Security News
Microsoft is rolling out a built-in password generator and a leaked credentials monitoring feature on Windows and macOS systems running the latest Microsoft Edge version. Microsoft Edge 88 now helps you improve the security of your online accounts with the password generator which suggests secure and strong passwords when updating existing credentials or signing up for new accounts.
Microsoft is rolling out a sleeping tabs feature to the new Chromium-based Edge web browser which will drastically reduce memory and CPU resource usage. "Just like a good night's sleep allows you to stay focused and productive the next day, sleeping tabs helps optimize your browser's performance by freeing up resources for the tabs you're really using."
Microsoft Edge is now testing a new feature that lets you copy tabular data and groups of items into the Windows clipboard for easy pasting into other apps. In the Microsoft Edge Canary builds, you can now enable the Smart Copy feature using the 'CTRL+Shift+X' keyboard combination.
Microsoft Edge is now testing a new feature that lets you copy tabular data and groups of items into the Windows clipboard for easy pasting into other apps. In the Microsoft Edge Canary builds, you can now enable the Smart Copy feature using the 'CTRL+Shift+X' keyboard combination.
Earlier this year, Microsoft Edge was updated with a new feature that hides pesky browser notification dialog boxes that are commonly used by news publishers, social media platforms, and websites to continuously nag users with links to their content, spam, or even malware. To address this problem, Microsoft Edge update is now introducing a new feature that uses a new set of APIs to enable support for background web notifications.
Earlier this year, Microsoft announced that it's working on Vertical tabs and Smart copy features for the Edge browser. Today, Microsoft is rolling out the new Vertical Tabs feature to users in the Dev and Canary channels.
Microsoft's Chromium-based Edge was first released in January to Windows consumers and enterprises, and it was later released to macOS users. Edge is already available on Android and iOS, and now Linux users can finally get a taste of Microsoft's new browser.
Today's release of Windows 10 20H2 is the first release to automatically replace Microsoft Edge Legacy with the new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge regardless of any policies you have in place. When installed, Microsoft Edge Legacy will automatically be removed and be replaced with the new Microsoft Edge.
Microsoft is rolling out a new feature in Microsoft Edge that integrates Skype's Meet now video conferencing feature on the new tab page, also known as NTP. With this new feature, Microsoft aims to help consumers relying on video conferencing to get in touch with coworkers, friends, and relatives without creating a Skype or Microsoft account. Last month, Microsoft added the Skype Meet feature to Windows 10 preview builds and the same feature is now rolling out to Microsoft Edge.
In Microsoft Edge preview builds, Microsoft has introduced a new tool called "Web Capture" that will allow you to capture screenshots of the webpages and create web notes. With Web Capture feature, you can take screenshots to copy or share.