From CNET: At its Build conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, Microsoft outlined the ways in which it would speed up the development of the Web browser introduced with Windows 10 last year. High on the list is the introduction of a built-in ad blocker.
In a chart laying out future features for Edge, spotted by CNET sister site ZDNet, one of the actions described for the summer 2016 update is to "build ad-blocking feature into the browser." With the next Windows 10 previews versions due shortly, Edge's ad-blocking tool could be in front of some users within the next month.
Ad blocking used to be a niche activity, but it is moving rapidly into the mainstream. Microsoft is not the first to bake that capability into its browser -- the Opera browser and Brave, the startup browser from former Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich, both incorporate the feature. Apple lets you download a third-party ad-blocker for its iPhone Safari browser.
It isn't just about blocking annoying ads. Safety questions have come to the fore after the likes of The New York Times and AOL accidentally distributed ads infected with malware.
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