Major changes are coming to Edge—but remember that it’s only Microsoft’s second-biggest browser. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c099bbd9671bf2d38c2c80a/master/pass/ie_edge-01.jpg
Tag: Browser
Google’s Project Stream: That’s really a full Assassin’s Creed in my browser
Enlarge (credit: Google) Test invites have begun trickling out for Project Stream, Google’s first official take on a dedicated, current-gen gaming platform. As has long been rumored, Google has opted for an online-streaming format (if its current, temporary name wasn’t hint enough), and this week’s test (which included invited members of the press) sees the […]
Tor Browser 8.0 arrives with new user onboarding, improved bridge fetching, and better language support
The Tor Project today released Tor Browser 8.0 with a new user onboarding experience, an updated landing page, additional language support, and new behaviors for bridge fetching, displaying a circuit, and visiting .onion sites. You can download the latest version from the project page and the distribution directory. Tor offers anonymous communicati…Read More
Firefox’s New Browser Will Keep Brands From Stalking You
Future versions of Firefox will block third-party tracking codes, and trackers that take too long to load, by default. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b883d1e900cb57bbfd1e80e/master/pass/firefox-edit-FINAL.jpg
The SurfSafe Browser Extension Will Save You From Fake Photos
Two UC Berkeley undergrads developed SurfSafe to alert people that their media diet is infected with misinformation, right when it happens. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b77230333139465fbeb5eb8/master/pass/Fake-photo-browser-extension-FINAL.jpg
Firefox is the latest browser to block autoplaying web audio
Firefox is finally joining the ranks of web browsers that block autoplaying web sounds. Mozilla’s latest Nightly builds for Firefox now include an option to mute autoplaying audio, hopefully saving you from jumping out of your seat when an obnoxious video ad makes its presence felt. It’s finer-grained than Chrome’s recently removed automatic muting, too. […]
The most ambitious browser mitigation yet for Spectre attacks comes to Chrome
(credit: Google) Google’s Chrome browser is undergoing a major architectural change to enable a protection designed to blunt the threat of attacks related to the Spectre vulnerability in computer processors. If left unchecked by browsers or operating systems, such attacks may allow hackers to pluck passwords or other sensitive data out of computer memory when […]
WWDC 2018: Apple Just Made Safari the Good Privacy Browser
The next version of Safari takes on ad-trackers more aggressively than ever. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b15b3cb44335046642e3e90/master/pass/Apple-Safari-News-967357014.jpg
Gynecologist wants women to ‘close the browser’ on trendy wellness advice
Celebrities promoting ways to supposedly enhance a woman’s health are no better qualified than the person sitting next to you on a bus, says a Winnipeg-raised doctor and go-to expert online for debunking questionable wellness trends.
How to keep your ISP’s nose out of your browser history with encrypted DNS
Encrypting DNS traffic between your device and a “privacy-focused” provider can keep someone from spying on where your browser is pointed or using DNS attacks to send you somewhere else. (credit: Westend61 / Getty Images) The death of network neutrality and the loosening of regulations on how Internet providers handle customers’ network traffic have raised […]
