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Google’s recommended articles feed is (finally!) coming to PCs soon
If you use Google Chrome on your mobile phone, or if you have a modern Android phone, then you’ve probably stumbled across the Discover feed at some point. The Discover feed is available on Chrome’s mobile New Tab page, in the Google app, and on the home screen (by swiping right). Soon, it’ll also be available on desktop PCs. Google Discover is a personalized recommendation engine that shows you articles from around the web that Google thinks you’d be interested in. The recommendations are based on various factors like your location, your browsing history, your opted-in interests, and more. (If you’ve disabled history tracking in your Google account, the recommendations will be far less personalized and less useful.) Search Engine Roundtable reports that Google showed off the new desktop Discover feed during yesterday’s Search Central Live event in Madrid, Spain. The Discover feed on PCs will be split into two sections, with one section for Google-recommended articles that might interest you and another section where you’ll see more general information, including weather, stock market trends, and more. From what we know, the Discover feed will seemingly be available on the Google home page (google.com), with the Discover feed appearing below the main search bar. It may or may not come to the Chrome browser’s New Tab page, or even elsewhere. We don’t know yet. If you don’t see the Discover feed on Google’s home page, you may have to opt into Google experiments—or wait for the rollout to reach you. Google has been planning to bring the Discover feed to desktops for several years now, and has tested several different versions of the feature with different looks and content in the feed. If you feel like it’s hard to find decently interesting articles to read via Google Search or social media, then you should definitely try Discover once it’s available to you.

Classic Outlook is installing with wrong languages. Here’s what to do
Users who are downloading the classic Outlook app via the Microsoft Store are discovering that they aren’t receiving the proper version of the app in their desired language. For example, if you choose to download the Swedish version of the app, it’s in English; if you choose to download the English version, it’s in Portuguese. According to Microsoft support, which was last updated yesterday as of this writing, the issue initially involved users who installed classic Outlook via the standalone installer, which always installed in English no matter which display language you had selected. While that particular issue was fixed—with a drop-down menu with language options when downloading the standalone installer—there are still issues when installing classic Outlook via the Microsoft Store. When you choose a language, you may get a different one. Microsoft says that the Office Team has fixed the problem, but the fix won’t roll out until Monday, April 14, 2025. If you can’t wait until then, your only option right now is to download the standalone version of classic Outlook via the link on this support page.

This ultra-tiny, super-fast 1TB portable SSD is 32% off right now
We could all use a bit of extra storage space, right? Whether for storing important files or transferring data between devices, a fast portable SSD is something everyone should have—multiples of them, if possible. And with consumer tech prices expected to rise in the aftermath of Trump’s tariffs, there’s never been a smarter time to jump on a hot SSD deal like this one: Crucial’s X10 Pro (1TB) is now just $102 on Amazon, a solid 32% discount off its $150 MSRP. Don’t think the Crucial X10 Pro is being discounted because it’s an underperformer. In fact, it’s plenty fast and a great choice for everyday users, with it being one of the fastest 20Gbps models we’ve tested. When we reviewed it, we gave it a 4.5-star rating and our Editors’ Choice award, appreciating its super-thin form factor, IP55 dust and water resistance, and solid performance. “If you want top-flight real-world performance and can’t use, or don’t want to pay for Thunderbolt 3, then the Crucial X10 Pro is what you want.” This is a durable, high-capacity, travel-friendly portable SSD that’s perfect for storing data, transferring files, and recording high-res video directly to the drive. And when I say this portable SSD is tiny, I absolutely mean it. It’s smaller than a credit card and it fits right in the palm of your hand. Afraid you’re going to lose it? No worries, because it has a little hole in the corner where you can loop in a lanyard. Go ahead and snag the Crucial X10 Pro for just $102 while this limited-time deal lasts. If you miss it, you might be able to grab it at Best Buy instead, where it’s currently on sale for the same price. Need something even better? Check out our picks for the best external drives. Save 32% on this high-speed 1TB portable SSD while you canBuy now at Amazon

Singer and Are You Being Served? star Mike Berry dies
Berry was the sitcom's last surviving main cast member, and also had two top 10 hit singles.