How to disable the newsfeed popup on Windows10 taskbar

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Probably one of Windows 10's most annoying features is the "News & Interests" popup that seems to pop up from the taskbar whenever you don't want it to. And sometimes it's stubborn and you can't get it to go off the screen, even when the popup is showing nothing in it. Here's the solution on how to turn it off so you can sigh a sigh of relief.