While Microsoft Edge is still quite a long way off from being the top dog in the browser space, the Redmond tech firm continuously keeps adding new features to it in the hopes of acquiring more customers. At times, it also resorts to somewhat shady tactics to advertise the software to potential customers, but it often ends up annoying users even more in the process. Now, it seems that Microsoft is working on a performance optimization capability in Edge that may attract more people to the browser.
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