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Microsoft is now using crowdsourcing to determine whether to show a site's website subscription dialog prompt in the Microsoft Edge web browser. After Microsoft rolled out their quiet notification requests feature in Edge 84, they noticed a significant drop in undesired notifications dialog prompts, but at the same time, legitimate sites' notifications were affected as well.
In a new report, analysts from Forrester touted the Zero Trust Edge model as a way for organizations to unify networking and security infrastructure while also securing and enabling remote workers. "The Zero Trust Edge model is a safer on-ramp to the internet for organizations' physical locations and remote workers. A ZTE network is a virtual network that spans the internet and is directly accessible from every major city in the world. It uses Zero Trust Network Access to authenticate and authorize users as they connect to it and through it," Holmes wrote.
Sunlight announced NVIDIA GPU support for Sunlight NexVisor, its lightweight hypervisor providing near bare-metal performance with a compact footprint. Organizations can now unlock the full potential of hyperconverged infrastructure at the edge, maximizing the performance of demanding, GPU-accelerated workloads such as artificial intelligence running in edge environments.
Microsoft is adding a new 'Kids Mode' to the Microsoft Edge browser that provides a safe environment for children to browse the web and consume family-friendly content. To help with this, Microsoft has created a new Microsoft Edge browser mode called 'Kids Mode' that can be enabled as needed to create a safe, child-friendly environment.
Chromium-based browsers such as Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome will soon support the Intel CET security feature to prevent a wide range of vulnerabilities. Intel's Control-flow Enforcement Technology is a hardware security feature initially introduced in 2016 and added to Intel's 11th generation CPUs in 2020.
Microsoft has started replacing the legacy version of the Edge browser with the new Chromium-based Edge in Windows 10 Dev builds. This change is rolling out to all customers installing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 21313, offered through the Dev Channel and available after joining the Windows 10 Insider Program.
Each edge environment comes with its own set of unique risks and vulnerabilities, which is why they have become a prime target for cybercriminals, who are shifting significant resources to strategically target and exploit emerging network edge environments. The intelligent edge is widely defined as the combination of advanced wireless connectivity, compact processing power, and AI to analyze and aggregate data in a location as close as possible to where it is captured in a network.
By bringing together edge and cloud capabilities, FogHorn and IBM plan to help customers rapidly deploy, process, store, analyze and train critical data from edge to cloud and enhance business processes. "Through our upcoming collaboration, FogHorn will leverage IBM Edge Application Manager to deliver edge-to-cloud FogHorn solutions for our customers that can help them make more informed decisions with their data, in real-time."
IDrive Online Backup has launched ZipDrive, enabling users to create their own personal edge cloud that lets them stream, access, edit, play, and share files from wherever they are. With ZipDrive installed, users can easily set up a personal cloud with data residing only on their computers, without having to move data to a third-party service.
Microsoft has announced today that Microsoft Edge Legacy will be permanently removed and replaced with the new Microsoft Edge after installing April's Windows 10 Patch Tuesday security update. "To replace this out of support application, we are announcing that the new Microsoft Edge will be available as part of the Windows 10 cumulative monthly security update-otherwise referred to as the Update Tuesday release-on April 13, 2021," the Microsoft Edge Team said.