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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.
If you use Google Chrome or a Chromium-based browser such as Microsoft Edge, update it immediately and/or check it for updates over the coming days: there is a zero-day bug being "Actively exploited" in the older version of Chrome that will also affect other vendors' browsers. Details are intentionally scant until enough of the wider world has installed the update, but the flaw exists in how Chrome handles heap overflows in V8, Chromium's Javascript engine.
Veritas Technologies announced the launch of Veritas NetBackup 9. NetBackup 9 delivers significant new features to provide customers with additional choices for deployment across edge, core and cloud, while increasing operational simplicity.
Aradatum introduced the world's first truly self-powered macro cell tower that can be placed literally anywhere. Taking a unique approach to modernizing telecom infrastructure, the start-up's self-powered towers give wireless pioneers and mobile and virtual network operators access to previously unreached and strategic locations needed to optimize their advanced applications of 5G, fixed wireless access, Citizens Broadband Radio Service, neutral host, private networks, and edge computing.