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Microsoft Edge is apparently usurping Chrome on people’s PCs (arstechnica.com)

submitted 5 months ago by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Users of Google Chrome on Windows 10 and 11 are reporting that they have suddenly found themselves using Microsoft Edge, with their Chrome browsing sessions appearing in Edge.
This may be due to a bug or an accidentally clicked-through dialog box related to a feature in Edge that imports browsing data from Chrome.
The setting, called "Import browsing data from Chrome," continually imports data from Chrome every time Edge is launched, unlike the one-time import offered for Firefox.
There have been concerns about Microsoft's tactics for pushing its own browser, including notifications, pop-ups, and full-screen messages promoting Edge and Bing.
Microsoft has become more aggressive in pushing various subscriptions and features in recent years, making a "clean" Windows install feel less so.
It remains unclear whether the Edge data-import issue is intentional or a bug, highlighting concerns about Microsoft's methods for promoting its own software.

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[-] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 40 points 5 months ago

These AI generated article thumbnails are getting out of hand.

[-] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 6 points 5 months ago

The thumbnail is from 2021, I believe it's manually edited.

[-] Asudox@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

Reminds me of the creatures that russian man made with his own sperm.

[-] thecrotch@sh.itjust.works 16 points 5 months ago

Those are called children

[-] XTornado@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

He did what!?

[-] Asudox@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

https://www.elitereaders.com/russian-guy-injects-sperm-chicken-egg-attempt-create-homunculus/

Though many say it's fake so yeah.

[-] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 8 points 5 months ago

That's staying blue

[-] Soggy@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Many? It's laughably fake.

[-] andros_rex@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Okay, let’s think about this for a minute - do chickens and human beings have genetics that are at all compatible with each other? (I’ll give you hint: chickens have a ZW chromosome sex determination system, humans XY). I’m not an expert on chickens, but I’m pretty sure the eggs are typically fertilized before the egg fully forms.

And then if we read the article:

In other words, it’s most likely the Russian guy was just entertaining everyone with his video. Whatever he did to make his “homunculus” appear alive worked on his target audience. It captured the overactive imagination of so many netizens. In this sense, his experiment succeeded.

Funny that it’s at the end, after a random bit about Paracelsus and a tangentially related real experimental process for making genetically modified chickens.

Let’s not take 2016 SEO clickbait garbage seriously :)

[-] Asudox@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

yeah it is fake, it's obvious. It was somewhat disturbing when I first saw it though.

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