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With news and interests on the Windows taskbar, you get quick access to an integrated feed of dynamic content such as news and weather that updates throughout the day. I am still on the fence whether the News and Interest feature is worth the trouble.Starting with Windows 10 build 21286, Microsoft introduced news and interests on the taskbar. So, while these tweaks helped, the newsfeed for this feature is far from perfect. While making my own personal choices in the News and Interests feature of Windows 10 did help home in on my interests, there were still many headlines down the feed that just did not interest me at all. This will further fine-tune your news feed to match your personal interests.

Click the "Tune your feed" link in the left-hand navigation bar to run through lists of publishers, marking their feeds as either follow or hidden. Changing the settings to match your personal interests should cut down on the suspect and sensational headlines produced by the default settings.Īt the foot of the page there is a section showing followed and hidden publishers. If you have an interest, it likely has a category on this page. When you hover over or click it (depending on current settings), you will get a fly-out window of headlines, as shown in Figure A.Īs you scroll down the page, you can see that there are dozens of potential choices to make, including news from local areas, specific sports, specific entertainment platforms, etc. The default icon represents current weather conditions in your local area. It is in the system tray (lower right-hand corner) of the standard Windows 10 taskbar. News and Interests is much as you would expect-a display of headlines from various sources highlighting the news of the day. SEE: Checklist: Securing Windows 10 systems (TechRepublic Premium) Personally, with my previous PCs, I did not pay much attention to this feature, but that changed with my most recent laptop purchase. New personal computers running Windows 10 will arrive with the News and Interests feature on by default. Microsoft, in one of its recent updates to Windows 10, has changed the default behavior of the operating system, albeit in a minor way.