Microsoft Edge Has a New Trick to Get Data From Chrome Users on Windows

Microsoft is once again trying to get Chrome users to share their browser data with its Edge browser on Windows.
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Web Browser Makers Ask EU to Designate Microsoft Edge as a Gatekeeper

The European Commission declined to designate Microsoft Edge a gatekeeper under the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA). That was a mistake.
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New Chrome zero-day actively exploited, patch quickly! (CVE-2024-7971)

A new Chrome zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2024-7971) exploited by attackers in the wild has been fixed by Google. About CVE-2024-7971 CVE-2024-7971 is a high-severity vulnerability caused by a type confusion weakness in V8, the open-source JavaScript an… Continue reading New Chrome zero-day actively exploited, patch quickly! (CVE-2024-7971)

Microsoft fixes 6 zero-days under active attack

August 2024 Patch Tuesday is here, and Microsoft has delivered fixes for 90 vulnerabilities, six of which have been exploited in the wild as zero-days, and four are publicly known. The zero-days under attack CVE-2024-38178 is a Scripting Engine Memory … Continue reading Microsoft fixes 6 zero-days under active attack

Chrome, Edge users beset by malicious extensions that can’t be easily removed

A widespread campaign featuring a malicious installer that saddles users with difficult-to-remove malicious Chrome and Edge browser extensions has been spotted by researchers. “The trojan malware contains different deliverables ranging from simpl… Continue reading Chrome, Edge users beset by malicious extensions that can’t be easily removed

Snapdragon X Copilot+ PC: Initial Hardware Compatibility

My initial assessment of Snapdragon X/Windows 11 on Arm hardware compatibility is overwhelmingly positive. Indeed, I had a 100 percent success rate.
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Microsoft Highlights New AI-Powered Features in its Edge Browser

The version 126 of Microsoft’s Edge browser comes with a new AI theme generator that can create a custom browser theme from a simple text prompt.
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