in some rare cases, File explorer search might be unresponsive and may require a reboot to start working.
• Fixed the issue where the tip about the new search improvements would appear whenever you set focus to the search box in File Explorer, rather than only once.

 

[Input]

 

• Fixed an issue where if you were using a non-default mouse color (enabled in Settings > Accessibility > Mouse pointer and touch), it may unexpectedly revert back to white when you encountered a UAC dialog.

 

[Settings]

 

• Fixed an issue causing Settings to crash on launch for some Insiders.

 

[Other]

 

• Fixed an issue for Shared PC users, where when signing in with a Guest account using Shared PC, the sign in may fail. This happened if DeviceLock password policies were configured.

And here are the changes that are now available to everyone:

[File Explorer]

 

We are disabling account-based content in File Explorer under Recent, Favorites, Details Pane, and Recommended for Entra IDs in the European Economic Area (EEA).

Known issues include the following:

[General]

 

• After you do a PC reset under Settings > System > Recovery, your build version may incorrectly show as Build 26100 instead of Build 26120. This will not prevent you from getting future Dev Channel updates which will resolve this issue.

 

[Recall]

 

The following known issues will be fixed in future updates to Windows Insiders:

 

• [NEW] Some Insiders may experience an issue where Recall is unable to automatically save snapshots, and the setting can’t be turned on in Settings. We’re working on a fix for this issue.
• [REMINDER] Make sure you update Microsoft 365 apps to the latest version so you can jump back into specific documents.
• Recall can be enabled or disabled from “Turn Windows features on or off”. We are caching the Recall binaries on disk while we test add/remove. In a future update we will completely remove the binaries.
• Some users may see a message to “Make sure Recall is saving snapshots”, while the Settings page for Recall shows saving snapshots is enabled. Reboot your device to resolve this issue.

 

[Click to Do]

 

The following known issues will be fixed in future updates to Windows Insiders:

 

• [REMINDER] If any of your actions on image entities are no longer appearing, please ensure you have the latest updates for the Photos and Paint app from the Microsoft Store.
• Sometimes additional context is given when using more intelligent text actions powered by Phi Silica.
• The intelligent text actions leverage the power of Microsoft’s secure cloud to improve your text results by ensuring prompts and responses are safe and appropriate. This data is automatically deleted. Local moderation to ensure the safety of prompts and responses will be added in the future, replacing this cloud endpoint.

 

[Live captions & real-time translation]

 

The following known issues will be fixed in future updates to Windows Insiders:

 

• Some Insiders may see a crash on first launch of live captions. Restart live captions if you encounter this issue and you will not see it again.
• If audio is playing or the microphone is enabled, switching languages will crash live captions. Stop audio when changing languages to resume captions or translations.

 

[File Explorer]

 

• We’re investigating an issue causing File Explorer to be very slow to close for some Insiders when closing using the X button. This may also have an impact on the other title bar buttons.

 

[Power and Battery]

 

• The colors in the new battery icon aren’t displayed correctly when you have your mode in Personalization > Colors set to certain options with Custom.

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The full chnagelog is given below:

Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on*

[General]

 

• This update includes a small set of general improvements and fixes that improve the overall experience for Insiders running this build on their PCs.

 

[Spotlight on the desktop]

 

• We’re beginning to roll out some additional changes to the Desktop Spotlight icon for Windows Insiders to help with discoverability including changes to the icon color/backplate and moving the icon to the bottom right position on your desktop.

Fixes gradually being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on*

[File Explorer]

 

• Did some more work to improve the performance of extracting zipped files in File Explorer, particularly when you’re unzipping a large number of small files.
• Fixed a few issues impacting File Explorer reliability for Insiders.
• Fixed an issue where opening File Explorer from the command line may result in the address bar being empty and not displaying the current path.
• Fixed an issue where you couldn’t select multiple files in the Recommended section of Home by holding Shift and clicking the files
• Fixed an issue causing the see more “…” menu in the command bar to open in the wrong direction for some resolutions.

 

[Input]

 

• Fixed an issue which could cause explorer.exe to crash when opening the input flyout sometimes.
• Fixed an issue where when using the touch keyboard on the login screen to sign in to your PC, you may unexpectedly see two touch keyboards launch.

 

[Lock screen]

 

• Fixed an issue in recent flights where if you tried to reset your password from the login screen, it wouldn’t work due to an underlying crash.

 

Known issues

 

[File Explorer]

 

• We’re investigating an issue causing File Explorer to be very slow to close for some Insiders when closing using the X button. This may also impact the other title bar buttons.

 

[Settings]

 

• There is a known issue where the two new enterprise-specific device info and accessibility preferences cards are showing up on non-managed PCs signed in with Microsoft accounts.

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Working at the intersection of Apple's newest hardware and Linux kernel development, for the benefit of a free distribution, was never going to be easy. But it's been an especially hard couple of weeks for Hector Martin, project lead for Asahi Linux, capping off years of what he describes as burnout, user entitlement, and political battles within the Linux kernel community about Rust code.

In a post on his site, "Resigning as Asahi Linux project lead," Martin summarizes his history with hardware hacking projects, including his time with the Wii homebrew scene (Team Twiizers/fail0verflow), which had its share of insistent users desperate to play pirated games. Martin shifted his focus, and when Apple unveiled its own silicon with the M1 series, Martin writes, "I realized that making it run Linux was my dream project." This time, there was no jailbreaking and a relatively open, if tricky, platform.

Support and donations came quickly. The first two years saw rapid advancement of a platform built "from scratch, with zero vendor support or documentation." Upstreaming code to the Linux kernel, across "practically every Linux subsystem," was an "incredibly frustrating experience" (emphasis Martin's).

Then came the users demanding to know when Thunderbolt, monitors over USB-C, M3/M4 support, and even CPU temperature checking would appear. Donations and pledges slowly decreased while demands increased. "It seemed the more things we accomplished, the less support we had," Martin writes.

Martin cites personal complications, along with stalking and harassment, as slowing down work through 2024, while Vulkan drivers and an emulation stack still shipped. Simultaneously, issues with pushing Rust code into the Linux kernel were brewing. Rust was "the entire reason our GPU driver was able to succeed in the time it did," Martin writes. Citing the Nova driver for Nvidia GPUs as an example, Martin writes that "More modern programming languages are better suited to writing drivers for more modern hardware with more complexity and novel challenges, unsurprisingly."

Rust may not sleep, but moves slow

Rust is a far more memory-safe coding language than the Linux kernel's native C. But getting more than 1,700 maintainers, including branch bosses, to accept Rust code after decades of work in C is no small feat. Linux lead Linus Torvalds has shifted ever-so-slightly from a "wait and see" approach in 2021 to noting in the summer of 2024 that he expected Rust updates to be faster while admitting that it's largely kernel developers' familiarity with C standing in the way. At that time, Microsoft engineer Wedson Almeida Filho resigned from the Rust for Linux project, citing "nontechnical nonsense" as the motivation.

That conflict between the energy of Rust for Linux contributors and the strictures of kernel practices collided once more this winter in an early January kernel mailing list thread about a patch with the deceptively non-controversial name "Add dma coherent allocator abstraction."

Kernel maintainer Christoph Hellwig opposed a patch that would have allowed drivers written in Rust to access the Direct Memory Access (DMA) API. "No rust code in kernel/dma, please," Hellwig wrote. After some back-and-forth about suggested alternatives, Hellwig comes out with it: "Don't force me to deal with your shiny language of the day. Maintaining multi-language projects is a pain I have no interest in dealing with." A later post by Hellwig pushed further, and his attempt to clarify that it was "a cross-language codebase" he was comparing to "cancer," not just Rust, did not likely soften its impact.

Martin, among others, was frustrated and posted on Mastodon to that effect. This led to kernel list discussion about Martin's "grandstanding, brigading, playing to the crowd, streamer drama creation or any of that." Martin (who, like others, took issue with the "brigading" accusation) responded that, "If shaming on social media does not work, then tell me what does, because I'm out of ideas." (Ars is, despite how much is quoted, doing a lot of summarizing here).

"How about you accept that maybe the problem is you," Torvalds responds. "You think you know better. But the current process works. It has problems, but problems are a fact of life. There is no perfect."

Torvalds—who has some history with out-of-scope responses, and worked to address them—suggests that if there are issues in kernel development, "social media sure as hell isn't the solution. The same way it sure as hell wasn't the solution to politics."

Moving on

Martin removed himself from the maintainers list (merged by Torvalds himself), with Sven Peter and Janne Grunau stepping up. In announcing his resignation from Asahi Linux, Martin answered as to "why we can't just let the Rust situation play out on its own over a longer period of time," keeping their work downstream until things smooth out. Developer morale, a suggested "lack of interest" a hard fork might imply, and the heavy maintenance work of maintaining such a fork that each new upstream kernel brings would all endanger both Asahi and the progress of Rust.

Martin, in an email to Ars, affirmed that he imagines himself contributing to Asahi in the future, just not as a leader. "At least I should get the Mac Pro I have sitting at home working, I don't think it's worth shipping that behemoth over to another continent just for someone else to figure out how to get the PCIe to work!"

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Now, William Devereux, Senior Product Manager at Microsoft Edge, has announced a big update for Surf. It is a major update with quite a lot of changes, which is a rare sight for stuff like this. After all, Surf is all about killing time when waiting for the internet connection to come back, but Microsoft still wants you to have fun.

With the latest update, Surf received remastered graphics (you can revert to the old version), themes, character customization, a new mode, improved navigation, and a new high score tracker. Here is the changelog:

• Remastered Graphics: Surf now features all-new graphics that retain the spirit of the original theme while leveling things up significantly.
• Themes: Prefer the original theme? You can now switch themes at any time from the new themes menu.
• Character Creator: You can now customize your player to fit your style! Choose your outfit, hairstyle, and more. We've also added fun new accessories like hats and sunglasses.
• Collector Mode: We've added a fourth mode to the game—Collector! Try to collect as many coins as you can for the highest score. Improved
• Navigation: You can now switch between game modes right from the game's homepage. It's never been easier to play Endless, Time Trial, Zig Zag, or Collector!
• High Score: Track your progress toward your high score with the new progress bar. Can you fill up the bar and beat your high score?

The updated Surf game is now available in all Microsoft Edge versions. You can launch it by navigating to edge://surf.

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I love the Windows Package Manager (also referred to as winget) so, so much. I also love PowerToys, they're my number one and two recommended Windows 11 tools you should be using. Now, finally, they are coming together as one.

As revealed by Microsoft's Kayla Cinnamon, the PowerToys team is currently cooking up a delicious integration.

Microsoft's free video editor, Clipchamp, has a handful of welcome features on the way. The updated video editor will support switching between dark and light mode, feature improved asset grouping, and have a cleaner video editor. Clipchamp will also gain timestamp support, which should all more precise editing.

The new Clipchamp features are rolling out to those using a Clipchamp Personal account this month. Those using a Work account should receive the new features in March. Microsoft announced the new features in a recent Tech Community post.

I've included the full list of changes shared by Microsoft below. My favorite addition is timestamp support. Most of the videos I make appear on social media, so I need to trim them to specific lengths and make cuts that sync with music. Doing so will be a bit easier after the update. I also appreciate the cleaner video editing experience that comes as a result of the changes.

What is the best free video editor?

Gradual rollout

The following features and improvements might not be available to all users because they will roll out gradually. Text bolded in brackets indicate the area of the change being documented.

 

• [Taskbar] New! You can now share files directly from a jump list on the taskbar. Jump lists appear when you right-click an app that has a jump list.

• [Windows Spotlight]
  • New! There’s a quick and easy way to find out more information about a background image. Simply hover over the image or click the “Learn about this picture” icon.
  • New! This update makes Windows Spotlight easier to find. You’ll notice changes to the icon color and background. Also, the icon will show at the lower right area on your desktop.

• [Lock screen] New! This update makes it easier to learn more about the image on your lock screen when you click the “Like” icon.

• [Narrator] New! There are new functions for Narrator scan mode. Skip past links (n) allows you to go to the text after a link. Use the comma (,) to jump to the start of an item (large table, long list, or another item.) Use the period (.) to jump to the end of an item. This is most helpful when you read long emails, news articles, and wiki pages. Jump to lists (l) allows you to quickly access a list on a web page or in a document. To use these new functions, turn on Narrator first (Windows logo key + Ctrl + Enter). Then turn scan mode on by pressing Caps lock + Spacebar. Note that scan mode is on by default on most web pages (like news articles, wiki page, and so on).

• [Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass subscribers] New! Some of you might see a new referral card for a PC Game Pass subscription on the Settings home page. With it, you can invite friends and family to try a PC Game Pass for free. If you qualify, the card only appears when you sign in to your PC using your Microsoft account.

• [File Explorer]
  • New! You can now snooze or turn off the “Start backup” reminder in the File Explorer address bar. This only applies if you are not already backing up your files and folder. To view this new option, right-click Start backup.
  • Fixed: When you enter a URL in the address bar, it might not go to the location.
  • Fixed: The address bar overlaps files when you use the F11 full-screen mode.
  • Fixed: The context menu opens slowly when you right-click cloud files.
  • Thumbnails for cloud files display more consistently in search results.

• [Start menu] Fixed: The colors are wrong when you open the account manager flyout menu. This occurs when you use a mixed dark and light custom mode in Settings > Personalization > Colors.

• [Mouse] Fixed: In Settings > Accessibility > Mouse pointer and touch, you can choose a color for the mouse that is not the default. When you choose a color, it reverts to white after the User Account Control (UAC) dialog appears.

Normal rollout

This update includes the following features and improvements that are rolling out as part of this update. Text bolded in brackets indicates the area of the change being documented.

 

• [File Explorer] We are disabling account-based content in File Explorer under Recent, Favorites, Details Pane, and Recommended for Entra IDs in the European Economic Area (EEA).
• [Daylight saving time (DST)] This update supports (DST) changes in Paraguay.
• [dwm.exe] Fixed: It stops responding many times.
• [Country and Operator Settings Asset] This update brings COSA profiles up to date for certain mobile operators.
• [Open Secure Shell (OpenSSH) (known issue)] Fixed: The service fails to start, which stops SSH connections. There is no detailed logging, and you must run the sshd.exe process manually.

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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 10 22H2 Build 19045.5552 (KB5052077) to the Release Preview Channel for Insiders who are on Windows 10, version 22H2.

 

This update includes the following features and improvements (items bolded in brackets indicate the area of the change being documented):

 

• [Daylight saving time (DST)] This update supports (DST) changes in Paraguay.
• [Input Method Editor (IME)]
  • Fixed: The Chinese IME stops responding when you change the font family or font size.
  • Fixed: The color contrast ratio of the Chinese IME search suggestion panel is less than you expect.
• [dwm.exe] Fixed: It stops responding many times.
• [Country and Operator Settings Asset] This update brings COSA profiles up to date for certain mobile operators.
• [Narrator]
  • Fixed: It fails to say the Chinese IME candidate window quick action buttons right.
  • Fixed: It does not say the control type for the Chinese IME suggestion opt-in item.
  • Fixed: It does not say the heading of the Chinese IME suggestion opt-in panel.
• [Open Secure Shell (OpenSSH) (known issue)] Fixed: The service fails to start, which stops SSH connections. There is no detailed logging, and you must run the sshd.exe process manually.

You can find the announcement in a post on the official Windows Blogs website.

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When sharing this result, PassMark is a bit baffled by the figure as something like this has not happened before, leading to speculation of what may be the reason, including the move from Windows 10 to 11 perhaps leading to lower performance, or the addition of more potential bloatware in the latest systems.

For those wondering how PassMark obtains these numbers from its PerformanceTest baseline scores that are uploaded by users running the benchmark, the company explains:

This graph showing year on year performance is made up of thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated bi-weekly (i.e. every two weeks). The chart is composed of data from PerformanceTest V5 to the V11. PerformanceTest V8 (released 2012) was the first version to collect single thread performance.

 

.. This graph counts the baselines submitted to us during these time period and therefore is representative of CPUs tested during this time.

Despite Microsoft's best efforts to convince that Windows 11 is faster than Windows 10, even citing somewhat silly paid studies, Neowin did not find any notable improvements on 11 vs 10, neither on an in-place upgrade nor a clean install. In fact, Windows 10 often came out on top.

We also repeated the same exercise recently for Windows 11 24H2 vs 23H2 to see the kind of progress Microsoft is making.

By digging more into the details, PassMark noticed that the majority of people are not going beyond eight cores and seem to be content with that level of performance.

To be fair to users, most games still fail to utilize beyond 16 processor threads and the rising popularity of high-resolution gaming also means that the CPU is less of a bottleneck.

On the non-gaming side, a lot more software nowadays is reliant on hardware acceleration that the GPU can provide which again means that higher core count CPUs probably don't make the most sense.

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Here are the update highlights:

This new Game Ready Driver provides the best gaming experience for the latest new games supporting DLSS 4 technology including Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Further support for new titles leveraging DLSS technology includes Avowed and Wuthering Waves. In addition, this driver supports the launch of Sid Meier's Civilization VII.

Here is the list of fixed bugs, which also includes changes from the recent hotfix:

Fixed gaming bugs:

 

• [Valorant] Game may crash when starting game
• [Final Fantasy XVI] PC may freeze when exiting game
• [Delta Force] Some PC configurations may experience performance regression when Resizable BAR is enabled

 

Fixed general bugs:

 

• [3DMark DXR Feature Test] Unusually low score for Blackwell GPUs [5062329] > Resolved a compatibility issue caused by version mismatches between current and updated dynamic link library files. [5081921]

Known bugs include the following:

• Changing state of "Display GPU Activity Icon in Notification Area" does not take effect until PC is rebooted
• [VRay 6] Unexpected Low Performance on CUDA Vpath Tests for Blackwell GPUs [4915763

You can download Nvidia's latest driver from the official website or the GeForce Experience/Nvidia App. It supports 64-bit Windows 10 and 11 with the following graphics cards:

Full release notes are available here.

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When you get the update, the first major change you’ll probably notice is the ability to switch between light and dark mode. As expected, Clipchamp will comply with your system settings, but you can override that under General in the in-app settings.

The editing interface, likely the most used part of Clipchamp, is getting a redesign that Microsoft claims is aimed at making the interface "simplistic and beginner-friendly." Notable changes focus on making navigation more straightforward.

The sidebar and timeline can now be collapsed, zooming in and out on the timeline is more precise, and full-screen playback is available. Undo and redo actions have been adjusted for better control, aspect ratios can be changed as needed, and AI-generated captions are now an option for videos.

Still on editing, Microsoft has added timestamps in this version of Clipchamp. Now, when you place your cursor on the timeline, a timestamp of your position in the video will pop up.

To make it easier to manage elements in a Clipchamp project, Microsoft is improving the grouping functionality for assets. With the update, after selecting elements like music, text, or images, you can right-click and select Group to combine them into one track item.

Grouped assets are also represented on the timeline with a thumbnail and additional details, including the number of elements in a group and an itemized count by type.

Clipchamp has come a long way since Microsoft acquired it in 2021. Since then, the platform has received features like the AI suggestion button, which highlights silent parts of a video that users can choose to delete, and another feature that lets users insert audio recordings into videos.

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This approach removed the one and only reason for many Windows users to give Copilot a preference over the myriads of other AI-tools and services: the ability to control Windows features. Granted, the Windows-specific functionality was not impressive, but it had the potential of becoming a useful feature. Imagine running into a problem, telling Copilot about it, and the AI solving the problem on its own.

The new Copilot app works like the web-version of the AI service, which means there is little incentive to favor it over the web service. In fact, there are good reasons not to use the app and run AI services in a browser. Content blocking is just one which comes to mind.

Copilot autostarting with Windows

Eagle-eyed Windows detective Phantom of Earth discovered that the latest Copilot App test version for Insiders contains autostart functionality. It is version 1.25014.121.0.

You may remember that Microsoft made the same move in the old Copilot for Windows. It was also set to open when Windows starts automatically, at least on some devices.

Naturally, this means that the app is set to autostart. In other words, Microsoft wants the app to run on launch and therefore in the background. There is a good chance that this want runs opposite to what many Windows users want.

Windows users who do not want that can disable the autostart functionality in the following way:

1. Launch the Copilot application.
2. Select Settings
3. Click on "Auto start on login" and make sure the checkmark is removed.

This takes care of the autostarting behavior. Note that you may also use other means, Autoruns for example, to tame the Copilot app and any other software that is misbehaving in this way.

The Task Manager functionality is severely limited, and therefore not a good option to control startup items on Windows PCs.

Closing Words

It is a good idea to check startup items on Windows devices regularly, as there is always the chance that a developer enables the autostart of an app automatically. There is a chance, slim as it may be, that Microsoft won't set the next stable version of the Copilot app to autostart with the operating system.

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Here is the changelog:

Added Features:

 

• Added a Color and Image Tab to the Settings Theme Page.
• Implemented Print Preview Settings in webui2.

 

Improved Behavior:

 

• Resolved an issue where the browser crashes when switching from the default profile to the guest profile in the search bar.
• Resolved an issue causing a crash when switching between dark and light themes in picture-in-picture mode on Android

 

Changed Behavior:

 

• Resolved an issue where the Sites list would become hidden after performing operations like adding, editing, or removing sites, as well as clicking the "Use all open tabs" button on sites.
• Resolved an issue where the tab search box background color was too dark in dark mode within the tab center.
• Resolved an issue where toggling the title bar caused misalignment issues in the tab center.
• Resolved an issue in the settings web UI where radio buttons within a radio group should be navigable using arrow keys instead of the tab key.
• Resolved an issue in Browser Essentials where the 'Thank You' response popups for the like and dislike buttons were overlapping.
• Resolved an issue where the Family Safety tooltip was missing links in the web UI.
• Resolved an issue where the background of the 'Send invite email' button appeared incorrectly when it received focus in high contrast mode within workspaces.
• Resolved an issue where the 'Table of contents' static text did not adapt to hover text in the browser PDF reader.
• Resolved an issue where focus was lost after clicking the close button in the search box within the tab center.

 

Mac:

 

• Resolved an issue where the 'Manage Certificates' tab was missing under the 'Security' module on Mac.

 

Android:

 

• Resolved an issue where the wallpaper failed to display in the wallpaper center after a browser upgrade on Android.

You can update Microsoft Edge to the latest version by heading to edge://settings/help. Edge Dev is available on Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android, and you can download it from the official website. Version 134 will be available in the Stable Channel on the week of March 6, 2025.

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