Microsoft boasts of Edge's growth, but is it really at 30% market share?
Statcounter tells a different story
Brave Search lets you tweak site rankings with a personalized voting system
Upvote and downvote your way to better results
Vivaldi 7.1 improves dashboard, adds seamless tab imports
Vivaldi now allows users to import open tabs from other browsers, offers more style options for the dashboard, introduces a new Add Speed Dial dialog, and rolls out its Send Tab to Device feature.
Game devs are flocking to PC, leaving consoles behind, according to GDC survey
The rising popularity of Valve's Steam Deck is one reason
Bing search results in Edge are obscuring Chrome links, promoting Microsoft's browser
Does anyone even use Bing?
Microsoft Edge's 'Game Assist' lets you browse the web without leaving your game
The Game Assist feature in the Edge browser enables you to watch videos or browse the web while playing your favorite game. Initially a beta feature, Game Assist is now available to all in the stable release of Microsoft Edge.
Microsoft's Phoenix project aims to modernize Edge with UI upgrades
Two experimental flags for now, maybe a complete UI overhaul later?
Chrome adds Google Lens search for anything on a webpage
Chrome 132 is a major release with refinements that include improved toolbar customization, password sharing to mobile, Google Lens for just about anything, more agile autofill and 16 significant security fixes.
Tetris has been crammed into a tiny 60KB PDF, works in any browser
Falling tetriminos find new life in a PDF
Google fights back: proposes to limit default search agreements, wants to avoid selling Chrome
Google resists drastic breakup, offers changes in search and Android to address monopoly ruling
Google's new experimental AI agent can browse the web for you
Project Mariner can control your mouse, search for information, retrieve data, and drop items in your shopping cart
Microsoft predicts AI will make web browsers and search engines obsolete in years
Microsoft's AI chief on the future: Conversational agents over traditional browsing
Mullvad collaborates with Tor on a new private browser
Mullvad VPN and the Tor Project have joined forces to introduce the Mullvad Browser, which promises not to collect user data and prioritize privacy. The browser defaults to private mode and blocks third-party trackers.
Browser Alliance is accusing Microsoft of limiting user choice with Edge browser
Google accusing Microsoft of limiting user choice, just like pigs are flying right now
OpenAI is considering launching its own browser to challenge Google
First search, now browsers
Firefox 132 adds 4K video support and enhanced privacy features
Firefox now blocks third-party cookies when enhanced tracking is set to Strict mode. Firefox 132 also introduces 4K video playback for streaming services via Microsoft PlayReady, reducing battery drain and enhancing performance when watching movies.
Chrome browser gets new "Performance Detection" tool
Chrome's new Performance Detection identifies performance issues and suggests fixes, like deactivating resource-heavy tabs. You can manage alerts with "Fix now" or disable the feature in Settings.
Opera says it will continue to support old Chrome extensions, including uBlock Origin
The alternative browser doesn't want to give up on Manifest V2 just yet
Google is working on an AI agent that can move your mouse, take over your browser
People are bound to love this!
WTF?! There's still a lot of pushback against generative AI from most of the public. Not only are there concerns about the technology taking jobs and plagiarising, but many worry about control being taken out of humans' hands. Google and other companies' solution, it seems, is to create AI agents that can take over your PC, moving the mouse cursor, browsing the web, and entering text.
Vivaldi browser gets a complete overhaul
Vivaldi 7 debuts today with a redesigned UI featuring floating tabs, new icons, and themes, and a reimagined dashboard that organizes mail, calendar, feeds, tasks, and even notes.
What Ever Happened to Netscape?
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 One R2 expands browser AI, introduces dynamic themes
The Opera browser has received a new major release: One R2 improves AI image generation, dynamic themes include glass elements, and tab management has been improved with split screen.
Mozilla advises Firefox users to update if they want browser add-ons to keep working
Trying to avoid another "extension apocalypse" like the one that happened in 2019
Google Chrome 130 adds passkeys for passwordless login on desktop
Chrome now supports passkeys not only on Android but also on Windows, macOS, and Linux desktops. Additionally, you can set up a PIN for easy access to your passkeys on the go.
