A Chromium-assigned vulnerability like CVE-2025-11205 (heap buffer overflow in WebGPU) appears in Microsoft’s Security Update Guide because Microsoft Edge (Chromium‑based) consumes the Chromium open‑source engine; Microsoft uses the Security Update Guide to record upstream Chromium CVEs, track...
The short answer: Microsoft documents Chromium-assigned CVEs in the Security Update Guide because Microsoft Edge (the Chromium-based Edge) consumes Chromium OSS. MSRC adds those CVE entries to show customers the vendor-of-origin (Chrome/Chromium) information and to indicate whether the current...
Microsoft’s push to make Edge an “AI browser” took a decisive step this year with an update that gives Copilot the ability to act on users’ behalf inside the browser — opening and navigating tabs, running searches, and executing multi-step tasks like bookings and form-filling when explicitly...
Microsoft’s Copilot is no longer a neat demo or a sidebar curiosity — it has become a deeply woven productivity layer across Windows, Microsoft 365 apps, OneDrive, and the Edge browser, and choosing whether to adopt it requires weighing clear time-saving gains against licensing, privacy, and...
Google pushed an emergency Chrome update to address CVE-2025-10585, a type confusion vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine that Google says is being actively exploited in the wild — and because Microsoft Edge is Chromium-based, Windows users and enterprises must confirm their Edge builds...
Microsoft has quietly escalated the browser wars by using a prominent Bing advertisement to label Microsoft Edge as the “recommended” browser for Windows 11 users who search for Google Chrome, deploying a full comparison table that highlights Edge-only features such as a built‑in VPN, AI...
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Microsoft’s security advisory around a freshly disclosed browser bug highlights a repeat problem for mobile users: an insufficient UI warning in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) for Android that enables spoofing over a network. The vendor entry you provided points to a CVE record that the...
Microsoft has quietly begun serving a new, highly visual Bing ad that places a full “scoreboard” comparison between Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome above Chrome’s official download links on Windows 11 — a move that reframes a user’s intent at the precise moment they look to switch browsers and...
Microsoft is quietly testing a one‑click internet speed test in Windows 11 that surfaces a “Perform speed test” launcher in the taskbar’s network menu and Wi‑Fi quick settings — a small UX change that opens Bing’s web speed‑test widget in the default browser rather than running a fully native...
Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider preview builds quietly add a one‑click internet speed‑test shortcut to the taskbar network flyout — but the shortcut simply opens Bing’s web‑based speed test rather than running a native, offline measurement — and the same builds also include a subtle but...
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Microsoft has quietly added a one‑click internet speed test to recent Windows 11 Insider builds — a seemingly helpful convenience that, upon inspection, is not a native diagnostic at all but a launcher that opens Bing’s web‑based speed‑test widget in the default browser.
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Microsoft quietly rolled a small but potentially meaningful convenience into recent Windows 11 Insider builds: a “Perform speed test” entry in the network menu and Wi‑Fi quick settings that launches an internet speed check directly from the taskbar, but crucially it opens Bing’s web‑based speed...
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Microsoft is quietly testing a small but notable convenience feature in Windows 11: a one‑click internet speed test shortcut embedded directly in the network flyout and taskbar context menu — a shortcut that, for now, simply launches Bing’s online speed‑test widget rather than running a native...
Microsoft is quietly testing a one‑click internet speed test in Windows 11 that puts a “Perform speed test” shortcut directly in the taskbar’s network menu and Wi‑Fi quick settings — but the control simply launches Bing’s web speed‑test widget in your default browser rather than running a...
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Windows’ built‑in antivirus has quietly become the practical choice for millions of users, and the recent pushback against paid suites is no accident — the free Windows security stack now combines deep OS integration, modern cloud and AI detections, and targeted anti‑ransomware controls that...
Microsoft Edge’s latest beta builds are shipping a preview of AI-powered live audio translation for videos on Windows 11 — a feature that can generate translated subtitles or even dub spoken audio in real time — but it comes with a notable hardware bar: Microsoft says your device must have at...
Chromium developers have closed a high‑severity upstream bug — tracked as CVE‑2025‑10201 — that the Chromium project describes as an “inappropriate implementation in Mojo” which could be abused, via a crafted HTML page, to bypass Chrome’s site‑isolation protections on Android, Linux and...
Microsoft’s quiet entry on the Windows deprecation list this summer signals a decisive end to another generation of web integration in the OS: Legacy Web View, EdgeHTML-based web apps, legacy PWAs, and the EdgeHTML DevTools are now officially deprecated, and developers are being pushed toward...
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Microsoft’s quiet experiment with a new search experience for Bing — an “AI Search” or Copilot Search mode that replaces traditional blue links with a summary-first interface — is more than a cosmetic tweak; it’s a strategic bet that could reshape search behavior, publisher economics, and the...
Microsoft has quietly moved a set of EdgeHTML-era web components onto Windows’ official deprecation list, marking the next step in a long shift away from platform-specific web integration toward Chromium-based runtimes and standards-based Progressive Web Apps. This change — which names Legacy...