Recently, according to foreign media mspoweruser news, Microsoft launched a stable version of 96.0.4664.93 for the Edge browser on December 11. This version does not add new features, but instead fixes a large number of vulnerabilities to prevent the software from being hacked.
It is worth mentioning that Microsoft did not explicitly tell the security level of each vulnerability, and whether it has been exploited. However, as you can see from the podcast article of Google Chrome browser, most of the vulnerabilities fixed by Edge this time are of serious severity.
After entering the browser settings according to your knowledge, click "About Microsoft Edge" at the bottom to automatically update and the restart can take effect. After restarting the browser, the currently open tabs are also retained.
Smart Bud experts said that as of the latest, Microsoft and its affiliates have more than 160,000 patent applications in 126 countries/ regions. From the perspective of patent applicants, the company's current patent applicant rankings are from Microsoft Technology Licensing Co., Ltd., Microsoft Corporation, and LinkedIn.
In addition, as of the latest, Microsoft and its affiliates have filed 8,820 patent applications directly related to software in 126 countries. It can be seen from the patent innovation word cloud that the patent layout in recent years is mainly concentrated in applications, software applications, computers, user interfaces, computing equipment and other professional and technical fields.
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