Latest Windows 10 preview spruces up Cortana, Edge browser

From CNET: Microsoft has released a new preview build of Windows 10 with just one month left before the OS's official launch.

Released on Monday, Build 10158 offers updates to the Cortana voice assistant and the Edge Web browser. It also stirs in a few refinements to the Start menu and other areas of the interface. But perhaps most promising is that there are no "significant known issues," aka no major bugs in this latest build -- a good thing if Microsoft is to meet its July 29 launch deadline.

Since October 2014, Microsoft has been releasing preview builds of Windows 10 on a fairly regular basis. Aimed at testers who join the Windows Insider program, the builds have been designed to elicit feedback on each new one so Microsoft can continue to refine the OS and resolve any problems. Most of the previous builds have introduced various bugs. But at some point, any major bugs have to stop popping up so the version of Windows 10 released in another month is stable and reliable. Microsoft is counting heavily on Windows 10 to erase the stigma of Windows 8, so the new OS has to kick off without a hitch.

So what's new and improved in the latest build? Gabe Aul, the head of the Windows Insider Program, revealed the details in a blog posted Monday.

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