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Microsoft is finally ditching the junk MSN feed in Windows widgets

The Verge • 2026-05-05T05:46

Microsoft is finally giving up on showing the junk feed of MSN news when you open the widgets feature in Windows 11. After allowing Windows 11 users to disable the MSN feed more than two years ago, Microsoft says it will soon hide it by default as part of an effort to make widgets "quiet […]

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Microsoft is finally giving up on showing the junk feed of MSN news when you open the widgets feature in Windows 11.

After allowing Windows 11 users to disable the MSN feed more than two years ago, Microsoft says it will soon hide it by default as part of an effort to make widgets "quiet […]

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