PhonAndroid Windows 10: the News and Interests menu is full of bugs, how to disable it

Windows 10 recently inherited a new menu called “News & Interests”. According to many users, this stream is riddled with all kinds of bugs. While waiting for a fix, we explain how to disable this faulty widget.

With the June 2021 Cumulative Update ( KB5003637) for Windows 10, Microsoft introduced a handful of new features, in addition to the inevitable security patches for all builds still supported. In particular, there is a new menu called “News and Interests” or “News and Interests”.

As the name suggests, this widget-like menu displays local weather and a fully customizable news feed based on the user's interests. Obviously, the option above all allows Microsoft to relay Internet users to its search engine, Bing.

How to get rid of completely buggy Windows 10 widget?

Unfortunately, this feed was quickly revealed to be riddled with bugs and glitches. According to testimonials collected by our colleagues from Windows Latest, Windows 10 often displays the weather in blur. It is therefore impossible to read the weather forecast for the day. “The new feature is cool, but for some reason the text is very blurry,” said one user.

Even more annoying, the forecasts are regularly wrong. Apparently, the "News & Interests" menu sometimes displays weather information that is several days old. After several tests, Windows Latest ensures that the weather widget is lagging behind competing solutions. According to some users, the widget also shows the weather of another city. Worse, the menu also displays information in a foreign language, regardless of the language of the operating system.

Also read: Check out the Windows 10 June 2021 Update release notes

Apparently, Microsoft did not roll out the latest version of the menu with the June 2021 Update. For some reason, the US publisher pushed an unfinished version, and deprived of some fixes, on Windows 10 computers. Until Microsoft offers a patch, it is possible to deactivate the "News and fields of interest" menu in a few clicks:

Right click on the taskbar

Click News & Interests

Select Disable

Have you encountered similar issues on your computer since the June 2021 update? We are waiting for your testimony in the comments below.

Source: WindowsLatest

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