With the latest update to the mobile version of its Edge browser, Microsoft is ramping up efforts to combat fake news. The Edge app now includes a rating system called NewsGuard that alerts you to the trustworthiness of a website. Previously, NewsGuard was available only as an extension to the desktop version of Edge. But …
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Mozilla should concede defeat to Chrome and adopt Google’s browser technology, a Microsoft executive suggested Friday, provoking rebuttals over the weekend that Firefox’s independence is now more important than ever. Chrome is built atop Google’s Chromium open-source software project, which lets anyone else use the code for their own projects, modify it and offer their changes back. With Chrome’s dominance …
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A Google plan to improve the Chrome web browser has triggered an explosion of concern that it’ll also cripple extensions designed to block ads, improve privacy and protect against security problems. Google’s proposed approach would torpedo ad blocker uBlock Origin, tracker blocker Ghostery, privacy and password manager Privowny, JavaScript software blocker NoScript and a malware blocker from F-Secure, according to …
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Microsoft will rebuild its Edge browser on Google’s Chromium software, the company said Thursday, a move that expands the search giant’s dominance over the web. Microsoft confirmed in a blog post that it’ll start using Google’s open-source project, which sits at the heart of the Chrome browser. It said the shift will take place over the next year. The company billed the change, which had …
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Eight years after Google introduced WebP in an effort to speed up the web, Microsoft’s Edge browser now supports the image format alternative to JPEG and PNG. The change comes with the new version of Windows 10 that Microsoft introduced Tuesday, according to a tweet from Patrick Kettner, an Edge product manager. Many web developers who like WebP will doubtless …
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Microsoft has apparently reversed course on a Windows 10 test feature that sought to warn people from installing Chrome, Firefox and other browsers that challenged Microsoft’s own Edge. A new “fast-ring” test version of Windows, Insider Preview Build 17760, no longer interrupts the installation of rival browsers, a CNET test shows. Earlier this week, an earlier test version of Windows …
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Microsoft is trying a new tactic to get people to use its Edge browser: a warning dialog box that interrupts the installation of other browsers like Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. “You already have Microsoft Edge — the safer, faster browser for Windows 10,” a dialog box reads after you launch an installer for another browser. The process, which appears …
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Microsoft is working hard to make sure its new Edge browser isn’t dogged by the living-in-the-past reputation its older Internet Explorer suffers. The new Edge, which begins shipping Tuesday as part of Microsoft’s Windows 10 Creators Update, adds some new features that are easier to spot, like the ability to stash away a bunch of tabs for later use or …
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Using Microsoft’s new Edge browser? Now you can use a popular utility called Adblock Plus to sweep away advertisements that can pop in front of website content, slow loading speeds, drain your phone batteries, invade your privacy — and provide the revenue websites need to survive. Adblock Plus already has been available for other browsers, including Microsoft’s old Internet Explorer. …
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Showing just how serious it is about giving its Web browser a fresh start, Microsoft has detailed exactly how much of Internet Explorer’s technology the company has removed from its new Edge browser — and it’s a lot. Microsoft’s browser has accumulated hundreds of features and abilities over the years. Whatever their merits when introduced, they’ve become a burden to …
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