Microsoft will yank its old Edge browser out of Windows 10 PCs on April 13, an important step in its yearslong effort to move its immense customer base to a modern browser. Two decades ago, the software giant’s Internet Explorer crushed competitors like Netscape Navigator and dominated the market, but Microsoft let the software languish. …
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Apple has added support for speech recognition technology into a version of its Safari web browser the company is testing with the release of MacOS 11.3 Big Sur for developers. The speech recognition interface lets websites and web apps listen to spoken words and use the resulting text. Apple released the developer beta version of MacOS 11.3 on Tuesday. The …
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Microsoft began rolling out the Windows 10 October 2020 update (version 20H2) this week and has already released a new build in beta that fixes several bugs and adds more new features. Windows 10 version 20H2 Build 19042.608 is available for those in the Windows Insider program in the Release Preview Channel, and the Beta Channel, according to a Thursday …
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On Tuesday, Microsoft’s Windows 10 ($144 at Amazon) October 2020 Update began rolling out for all Windows 10 users. Like most fall updates, this one (also known as Windows 10 version 20H2) is focused on refinements instead of major new features, but will include the new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser, and updates to the Start menu, taskbar and notifications. (If …
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Chrome running on your smartphone now can check whether your passwords have been hacked. The feature previously worked on personal computers, but now works on Apple iPhones and devices powered by Google’s Android, the company said Tuesday. The feature sends usernames and passwords to Google servers to check if they’ve been compromised in known data breaches. Google itself can’t see …
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Internet Explorer’s days have been numbered since Microsoft launched its Edge browser five years ago. Microsoft appears to be another step toward closer to retiring the web browser with the announcement its Microsoft 365 apps suite will end support for Internet Explorer 11 on Aug. 17, 2021, the company said Monday. Users of Microsoft’s Teams chat and collaboration service will …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s Safari will take advantage later this year of new encryption technology that protects an important type of network communication called DNS. It’s part of a broader movement to build privacy into internet technology like email and the web that initially sent sensitive …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. With Safari on iOS 14, MacOS Big Sur and iPadOS 14, you’ll be able to log in to websites using Apple’s Face ID and Touch ID biometric authentication. That’s a powerful endorsement for technology called FIDO — Fast Identity Online — that’s paving the …
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Lots of us gripe about browser memory usage, a problem that gets worse as browsers become more powerful software foundations and websites get correspondingly hefty. Technology from Microsoft’s Edge could help you cut memory use by up to 27% on Windows, though, and the technology is coming to Google Chrome, too. Microsoft’s Edge team added the memory improvement with Windows …
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Microsoft is challenging players to ride the waves with its new surfing game, launched Tuesday. The game originally debuted as part of a hidden Easter egg hunt in November with a series of cryptic hints and puzzles posted by Microsoft employees. It’s now a permanent offline game for Microsoft Edge. The game encourages surfers to ride across the ocean while …
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