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Microsoft Edge will soon get a built-in free VPN
According to a document recently published on the Microsoft website, the Microsoft Edge web browser will soon offer a free VPN. The company’s new VPN service will be called the Microsoft Edge Secure Network.
Microsoft Edge Secure Network will be powered by Cloudflare, one of the most trusted DNS hosts on the market. The function will be aimed at protecting your device and confidential data while browsing. This feature, which is in the early stages of development, is available to some Edge Canary users. That being said, it is not a full VPN service offered in competing browsers such as Opera.
According to Microsoft, the Microsoft Edge Secure Network feature sends your traffic through an encrypted tunnel to create a secure connection, which means even HTTP URLs can be secured to make it harder for hackers to get your data and eliminate any possibility of online snooping. Therefore, using this VPN, Edge should not log your activities in any form and will not allow your ISP to determine your location or the sites you visit.
For those concerned about their privacy, Microsoft points out in its support document that “Cloudflare will maintain privacy and collect only a limited amount of diagnostic and support data.” The company promises to delete diagnostic and support data it collects every 25 hours.
And one more piece of news: Users who sign in with a Microsoft account will get 1 GB of free data to use every month.
Google has released an important security update for its Chrome browser.
Google Password Manager is pretty versatile as it allows you to sync all your saved passwords across mobile and desktop devices. Until now, the Chrome desktop browser used PINs and passwords to authenticate users before exposing stored data.
Now, if your computer (Windows and macOS) has an external or built-in biometric authentication system, such as a fingerprint scanner or a face scanner, you can use it to access data stored in the Chrome password manager.
It works pretty much the same as it does on Android tablet phones when accessing saved passwords in Chrome. Once authenticated, the user will be able to copy the saved password or edit the entry.
Honor from the Huawei ecosystem has introduced the new Honor X8a smartphone, which belongs to the inexpensive price range, to the international market.
Honor X8a is available in three body colors. In the UK, it’s on sale for £220 ($266) for the 6GB RAM, 128GB RAM version. When pre-ordering before February 14, the user receives the Honor Band 6 fitness bracelet for free.
The smartphone is equipped with a 6.7-inch Full HD + (2388 x 1080 pixels) LCD display with a frame rate of 90 Hz, a 16 MP front camera, a main triple camera (100 MP, 5 and 2 MP), MediaTek Helio G88 SoC, battery 4500mAh with 22.5W charging support. There is a side fingerprint scanner.
The Android 12 operating system with the MagicUI 6.1 shell is installed on the smartphone. 4G LTE, Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac), Bluetooth 5.1, NFC are supported.
Apple has released a software update for the MagSafe Duo charging station.
While Apple frequently releases firmware updates for most of its hardware, this is the first release since the MagSafe Duo officially debuted in 2020.
It’s not yet clear exactly what the firmware update does, as Apple hasn’t provided any release notes, but the latest firmware usually includes performance and security improvements, as well as increased compatibility with other devices.
The charging station will update automatically when it is in use and connected to the mains.
MagSafe Duo lets you charge your iPhone and Apple Watch at the same time and costs $129 in the US.
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