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Microsoft’s Windows 11 OS, to be released in October 2021, has widgets that are designed to be accessible information tools that reside on the taskbar menu in much the same way as apps live on the home screens of smartphones.
Microsoft users can now do away with their passwords & instead, sign in using passwordless methods like Windows Hello, the Microsoft Authenticator mobile app or a verification code.
Microsoft has plugged several software updates to plug security holes. Report: krebsonsecurity.com
It’s now easier to install Firefox on Windows thanks to a recent change from Mozilla. Microsoft offers a method to switch default browsers on Windows 10, but the process is more complicated than switching to Edge with a single click. The one-click process isn’t available for anyone but Microsoft, & Mozilla had grown tired of it. Report: slashdot.org
Microsoft Start builds on Microsoft’s legacy with Online & mobile consumer services like MSN & Microsoft News.
Now that Microsoft Edge is based on Chromium, it receives updates on a more consistent schedule than the legacy version. In early September 2021, Edge version 93 launched with a couple of handy tweaks. Here are some of them. Report: makeuseof.com