Venkat Eswarlu
Venkat Eswarlu

Venkat is an independent technology journalist and the founder of Techdows. He has been covering web browsers, Windows, and software news since 2009. His exclusive scoops on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge features have been cited by Forbes, TechCrunch, Wired, CNET, and other major publications.

Microsoft may change New Edge’s Media Autoplay default Setting to ‘Limit’

After completing one year since Edge Chromium Launch, Microsoft yet to figure out offering dedicated controls to prevent the Autoplaying of Videos on websites. As of now, the new Microsoft Edge Autoplays media by default and disables on sites that users engaged in the past when another setting is chosen. Microsoft may make ‘Limit” as …

Microsoft restores DNS Over HTTPS configuration in Edge

Microsoft Edge Chromium received support for DoH sometime back. Due to the Performance issue, recently Microsoft has removed the list of DNS providers from Edge Security settings, in all versions. Today, alternative DNS service providers are back and showing up in all Edge insider channels such as Beta, Dev, and Canary except stable. DNS over …

Suppress Microsoft Edge’s Restore Pages dialog on Startup

Microsoft Edge’s new feature that improves startup time or the prompt that ensures you don’t lose tabs is turning out to be an annoyance. Even if you close tabs before the shutdown, Edge is asking to “Restore Pages” with the message “Microsoft Edge closed while you had some pages open“, if Edge is consistently showing …