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With Microsoft getting ready to release Edge 102 in the Beta and Stable channel, Edge 103 is now available for testing in Dev. This week's update adds natural language support for search in history.

In this week's recap of everything that happened in the Microsoft-verse, we have some juicy news items related to Windows 3D Movie Maker from 1995, a leaked Outlook client, and some Defender woes.

Microsoft has once again urged customers to let go of passwords completely and instead transition to modern authentication methods such as password-less sign-in via Windows Hello and security keys.

This was probably the busiest week of the month when it comes to news related to Microsoft. We have lots to discuss, including a colorful Task Manager, quarterly results, and Edge enhancements.

Microsoft Edge 101 has hit the Stable Channel. This release contains a dedicated toolbar button for a PWA hub, improvements to default profiles, and the ability to resurface the certificate picker.

Do you know that Microsoft Start has 500 million monthly active users or that Power BI has over 200,000 customers? If not, check out our list of some interesting usage stats about Microsoft products.

Microsoft has released another weekly Edge update in the Dev channel. Version 102.0.1235.1 adds a new command to the Tab Action menu, allowing you to access tabs from other devices easily.

This week, we are recapping a bunch of updates for Microsoft apps and services, Windows updates (and the lack of them), and some incidents in the cybersecurity space. Read about all of this here!

Microsoft has updated Edge in the Canary channel, adding an experimental flag for managing early changes in the browser's appearance settings. Plus, Microsoft is working on other minor improvements.

Microsoft's latest Edge Dev Channel build 102.0.1227.0 has just been released. The new build fixes multiple crashing problems, adds many new features like a Network Sandbox policy, and more.

This guide will show you how to stop Microsoft Edge from playing videos on websites automatically using built-in options. You can disable video autoplay in Edge without additional extensions or tools.

In our latest recap for the Microsoft-verse, we have lots of stuff to talk about including tons of Windows updates, recent cybersecurity incidents, and some useful features being added to Edge.

Microsoft has added a couple of small tweaks to improve UX for Edge users. The latest Canary version brings the option to auto-save passwords without the prompt and turn off the PiP button.

Microsoft released another weekly update for Edge in the Dev channel. Version 102.0.1220.1 adds improvements for progressive web apps, a redesigned app management page, and passwords import on mobile.

Microsoft's latest Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11 also carries forward the default browser switching improvements previously made available only as an optional, preview release last month.

Microsoft wants to make managing extensions in the Edge browser a little more flexible by allowing users to pause and resume all extensions with a single click in the extension flyout.

In our recap of yet another busy week in the world of Microsoft, we have lots of stuff to talk about, including what's next for Windows 11, Windows updates, and some enhancements to Microsoft Edge.

After backlash from its browser rivals, Microsoft has finally made the default browser on Windows 11 much easier with a new single click option. However, Vivaldi is still not fully pleased about it.

Sleeping Tabs, a feature that helps you save resources consumed by Edge, received several improvements in the latest stable release. Microsoft says Sleeping Tabs are now even more effective.

Microsoft's Bing will now serve you some ads for its Bing Wallpaper App when you use the search engine on the company's Edge browser. The ad can be a banner or a pop-up that asks you to try the app.

Microsoft is working on improvement capabilities for endpoint management. Features will be made available individually as add-ons before being bundled in a new Microsoft 365 plan eventually.

Microsoft notified Windows 10 users that the company had lifted the upgrade block it placed a few days ago. Those using Internet Explorer can safely update to Windows 11 without losing browsing data.

The latest Edge Canary update brings a slightly improved history page with new filters controls. Users now can set custom date ranges to find the browser history for specific periods.

Following Microsoft making it easier to switch the default browser in Windows 11, Mozilla has provided its take on the matter. While it appreciates the changes, it wants more to be done.

The latest Microsoft Edge Canary update introduced a new experimental feature that lets you save tab groups on the favorites tab. A little earlier, the same capability arrived in Google Chrome.

One of the recent Edge Canary updates added a new option for enabling or disabling the Workspace button. It might signal that Microsoft is considering bringing back Workspaces to its browser.

The latest Canary build of Microsoft Edge has a new Microsoft Office button - off by default - which activates a sidebar that offers quick access to web apps available at Office.com.

The latest cumulative update for Windows 11 finally makes changing the default browser in the operating system much easier. Users now can set their preferred browser as the default with just a click.

We had an absolutely crazy week in the world of Microsoft. We have news ranging from ads in File Explorer to a UK minister asking Microsoft when it's going to get rid of the algorithms.

Valve's Steam Deck portable gaming console can now offer Microsoft Xbox Cloud Gaming through a beta version of the Edge web browser. The number of compatible games is low but could grow quickly.

Microsoft has reminded all that Internet Explorer app will be retired in a couple of months time. Alongside that, the firm has also published the end of life details for IE mode for legacy support.

Microsoft has released Edge 100 to Edge Insiders in the Beta channel. Besides moving from two to three-digit version numbers, the update has a new lightweight PDF viewer for Outlook and File Explorer.

Latest Microsoft Edge 99 and Chrome 99 stable releases bring important fixes for several security vulnerabilities. The security flaws include privilege escalation, use after free, among others.