NewsAndInterestsDisable.ps1

<#
.SYNOPSIS
   Disable News & Interests in taskbar

.DESCRIPTION
   Disable News & Interests in taskbar

.NOTES
   Created by Jauder Ho
   Last modified 11/1/2019
   https://www.carumba.com

   BSD License

   Pull requests are welcome.

.LINK
   https://www.carumba.com
#>

# Elevate as needed
# https://superuser.com/questions/108207/how-to-run-a-powershell-script-as-administrator
param([switch]$Elevated)

function Test-Admin {
   $currentUser = New-Object Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal $([Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent())
   $currentUser.IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltinRole]::Administrator)
}

if ((Test-Admin) -eq $false) {
   if ($elevated) {
      # tried to elevate, did not work, aborting
   }
   else {
      Start-Process powershell.exe -Verb RunAs -ArgumentList ('-noprofile -noexit -file "{0}" -elevated' -f ($myinvocation.MyCommand.Definition))
   }

   exit
}

Write-Output 'Running with full privileges...'

# https://pureinfotech.com/disable-taskbar-news-widget-windows-10/
#Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Feeds" -Name "ShellFeedsTaskbarViewMode"
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Feeds" -Name "ShellFeedsTaskbarViewMode" -Value 2

Write-Output 'Disabled News & Interests in taskbar...'