For a handful of hours this week a small but important piece of the Edge browsing experience vanished for some users: uBlock Origin — the widely trusted, open‑source content blocker used by millions — was effectively replaced by uBlock Origin Lite in Microsoft Edge after an accidental upload and...
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Microsoft Edge's experimental Scareware Blocker is graduating from a single-user popup interrupter to a broader, system-strengthening feature that can block scam sites and — in the Canary channel — optionally share detected scam links and classifications with Microsoft’s Defender SmartScreen...
Microsoft’s Edge team is quietly testing an exit‑time nudge in Edge Canary that would prompt heavy Google Chrome users to pin Microsoft Edge to the Windows 11 taskbar — a targeted experiment revealed by dormant feature flags in recent Canary builds and amplified by technology press coverage...
Few updates in recent memory have generated as much anticipation within the Windows community as the KB5058499 (OS Build 26100.4202) Preview, released on May 28, 2025. As the Windows operating system matures, each cumulative update, especially those arriving as “previews,” provides keen insights...
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With the rollout of Microsoft Edge 137.0.3296.16 in its beta incarnation, a wave of significant changes is cresting for users and IT administrators alike. Microsoft is taking decisive action, trimming down long-standing features, introducing fresh design tweaks, and investing further in...