Illustration. Accordingly, a Microsoft spokesperson shared that software supplier Microsoft will end support for the Internet Explorer (IE) web browser next year, so it will stop providing it to individual users. The announcement comes in the context of IE increasingly losing ground to web browsers of rival companies such as Google’s Chrome or Apple’s Safari. According to analytics company Statscounter, as of April 2021, Google’s Chrome browser accounted for 65% of the market share, while Apple’s Safari ranked second with nearly 19% market share. Third and fourth are Firefox (3.59% market share) and Edge (3.39% market share), respectively. In the future, Microsoft wants to focus entirely on the Microsoft Edge browser. Microsoft said that from June 15, 2022, IE will stop working. Users can switch to using Microsoft Edge – another browser of the company – instead. Internet Explorer 11 will no longer be supported for Microsoft online services such as Office 365, OneDrive, Outlook,… on August 17th. Earlier, on March 17, 2015, Microsoft announced that Microsoft Edge would replace Internet Explorer as the default browser on their Windows 10 devices. Internet Explorer is an iconic product in the field of technology. Born on August 16, 1995 on Windows operating system, Internet Explorer was once the world’s most popular browser in the 2000s.

Facebook has used Twitter to highlight new prompts that will appear for users who share content without reading the articles. The text of the prompt reads “You are about to share this article without opening it. Sharing articles without reading them could mean missing out on important information.” Users will have two options inside the Open Article and Continue Sharing prompts, respectively Open Article and Continue Sharing. Essentially, Facebook hopes the content is enough that some people will read the news stories before sharing them online, but Facebook says it won’t force them to access the articles. Users can still continue to share a post without reading it because Facebook and other social networks cannot force users to read content before sharing it with others. However, this feature could be beneficial in the long run as it will still deliver the core message that some Facebook users have not yet grasped to share online. It is essential that people fully grasp the story they want to share. Even if people choose to continue sharing without reading, they’ll know the same prompt will appear again every time they share content if they don’t click on the post. A simple way to avoid annoyance is to view the full article. It’s currently unclear if the feature will roll out to all Facebook users after initial testing, and how long it will take for Facebook to bring it to phones and web browsers. In fact, another social network, Twitter, tested the same feature last June before rolling it out to all users in September.

The latest version of Chrome – 90.0.4430.212 – is available for Windows, Mac and Linux users. Updates for Android and iOS phones of the browser have also been released. (Image: Shutterstock / XanderSt) Of the 19 vulnerabilities patched in this release, 15 have been reported by 3rd party security researchers, of which 13 are rated high severity and 2 vulnerabilities are rated as medium severity. The parts of Chrome affected by these issues include: Installing apps over the web; offline mode; media feeds; Aura; tab group; notification; V8; autofill; File API; history, reading mode; payment and tab strip. (Photo: Gadgets To Use) As usual, the company will not release details of the bugs that have been patched until the fixes are sent to most users. In its recommendation, Google does not mention that any of these vulnerabilities are exploited in online attacks. However, over the past few months, the Internet search giant has released patches for a number of dangerous zero-day vulnerabilities appearing in the browser. (Photo: MakeUseOf) In March, Google released an urgent fix to address CVE-2021-21193, a dangerous zero-day vulnerability. In April, the company released patches for the CVE-2021-21206 and CVE-2021-21220 (in Chrome 89) and CVE-2021-21224 (Chrome 90) series of vulnerabilities. Back in April, a Chromium vulnerability (in the V8 JavaScript engine) was announced before patches were sent to Chrome and Microsoft Edge users. In the same month, Google also patched another critical bug in V8. (Photo: Lesterman/Shutterstock) Chrome users should install the recently released security update to prevent any possible attacks. To update the Google Chrome browser, click the menu icon (3 dots) in the upper right corner, then select Help > About Chrome (about Chrome). After the update is complete, click Relaunch to restart the browser.