Google disables Windows Segment Heap in Chrome 85 due to Performance issues

The supposed memory improvements that Segment Heap brings to Chrome on Windows 10 2004 are at the cost of increased CPU usage, Google found in their tests. The Chromium team has disabled the Segment Heap feature in Chrome 85 for now. Google Chrome uses more memory because of its architecture, everyone, including the Chromium team …

Microsoft is looking into Edge popup ads on Bing issue after user reports

Both Microsoft and Google use their web properties to promote Chrome and new Microsoft Edge. The pop-up ads that users receive on Google services and Micorosft websites are the worst and they’re very annoying. Recently we’ve reported Bing is aggressively promoting Edge by showing advertisement at the bottom on its search results page with a …

Microsoft Edge InPrivate Windows allow enforcing Strict Tracking Prevention

Microsoft has added, “Always use “Strict” tracking prevention when browsing InPrivate” Setting to new Edge InPrivate Windows in the Canary version. The switch is already available in Tracking Prevention Settings. Microsoft Edge offers three Tracking Prevention modes to prevent being tracked online when you visit websites. 1. Basic TP allows most of the trackers but …

OneDrive is blocking Windows 10 2004 installation for some devices

While Windows 10 May 2020 Update itself broke OneDrive’s Files On-demand feature, the OneDrive app is actually reportedly blocking Windows 10 version 2004 from being installed on certain devices. Microsoft recently acknowledged OneDrive files On-demand is broken for some “older devices or devices with certain old apps installed that use legacy file system filter drivers …