EU may force Apple to allow competing browser engines on iOS
Leak suggests the EU will fight iOS WebKit dominance
Firefox Focus is a private web browser for Android and iOS
Firefox Focus is a privacy-focused mobile browser for smartphones and tablets. By default, Focus blocks trackers and lets you erase your history, password, and cookies with ease.
Firefox 100 lands with video playback improvements and better security
Firefox 100 enables video overlay and AV1 video decoding hardware acceleration by default on Windows with supported GPUs, adds floating scrollbars on Linux, and more.
Google urges Chrome 100 users to update to 101 because of 29 security flaws
Only six are high threat vulnerabilities, which is enough to warrant the update
The Best Portable Apps for Your Software Toolbox
Portable apps usually offer the same functionality as the regular versions of your favorite software, but without any installers involved. That means you can run them directly from a USB drive or a cloud folder synced across PCs.
Microsoft Edge is getting a free built-in VPN, powered by Cloudflare
Taking a page out of Opera's book
macOS users can now sign up to test DuckDuckGo's desktop privacy browser
DuckDuckGo expands its browser testing pool
Mozilla and Vivaldi not appeased by Windows 11 default browser changes
Vivaldi argues only "technically competent" users will install the update
Edge replaces Safari as the second most popular desktop browser
It's still a very long way off catching Chrome
What Ever Happened to Adobe Flash?
For years, Adobe Flash was synonymous with interactive websites, web video, and browser games. At its peak, Flash Player was on 99% of desktop browsers. A decade later and it's all but gone.
Windows 11 update allows users to switch browser with the click of a button
The Redmond company can listen to its users after all
Microsoft reminds us that Internet Explorer is being killed off on June 15
But IE Mode will live on in Edge
Safari may soon lose its place as the second most-used web browser, in the desktop anyway
Edge could soon pass Safari as the second most-popular desktop browser
As Firefox's user numbers decline, Mozilla seeks out new revenue streams
Mozilla aims to reduce its dependance on Google
What Ever Happened to Netscape Navigator?
It was a magical time, PC sales were just booming and if you were lucky, yours would come with a modem for dial-up Internet access. You would hear the scrambling sound of your phone line connecting you to the world. Launching Netscape and staring at the throbber animation while a single web page loaded.
Opera now supports emoji-based web addresses
The next big idea, or a nothingburger?
Experimental VRR scrolling spotted in Microsoft Edge Canary
Variable Refresh Rate isn't just for games anymore
Microsoft is adding a Games panel to Edge and some people aren't happy about it
Will this really make Edge more appealing?
DuckDuckGo's privacy-focused desktop browser is in closed beta
A mobile version already exists
Firefox 95 now includes RLBox sandboxing for added security
The latest Firefox adds "RLBox" sandboxing to isolate any potentially-buggy code making the browser more secure. Downloads links and more release notes here.
Microsoft finally caves and makes it easier for users to switch default browsers in Windows 11
It's in 'testing' for now but should be included in the next big features drop, maybe early next year
Microsoft tells people trying to download 'so 2008' Chrome that Edge is better
Microsoft continues to endear itself to the public