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Update March 25, 2023: We have updated the article to include a more convenient single-click solution, which is now available to all users in the Stable Channel.
 
The recently released Microsoft Edge version 111 has brought a new Bing button to the browser. It sits where the main menu used to be and opens Bing Chat whenever you hover the cursor over it. Not everyone likes such behavior, so here is how to disable the Bing button in Microsoft Edge 111 and higher.

Another week has gone by and it is time yet again to recap important events that occurred in the world of Microsoft in the past seven days. This time around, we have news items related to Microsoft 365 apps and services, some nifty new Windows features, and improvements to Microsoft's various AI initiatives. Without further ado, let's dive into our latest weekly digest covering March 19 - March 24!

This malicious browser extension gives hackers full access to your Gmail account
 
Gmail accounts are under attack from a malicious browser extension spread via phishing emails that targets Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and other Chromium-based browsers.
 
Once installed in your browser, this malicious extension is able to steal the contents of your Gmail messages and even infect the best Android phones with malware but more on that later.

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Cocaine Bear' tops the chart, followed by 'Everything Everywhere All at Once'. ‘Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre' completes the top three.
 
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only.
 
These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into the piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources.

Microsoft announced in February 2023 that it would replace the internal PDF viewer of its Microsoft Edge web browser with Adobe's PDF viewer. The change would roll out to home and non-managed Windows 10 and 11 devices automatically in March 2023.
 
Microsoft highlighted the advantages of the change in the announcement. Adobe's solution offers "higher fidelity for more accurate colours and graphics, improved performance, strong security for PDF handling, and greater accessibility -- including better text selection and read-aloud narration" according to Microsoft.
 
Along with these improvements comes a button to buy an Acrobat subscription to access advanced features. The new Try Acrobat button is placed in the rightmost location of the main PDF viewer toolbar in Edge.

We are at the end of yet another week and it is time again to recap everything important that happened in the world of Microsoft in the past few days. This time around, we have news about Microsoft handing out free USB drives to Insiders, Bing integration in Microsoft Edge, and items about pirated Windows copies being endorsed by Microsoft, kind of. Without further ado, let's dive into our weekly digest covering March 12 - March 17!

Rufus, a popular tool for creating Windows (or other OS) install media, has received a new preview update. Version 3.22 is now available for download from GitHub with several notable changes and improvements.
 
Rufus 3.22 introduces the ability to disable automatic BitLocker encryption in the Windows User Experience dialog. This feature joins several existing options that let you personalize your Windows 11 install media, such as removing the requirement for 4GB of RAM, Secure Boot, TPM, and an online Microsoft account.

Microsoft is now bringing the desktop search bar to Windows 10 as well. Spotted by Deskmodder, the latest Edge 111 stable release, which went live today has added the feature. The option is called "Launch search bar" and is available under "More Tools" in the three-dot menu toolbar on the Edge 's top left corner. Hence, to enable this, click on three-dot menu (or press Alt +F) > More Tools > Launch search bar.

In an unexpected twist, a Microsoft support engineer resorted to running an unofficial 'crack' on a customer's Windows PC after a genuine copy of the operating system failed to activate normally.
 
It seems, this isn't the first time either that support professionals have employed such workarounds when under pressure to timely close out support tickets.

The recently released Microsoft Edge version 111 has brought a new Bing button to the browser. It sits where the main menu used to be and opens Bing Chat whenever you hover the cursor over it. Not everyone likes such behavior, so here is how to disable the Bing button in Microsoft Edge 111 and higher.

On Thursday, March 16, Microsoft will hold an online event where it's expected that the company will reveal details of how it will add generative AI features to its Office apps. Today, its productivity app rival, Google, is trying to beat Microsoft to the punch with some new generative AI features that it plans to add to its Workspace apps like Gmail and Docs.

Microsoft has released its Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 22H2 (KB5023706) and 21H2 (KB5023698).

It's the second Tuesday of the month, which means it's Patch Tuesday time again. As such, today Microsoft is rolling out the monthly security update (also called "B release") for March 2023 on Windows Server 20H2, and Windows 10 for the latest versions, 21H1, 21H2, and 22H2. The new updates are being distributed under KB5023696, bumping up the builds to 19042.2728, 19044.2728, and 19045.2728.

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre' tops the chart, followed by 'Luther: The Fallen Sun'. ‘A Man Called Otto' completes the top three.
 
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only.
 
These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into the piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources.

Microsoft has made it really difficult to set up Windows 11 without a Microsoft account. Setting up Windows 11 with a local account is a frustrating experience for many, as there is seemingly no longer an option to skip the Microsoft account sign-in or creation of a new account to set up a local account instead.
 
Good news is that there are still options available, but they are well hidden, as Microsoft has the clear intention to promote Microsoft accounts.

Firefox users have access to a large number of extensions and add-ons that extend the functionality of the web browser or of sites visited using it. They can be little helper add-ons that improve workflows or unlock functionality, or big extensions that add protective features or password management capabilities.

We are at the close of another week yet again, which means that it is time to recap all the important happenings from the world of Microsoft from the past few days. This time around, we have got news about Microsoft's new Canary Channel, AI shenanigans (obviously), and some software updates. Without further ado, let's dive into our latest weekly digest covering March 5 - March 10!

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'A Man Called Otto' tops the chart, followed by 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever'. ‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish' completes the top three.
 
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only.
 
These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into the piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources.

AMD has issued a warning to its graphics card customers that updating Radeon Software could cause severe issues and brick Windows installation in an "extremely small number of instances." The statement confirmed multiple user reports circulating the internet over the last few weeks.

We are at the end of the week yet again and it's time to recap everything important that happened in the Microsoft-verse in the past few days. This was a pretty eventful week with the release of Windows 11 Moment 2, speculation about Windows 12, and software updates to lots of services including Windows 365. Find out more in our weekly digest encompassing the period February 26 - March 3!

Earlier today, Microsoft announced the February 2023 feature update for Windows 11 22H2 Moment 2. Later on, the company begun rolling out it out to users and as expected from a massive feature update, the changelog is one of the longest you would see.
 
However, for those using third-party UI customization apps like StartAllBack and ExplorerPatcher, Microsoft has confirmed that new Build 22621.1344 (KB5022913) is causing these apps to not start up and launch properly. For now, Microsoft recommends uninstalling these apps until the tech giant figures out a solution for the issue.

Earlier today, Microsoft officially unveiled the Windows 11 22H2 Moment 2 or the February 2023 update. Microsoft also detailed what's new in this new Moment for IT admins separately. The update is now rolling out to elligible devices and hence Microsoft has now published a changelog for this new feature update (Build 22621.1344) under KB5022913.

Microsoft has officially announced the next feature update for its operating system. Previously known as "Moment 2," the release debuts under the unofficial "February 2023 Update" name, and it brings several quality-of-life improvements, plus new AI-based capabilities.

While Microsoft does indeed push users to upgrade to Windows 11 on eligible devices, sometimes, on rare occasions, it happens on ineligible systems too.
 
A couple of days back, reports of unsupported Windows devices getting upgrade banners for Windows 11 begun to surface. Today, after fixing the bug on the very same day, Microsoft has updated its Windows health dashboard page, confirming that it had inadvertently offered Windows 11 upgrade promos on such unsupported systems. However, unlike the last time, the upgrade did not really go through which means certain upgrade blocks must have been placed since. Microsoft adds that the issue should be resolved in 48 hours.

Microsoft is getting ready to start rolling out the third feature update for Windows 11. The "Moment 2" update is now available in the Release Preview (albeit the good stuff is disabled and waits for its enablement package), so it is time to review the changes.