The Windows 10 Mail application is far easier to use than in previous versions of Windows. Gone are the days where you need to find someone to help you set up an Outlook email account so that you can check […]
July 2019
How to Stop Firefox from Installing and Running Shield Studies
I would like to opt-out of allowing Firefox to send technical and interaction data to Mozilla. Moreover, I want to opt-out of allowing Firefox to install and run studies on my computer. If I disable these two options combined, I […]
Windows Defender Gets Rebranded to Microsoft Defender
Windows Defender has only been a reliable source of antivirus starting from Windows 10, and yet it is already being renamed. Microsoft has decided Windows Defender should, in fact, be called Microsoft Defender now. As Microsoft continues to evolve, it […]
Chrome to Stop Incognito Mode Detection as of July
Google has announced that it will be closing loopholes that allowed for websites to detect when you were browsing the Web using Google Chrome in incognito mode. The specific loophole Google is referring to is the filesystem API loophole which […]
Configure Detection for Potentially Unwanted Programs in Windows 10
Potentially unwanted programs have plagued the Windows operating system for some time. To no fault of Microsoft’s, people create these programs as applications, and there is no way of stopping you from downloading it if that is what you want […]
Microsoft Edge Has Tracking Prevention As Flag
The latest Microsoft Edge preview build now comes with tracking prevention. Dona Sarker, the head of the Windows Insider team, recently announced that her and other Microsoft employees are listening to what users want, and something they were getting a […]
Chrome Reportedly “Spyware” According to Washington Post Columnist
Washington Post tech columnist Geoffrey Fowler spent a week analyzing the popular Google Chrome web browser and concluded that Chrome “looks a lot like surveillance software.” Fowler found that after a week’s use of Chrome, he had 11,189 requests for […]
Microsoft Edge Market Share Reaches All-time High
Microsoft Edge’s market share has been growing steadily so far during 2019, with all but one month resulting in good growth. Microsoft developers are currently in the midst of making big changes to Edge—its foundation will soon be Chromium instead […]