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Google experiment ditches WebKit for its own engine in Chrome for iOS
Google is testing Chrome's Blink web engine on iOS, but don't expect it in a public browser for now.
Microsoft Edge efficiency mode helps extend your laptop's battery life
Microsoft Edge now has an efficiency mode that promises to eke more battery life out of laptops.
Microsoft's Edge browser is now 'stable' on Linux
Microsoft has released its first stable version of the modern Edge browser for Linux, two years after the Mac and Windows versions.
Google and Microsoft team up to fix compatibility issues between browsers
Google, Microsoft and the broader web community are working together to make it easier for developers to build websites that work seamlessly across browsers.
Microsoft will match Chrome with more frequent Edge updates
The browser is moving to a four-week release cycle, starting with Edge 94.
Xbox test brings Microsoft's Chromium-based Edge browser to consoles
Microsoft has started testing the Chromium-based Edge web browser on Xbox One and Series X/S game consoles.
Brave's privacy-focused browser rolls out a version for Apple's M1 Macs
If Chrome, Safari and Firefox aren't enough, then maybe Brave is the right browser for your new Mac.
Google will officially support running Chrome OS on old PCs
This week, Google acquired Neverware and now plans to make CloudReady into an official Chrome OS release.
Windows apps will get improved web views thanks to Chromium support
The WebView2 technology for Win32 C/C++ applications is now generally available for developers, Microsoft has announced in a blog post. As Thurrott notes, WebView2 is built on the Chromium version of Microsoft Edge unlike its predecessor, which was based on the company’s defunct proprietary browser engine. Microsoft first announced that it’s releasing WebView2 as part of Project Reunion at Build 2020 back in May when it made its preview version available.
Microsoft Edge on Linux preview is coming in October
Microsoft's Edge browser arrives on Linux as a developer preview in October.
Microsoft Edge has a cute game to play when you're offline
Microsoft Edge now has a mini-game to play when you're offline, and it's more advanced than Chrome's dino jumping.
Chrome will start blocking resource-demanding ads in August
Beginning this summer, Google will cap the resources a display ad can use in Chrome in order to protect users’ batteries and data plans.
Microsoft Edge becomes the second most popular desktop web browser
Microsoft's gamble on a Chromium-based Edge browser appears to have paid off, at least in the short term. Bleeping Computer noted that Edge is now the second most popular desktop web browser based on usage, with NetMarketShare giving the software nearly 7.6 percent of the market in March, eclipsing a declining Mozilla Firefox with almost 7.2 percent. Edge is still far behind Chrome's 68.5 percent, but that's no mean feat for a browser that wasn't even three months old.
Microsoft's Edge browser will add vertical tabs and tracking prevention
Microsoft finally did the deed and killed Internet Explorer. The company's new browser, Edge, is much more promising, and is even getting some compelling features that differentiate it from the likes of Chrome and Firefox. Today, the company announced enhancements like vertical tabs, password monitoring and tracking prevention -- as well as a mobile version of its useful Collections feature.
Microsoft's revamped Edge browser now runs on ARM-based Windows PCs
The default web browsing experience on ARM-based Windows PCs just took a big step forward. Microsoft has released its first version of its Chromium-based Edge browser for ARM-based Windows 10 systems, giving them all the compatibility and feature improvements without the performance hit that comes from emulating the x86 edition. Suffice it to say this could be very helpful if you're running a Snapdragon-powered computer like the Surface Pro X and want a relatively lean but capable browser.
Chrome will start protecting users from insecure downloads in April
Google Chrome will soon deliver on last year's promise to better protect users from insecure content -- downloads not encrypted via HTTPS -- on otherwise secure pages. Chrome 82, which will be released in April, will be the first version of Google's browser to warn users before allowing them to download certain insecure file types. In future releases, they'll be blocked outright.
WhatsApp desktop security flaw gave intruders remote access to files
You'll want to update WhatsApp's desktop client if you use it to chat on your computer. PerimeterX researcher Gal Weizman has revealed that Facebook patched a security vulnerability in WhatsApp's Mac and Windows versions that let attackers insert JavaScript into messages and remotely access files. The software was running an older release of Google's Chromium web engine (all the way back to version 69) with known flaws that made it relatively easy to slip in rogue code. It wouldn't have been difficult to alter messages, look for sensitive documents or install additional malware.
Chrome users can control media from a centralized toolbar button
One of the more frustrating aspects of modern web browsing is that it's easy to forget which tabs have videos or songs playing. This makes it difficult to pause your media quickly when you have to answer a call or pay close attention to an email. The latest Chrome update helps fix that by adding a new button that gathers all the media playing in your browser and displays play, pause and skip buttons for each one.
Chrome may shame slow-loading sites with 'speed badging'
While there are many, many worse things going on in the world than waiting far too long for a website to load, that's bound to tick off even the most patient of us. Google's not standing idly by, though, as it might start naming and shaming sites that take forever to display their contents in Chrome.
Amazon Echo Show falls victim to an old flaw at hacking contest
The latest iteration of the Pwn2Own hacking contest just underscored an all-too-common flaw with smart home devices. The security research team Fluoroacetate hacked into an Amazon Echo Show 5 by taking advantage of its "patch gap" -- that is, its use of older software that had been patched on other platforms. Brian Gorenc, the director of contest host Zero Day Initiative, explained to TechCrunch that the smart screen uses a not-so-current version of Google's Chromium browser engine that leaves it vulnerable to attacks. Fluoroacetate exploited this out-of-date code by using an integer overflow JavaScript bug to hijack the device while it was connected to a malicious WiFi network.
