Nope, Microsoft Edge will not be getting built-in ad blocking

On Thursday, a report from ZDNet claimed Microsoft was planning to build ad blocking right into its new Microsoft Edge web browser. We hate to be the bearer of bad news, but that's not going to happen.

Mashable has confirmed that Microsoft is not building native ad-blocking features into Edge. According to Microsoft, the slide that was circulated at a Build 2016 session was "in reference to work we're already doing in bringing extensions to MS Edge, such as AdBlock and AdBlock Plus" and not referring to built-in ad blocking features.