Microsoft's Edge browser will block ads that are deemed too intrusive, a new sign that browsers have begun competing to make the web better for you even if businesses might not like it.

Reports were swirling around the tech-based parts of the Internet the last couple of days when word hit that the next version of Microsoft’s Edge browser would come with an ad-blocker built in.

In a session for Web developers today, Microsoft highlighted ad blocker capabilities in its Edge browser. [Updated with comment from Microsoft] Written by Ed Bott, Senior Contributing Editor March ...

Update 3/31 12:15PM ET: After this story was published, a Microsoft employee tweeted to refute the rumor of a built-in ad blocker coming to the Edge browser. The article has been updated accordingly.

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 was listed as "build ad-blocking features into the browser." ...

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Google is blocking Microsoft Edge users, ... Balanced: This is the default state of tracking protection in the Edge browser. However, this mode doesn't block ads on YouTube.

The browser comes with three different settings to prevent tracking as you surf the web: “Basic,” which lets most trackers and ads through; “Balanced,” the recommended option from ...

Make sure you’re not inadvertently blocking ads from sites you don’t mean to block. To examine browser add-ons in either Edge or Chrome, look for an icon that looks like a puzzle piece to the ...

To get extension support on mobile, Update the Microsoft Edge browser to the latest version (134.0.3124.57 on Android). Click on the menu, ... Use Built-in Ad Blocker.

Microsoft just shipped an update to Edge Dev that brings the browser to version 110.0.1587.1. The update adds a new option that makes it easier to block ads on the Android version of Edge.