Internet Explorer is officially done and over with. However, its bones are still lingering in Windows. IE11 Removal and Unintended Consequences Microsoft is removing some of the remnants from the OS with patch coming on February 14th to take out a chunk. Programs that rely on those parts of Internet Explorer within Windows will start running into problems when they suddenly can’t find what they’re looking for. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_debt https://qz.com/2011408/some-companies-will-still-use-internet-explorer-after-its-retired https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/internet-explorer-11-desktop-app-retirement-faq/ba-p/2366549 https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/help-article/security-risk/use-built-browser-quickbooks-desktop/ https://www.diversifiedcomputer.net/blog/critical-alert-pop-up-quickbooks-end-support-for-quickbooks-browser/ https://magazine.promomarketing.com/post/quickbooks-built-in-browser-replaces-internet-explorer/ And a quick story on the Chinese laser lightshow we got… https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvm9y5/green-lasers-sky-hawaii-chinese-satellite