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Microsoft Edge Retires Sidebar App List, Prioritizes Copilot Integration
Microsoft is making significant changes to its Edge browser's sidebar functionality, with the latest Edge Canary build quietly removing the traditional sidebar app list in favor of enhanced Copilot...
Microsoft lets you repurpose the Copilot key — but only for a handful of apps
Microsoft has started letting Windows 11 users remap the dedicated Copilot key on newer keyboards. The long-awaited toggle, first spotted in an Insider build last year, gives you a way to point that...
Firefox 143 Adds Microsoft Copilot and Windows Web Apps—Here’s How They Work
Mozilla shipped Firefox 143 to the stable channel this week, bringing two long-awaited capabilities to the open-source browser: a Microsoft Copilot option inside its AI sidebar, and a Labs experiment...
Apple’s Sports Widget Lands on macOS, Windows 11 Users Left Asking: Where Are Our Widgets?
Apple this week expanded its sports widget to macOS, replicating the iPhone and iPad experience with live scores and schedules directly on the desktop. For Windows 11 users, it’s a sharp reminder...
Firefox 143 finally lets you pin websites to the Windows taskbar as apps
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Microsoft’s Unified Update Orchestrator Could Finally End the Windows App Update Nightmare
Microsoft has begun private previews of a Windows-native update orchestrator that will let any app developer register their software’s update mechanism with the operating system. If widely adopted,...
How Microsoft’s Windows Update Orchestration Will Finally Make the Store Useful After a Decade of Failure
After more than a decade of misfires, Microsoft is quietly solving the biggest problems that made the Microsoft Store irrelevant — with a new Windows Update integration that can handle third-party...
Firefox 143 Update Turns Favorite Sites into Windows Taskbar Apps, Adds Copilot
Mozilla has shipped Firefox 143 with a feature Windows users have requested for years: the ability to pin any website to the taskbar as a standalone web app. The update—rolling out now through the...
No Cash, Just ID: Microsoft Opens Store to All Individual Developers Free of Charge
Microsoft has just erased the $19 registration fee for solo developers publishing to the Microsoft Store, replacing the old credit card requirement with a government ID and selfie-based identity...
Microsoft Officially Deprecates EdgeHTML Web Components, Signaling Final Shift to Chromium-Based WebView2
Microsoft has formally added a clutch of EdgeHTML-era web integration features to its official Windows deprecated list, drawing a line under the legacy engine that once powered the original Microsoft...
Microsoft Ends the Road for EdgeHTML: WebView2 and Chromium PWAs Are the Future
Microsoft has quietly updated its official list of deprecated Windows features, signaling the final curtain for a suite of web components tied to the discontinued EdgeHTML engine. The move, which...
Microsoft to Halt New Outlook Lite Installs in October, Pushing Users to Heavier Outlook Mobile App
Microsoft will block new installations of its lightweight Outlook Lite Android app beginning October 6, 2025, leaving users of entry-level devices and limited data plans without a streamlined,...