Microsoft Edge has added back a setting that lets you block autoplay audio and video on website. The setting also allows you to add exceptions. Learn how to use it.
What just happened? Researchers with Guardio Security uncovered a "vast campaign" of malicious data-collecting browser extensions. The analysts dubbed it "Dormant Colors" because of the malware's focus on color and style themes --- Action Colors, Power Colors, Super Colors, and so on. Dormant Colors consists of 30 different extensions that millions of users have downloaded.
By logging in to your Google account during Edge's First Run Experience, you can now import all your Chrome data without installing Google Chrome on your PC. More information in the release notes.
Microsoft Edge on Windows now automatically compresses disk cache for improved performance and a reduced disk footprint. For more details check out the release notes.