Google Chrome introduces new modes to save energy and memory
New functionality should help users on laptops with lots of tabs open
Chrome now lets you search browsing history and open tabs right from the address bar
Starting with version 108.0.5359.95, Google Chrome now allows you to find bookmarks, tabs, and your browsing history from the address bar. Just type "@bookmarks" or "@tabs" or "@history" in the address bar and start looking for open tabs and websites you've visited before.
Manifest v3 extensions are now accepted on the Firefox add-on store
A hot potato: Mozilla has started accepting Manifest V3 add-ons for the code-signing process of the AMO store. From June 2023, Chrome will only accept MV3 extensions and crippled ad-blocking tools. Mozilla will continue to support full-featured (MV2) ad-blockers like uBlock Origin anyway.
"Dormant Color" malware infects millions of PCs with malicious Chrome extensions
What just happened? Researchers with Guardio Security uncovered a "vast campaign" of malicious data-collecting browser extensions. The analysts dubbed it "Dormant Colors" because of the malware's focus on color and style themes --- Action Colors, Power Colors, Super Colors, and so on. Dormant Colors consists of 30 different extensions that millions of users have downloaded.
Google announces official end-of-support date for Chrome on Windows 7
Around 10% of Windows systems still use Win 7
Firefox 106 lets you edit, sign, and even draw on PDF files
The latest Firefox release has added PDF editing capabilities, including writing text, drawing, and adding signatures. FF 106 also includes a new shortcut button to quickly go to private browsing mode.
Newly identified browser bug allows websites to overwrite clipboard content
The text can be replaced with fraudulent URLs, addresses, or other malicious information
TikTok's in-app browser found to be recording your keystrokes
It's just for debugging, they swear
PSA: Google advises users to update Chrome as soon as possible
At least one security flaw in the popular web browser is being actively exploited in the wild
Microsoft Edge now allows importing Chrome data without installing the Chrome browser
By logging in to your Google account during Edge's First Run Experience, you can now import all your Chrome data without installing Google Chrome on your PC. More information in the release notes.
Vivaldi is a highly customizable Chromium browser
Vivaldi was built to be customized to your liking: the way it shows tabs, it can block trackers, disable website images on slower connections, or even pause site activity for saving resources. It is available for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android.
Edge browser now compresses disk cache for improved performance
Microsoft Edge on Windows now automatically compresses disk cache for improved performance and a reduced disk footprint. For more details check out the release notes.
How to Keep Using Internet Explorer in Microsoft Edge with IE Mode
If you use Windows and need to access a website that doesn't support modern browsers, you can still manage to do it thanks to a hidden option in Microsoft Edge called "IE Mode."
Upcoming Google Chrome feature will help conserve battery life with many open tabs
Other Chromium browsers might also implement the change
Intel acknowledges Chrome and Edge issues on Alder Lake processors, offers fixes
Company suggests a clean iGPU driver install
Google significantly improves its password manager for Chrome on PC, Android, and iOS
New password generator and strength checker, uniform interface
Adobe is testing a free version of Photoshop that runs on your web browser
Some features will be paywalled in the future
Internet Explorer 'dies' tomorrow after 27 years, but nearly 50% of businesses still use the browser
It's hard to let go of the past
Antitrust regulator considers Apple's cloud gaming ban and WebKit requirement anticompetitive
Legal action against Apple's browser and cloud gaming policies are pending an investigation
Google Chrome gets on-device machine learning to block annoying web notifications, will soon get adaptive toolbar
Google wants to make Chrome more powerful behind the scenes for safer web browsing
Safari now has over 1 billion users, the second web browser to pass this milestone
The next most popular browser has a fifth of Safari's userbase
Private DuckDuckGo browser still allows some Microsoft trackers
Part of an agreement DuckDuckGo is working to change
Study claims up to 75 percent of phishing websites make it past Chrome's defenses
Google calls BS, saying its blocking API is shared with Firefox, which blocked 85 percent