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Editorial: Return of Task Manager on Taskbar; Microsoft Weekly; This Week in Rocket Launches #86

Sunday, Oct 9. Hello everyone! I hope you're having a great weekend! We have a couple of editorials and a bunch of guides to share; there's lots more to browse through, we hope you take a look. Have a good one! —Steve

Microsoft has returned a relatively basic functionality to Windows 11 after months of requests and complaints by users who had become accustomed to using it on Windows 10 and older operating systems.

This week's edition of Microsoft Weekly is full of interesting news related to lots of Windows 11 2022 Update bugs, some more details on third-party Widgets, and a bunch of app updates.

Software updates

Have you ever copied some text on Windows to the clipboard, only to have something old show up when you paste it? It seems Microsoft may have made the clipboard unreliable a while ago.

This guide looks at getting started with Semiphemeral, a free tool that can help you remove your historical tweets, retweets, and likes. Flexible settings allow you to get set up to your liking.

This guide will help you restore more online privacy using a tool for Reddit called Power Delete Suite that helps you to clean up your Reddit posts and comments with powerful filters.

From the Forums

We've got plenty of launches coming up this week, though, they will all be focused on launching satellites. One of the launches this week is the maiden flight of the RS1 rocket from ABL Space Systems.

Here we have a look at Google Opinion Rewards. It's a survey app made by Google that lets you earn a bit of credit on the Google Play Store on Android or to withdraw as cash through PayPal on iOS.

A new study has found that Google Chrome is the browser with the greatest number of security vulnerabilities in 2022. It is also the only browser with newly discovered vulnerabilities in October.

This week on Neowin deals

Bonus (unpublished) Deals

Meta has warned one million Facebook users who may have had their accounts compromised through a fraudulent iOS or Android app. The apps required users to sign in in order for the app to "work."

This weekend's PC game deals include brand-new Choice and regular bundles from the Humble Store, another Steam Next Fest, two more Epic Games freebies, and Fallout anniversary sales.

Microsoft has announced the three games that are available on Xbox's Free Play Days this week. They are playable from now until 11:59 p.m. PDT on Sunday. You can also buy the games on discount

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