Microsoft's Bing and Edge might gain DMA exemptions
Jan 24, 2024 · Microsoft has issued a Windows 10 patch to address EU regulators' concerns about its ubiquitous OS as industry chatter swirls around Edge and Bing potentially dodging antitrust watchdogs due to a lack of dominance.
Mozilla slams Microsoft for driving Windows users to Edge
Feb 2, 2024 · Mozilla on Thursday accused Microsoft of forcing its Edge browser down the throats of Windows users through "dark patterns" – design elements geared to push people towards certain decisions.
The Bing Wallpaper app may decrypt, read your cookies
Nov 26, 2024 · According to the self-identified Microsoft MVP alum, the Bing Wallpaper app includes undocumented features that enable it to alter Chrome browser extension preferences, and decrypt and read "all major browser cookies for user tracking purposes."
Microsoft offers $1M prize to folks willing to use Bing
Nov 4, 2024 · The sweepstakes page, ostensibly a Microsoft Rewards contest and not a Bing-centered one, indicates that each eligible person can earn up to 200 entries for doing things like changing their default search engine to Bing and using it to do a search, installing Microsoft Edge or the Bing app for iOS and Android, using Bing Travel or just using ...
Microsoft probes complaints that Edge leaks URLs to Bing
Apr 26, 2023 · You might want to think twice before typing anything into Microsoft's Edge browser, as an apparent bug in a recent release of Redmond's Chromium clone appears to be funneling URLs you visit back to the Bing API.
Microsoft PC Manager app suggests Bing as a fix-all
May 16, 2024 · Users looking for Windows repair tips via the Microsoft PC Manager app may be recommended to switch Edge's default search engine back to Bing.
Microsoft seeks Digital Market Acts exemption for Bing, Edge
Oct 26, 2023 · Exclusive The European Commission is looking into Microsoft's request to remove Bing, Edge, and Microsoft Ads from the Digital Markets Act (DMA), and at least one rival has claimed the company is not playing fair.
Microsoft bends to Europe on obeying user defaults for links
Aug 30, 2023 · The software bypasses the microsoft-edge: handler and reroutes URLs to the default browser. Microsoft in 2021 made changes to Windows 11 that prevented the older EdgeDeflector tool from altering its link handling.
Bing AI chatbot shortcut appears in Windows 11 • The Register
Mar 1, 2023 · The same day it announced the appearance of the Bing chatbot widget with Windows 11, Microsoft said it is bringing more AI-powered features to Teams Premium and the Viva employee engagement service. Teams Premium features OpenAI's GPT-3.5, the latest version of the language model.
Windows 10 S forces Bing, Edge on your kids. If you don't like it, …
May 4, 2017 · After Tuesday's big launch of Windows 10 S, it emerged the software will force people to use Edge and Bing. How can that be? The supposedly streamlined operating system aimed at kids and their teachers will only run apps from Microsoft's official Windows 10 S software store. Right now, there are no third-party browsers available from its shelves.