Don’t panic – Microsoft’s Edge browser isn’t about to subject you to a flood of unblocked adverts (not yet, anyway)

Microsoft Edge is telling testers their old extensions, like uBlock Origin, are no longer supportedHowever, this appears to be a move accidentally introduced to the earliest test version of EdgeDon’t…

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End of an era: Microsoft to shut down Skype, shifting users to Teams, 14 years after $8.5B deal

A meeting in Skype, the messaging and calling app that once ranked as Microsoft’s largest acquisition. (Microsoft Photo) Before Zoom, before FaceTime, and before video-calling became a default feature of…

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Microsoft’s latest bit of nagging in Windows 11 might come from a good place, but it’s seriously annoying some people

Windows 11 is warning some folks to back up their PC with a banner in the Settings appThis is a way of pushing Microsoft’s own Backup app which uses OneDriveNot…

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