Tag: browsers
I’m a diehard Firefox user — and its new ad blocker rolling out on iOS could finally let me switch from Safari
Firefox’s iOS app comes with a new built-in ad blocker It stops all kinds of ads, but there are some exceptions The move could convince me to finally switch from Safari I’ve been a loyal Firefox user for 20 years now, but that’s only been true for the desktop app.…
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1 in 3 Windows users have ‘fallen into a reset trap’ and can’t escape Edge — I think it’s high time Microsoft stopped messing around with default browser choices
Microsoft is again under fire for aggressively pushing Edge A survey conducted by the Browser Choice Alliance shows how deep some problems run That includes encountering ‘challenges’ while attempting to change default browsers, and users who get stuck with Edge when they don’t want it Microsoft has again come under…
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‘Striking the right balance starts with recognising that every user has different expectations of their browser’: Mozilla’s head of Firefox tells us why the browser is becoming one of the most important layers of the AI era
As AI becomes a greater and more important presence in our everyday lives, the way we interact with the “traditional” internet is changing. For so long the main way to access the internet, the web browser is now having to rethink how to appeal to an audience which often seeks…
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Microsoft turns to AI to improve Edge browser – but after the Recall debacle I’m worried it could be another privacy nightmare
Microsoft Edge has a new AI feature hidden in testing ‘Journeys’ uses your browsing activity to produce AI-powered “helpful summaries” This could be a very convenient touch – the catches are it may require a Copilot Pro subscription and some privacy worries are attached Microsoft has another AI feature planned…
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Google claims Chrome is now faster than ever – but I’m still worried that the browser remains a RAM hog
Google has made a number of under-the-hood tweaks to Chrome It claims the browser is now 10% faster than it was a year ago That’s based on benchmarking with Speedometer 3.0, but we’re not shown comparative results with other popular web browsers Google has boasted that Chrome is now faster…
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Gave up trying to install Chrome on Windows 11 because it wouldn’t work? Google has fixed this error, but I can’t believe how long it took
Google’s Chrome installer for PCs with AMD and Intel CPUs has been broken for the past week Detective work suggests that the version for these PCs was accidentally replaced by the Arm installer, which is for very different Snapdragon CPUs While the issue has now been fixed, Google took a…
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