Hill in HotHardware reported that Microsoft's Joe Belfiore, a corporate vice president, said preview builds of Microsoft Edge were downloaded over 1 million times and the company was bestowed with 140,000 pieces of feedback on the browser.įrederic Lardinois in TechCrunch: "The company now feels that it knows enough about how well Edge works on a wide range of machines and that it is stable enough for enthusiasts, web developers and business users to give it a try before its wider release." No wonder: They had a lot from potential users to go by. In an interview with Engadget, the mood over the beta at Microsoft was high confidence over future success. It is designed to help protect the browser from "nefarious websites and phishing attacks." Hardawar said this will be the last test version of the browser before its official release and he ran off key features: dark mode, online tracking prevention and the speed boost from Chromium.īrandon Hill in HotHardware called his readers' attention to "notable" features such as Windows Defender Application Guard. Qualified submissions are eligible for bounty rewards of $1,000 USD to $30,000 USD."īounties will be awarded based on "the severity and impact of the vulnerability and quality of the submission, and subject to the Microsoft Bounty Terms and Conditions." This is the way the company formally announced the program: "The Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Insider Bounty Program welcomes individuals across the globe to seek out and submit vulnerabilities unique to the next version of Microsoft Edge based on Chromium. "Microsoft is calling on researchers to help sniff out any security glitches in the beta version of its new Chromium-based Edge browser before officially pushing it live," reported Lindsey O'Donnell in Threatpost Tuesday.Įnter the Microsoft Edge Insider Bounty. It appeared as if Microsoft is not about to suffer any dips when the browser does formally leave beta.
You can anticipate updates every six weeks. Engadget's Devindra Hardawar and others delivered the news on Tuesday, that this Microsoft browser was ready for beta testing.
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