Up until yesterday my "news and interests" taskbar item only ever showed the weather as an icon and some text (20°C Mostly cloudy).
Today it's cycling through my usual weather, a blue icon with the text "breaking news" and various exchange rates (more specifically, GBP/USD and GBP/AUD).
How can I get it back to it only telling me the weather again?
You can't.
I'm annoyed because even with all other cards disabled there is no way to force it to show the temperature. it will say heat wave or wintry mix, or temperatures drop until you look at it by clicking on it. Or breaking news. I just want to see the darn temperature without having to click on it! more settings opens something inside of edge, but you still can't shut off stories that aren't part of information cards. you have to tell it you aren't interested, and then it just finds replacement stories.
You can't have weather and not have breaking news, because breaking news is the primary feature of the app. You must disable it completely and install a separate weather bar.
According to this, you click "news and interests" then select "reduce taskbar updates".
Taskbar updates show you personalized, rotating content directly on your taskbar, including news and more. You will also see the relevant information card in an expanded view in your feed. To turn this feature off, right-click any blank space on the taskbar and select News and interests > Reduce taskbar updates. Once this is checked, you will only see weather on your taskbar.
This has worked for me for the last 10 minutes, I will edit this comment in the future if not a permanent fix.
That works in Windows 11, I don't know if it works in Windows 10 also.
