A few simple tweaks to your browser can reduce the amount of personal information you give up to advertisers and other tech companies. Here's what to change in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari. I ...

Q: I am a Microsoft 365 subscriber and I love it. However, after an automatic update from Microsoft, Edge often becomes my default browser. I use and prefer Chrome. I have tried many workarounds to ...

Microsoft Edge might command a fraction of the internet browser space but is slowly gaining ground because of its excellent security settings and other unique features that differentiate it from the ...

One of the enduring legacies of the ’90s browser wars has been an outsize attention to how Microsoft handles default app settings in Windows, especially browser settings. The company plans to make it ...

Khamosh Pathak is a freelance tech journalist with over 13 years of experience writing online. An accounting graduate, he turned his interest in writing and technology into a career. He holds a ...

If you’ve picked up a new laptop recently and you’re getting everything set up, you may want to switch your default browser. For Windows 11 laptops, the default is automatically Microsoft Edge.

If Edge keeps changing the default search engine to Bing, and you have to switch back to Google or Yahoo manually, do this to prevent this from happening.

Republished on January 31 with responses to Microsoft’s update and more detailed advice for Windows users on how to defend against these threats. In a refreshing change from recent negative sparring ...