10 TECH ADVISOR • JULY 2020NEWS
Windows 10 Insider build 19603 is part of the
Fast Ring, a sort of repository for ongoing code that
Microsofthasn’tformallyslatedforanyparticular
release.(TheSlowRing,bycontrast,iscodethat
will appearintheupcomingrelease.)
Build 19603containsseveralnewfeatures,a
changefromarecentrunofbugfixes:betterfile
integrationwithinWindowsSubsystemforLinux,
improvementstotheStoragesettings,theNews
Bar,andsupportfortheCanonCR3formatwithin
Microsoft’sRAWimage extension.Meet the Microsoft News Bar
Many people don’t know that Microsoft curates – and
pays for – licensed newscontentfromTheWashington
Post,TheNewYorkTimes,andmanyothersources.
It’saterrificwaytoreadthetopstoriesfromtrusted
papers,andtheMicrosoftNewsappis stillfoundon
theMicrosoftStoreforWindows,AndroidandiOS.
Inexplicably,however,Microsoftstoppedloadingit on
PCs.(You’llalsoseethislicensednewscontentaspart
ofthe‘Informative’tabviewinMicrosoftEdge.)
Microsoft News Bar does not require a Windows
Insiderbuildtorun,thoughit’sonlyavailableonyour
WindowsPCasabetaapp.Inessence,it’saticker
thatrunsalongthebottomofyourscreen,withthe
defaultsettotextmode.Youcanalsosetittodisplay
photos,aswellasphotoswiththeiraccompanying
headlines–orhideitentirely.Fornow,onlygeneral
newsinformationis shown,alongwithcompanynews
tiedtoaspecificstocksymbol.WeatherandSports
newswillcomeinthefuture,Microsoftsaid.(MyNews