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See allNetflix's new feature lets you remove specific devices from your account remotely
Netflix Profile Transfer began rolling out to users in October, allowing them to migrate their shared profile to a new account. Now, the streaming service has introduced some new settings to manage […]
Here is what you need to know about PayPal's Inactivity Fee
PayPal customers who have not had any activity in the past 12 months will be charged an inactivity service fee. Inactive accounts without positive balance may also be closed by PayPal after […]
Routora optimizes Google Map multi-stop routes to save gas and time
Routora is a Chrome extension and Internet service that optimizes multi-stop routes on Google Maps to save gas and travel time. Google Maps is a popular choice when it comes to finding […]
How to subscribe to custom Hacker News RSS feeds
Hacker News is a popular social site on today's Internet. It focuses on technology and development for the most part, but you find other topics of interests posted to the site as […]
VPNs
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Mullvad: Android may leak information when connected to a VPN
Secure and private VPN provider Mullvad discovered that Android devices may leak information when connected to VPN services, which can't be prevented. According to Mullvad's information, Android uses connectivity checks outside of […]
Mullvad VPN codes are now available on Amazon
Swedish VPN provider Mullvad has expanded the accepted payment methods to include Mullvad VPN codes bought on Amazon to the list. Mullvad VPN is a privacy-first VPN provider that does several things […]
Mullvad VPN drops option to create new recurring payments
Swedish VPN service Mullvad announced that it will no longer accept new recurring payments using PayPal or credit card payments. Nothing changes for existing customers for at least 6 months. The company […]
NordVPN Meshnet: virtual LAN, file sharing and Internet traffic routing
NordVPN launched Meshnet today, a new option baked into the company's NordVPN application. Meshnet allows users to connect directly to other devices, owned by themselves or by family members, friends or colleagues. […]
Brave
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Brave 1.45 Stable out with Brave Translate improvements and more
Brave 1.45.113 Stable is now available. The new version of Brave Browser for the desktop is a massive list with a long list of improvements. Existing installations should be upgraded to the […]
How to enable Brave's upcoming cookie consent blocking feature right now
Brave plans to give users of the web browser an option to enable a cookie consent blocking feature in version 1.45. Scheduled for an October release, Brave users will see a prompt […]
Brave confirms it will support Manifest V2 extensions like uBlock Origin even after Chrome drops them
Last week, we reported that Vivaldi's ad blocker will continue working even after Manifest V3. And now Brave has done the same to reassure its users that it too will support ad […]
Brave has a new Copy Clean Link feature
Brave Software released an update for the stable version of the company's Brave Browser on September 27, 2022. Brave Version 1.44.101 release notes are available, but one feature that was originally scheduled […]
Microsoft Edge
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Microsoft Edge 107: security updates and new policies
Microsoft released a new stable and extended stable version of its Edge web browser today. Microsoft Edge Stable 107.0.1418.24 and Microsoft Edge Extended Stable 106.0.1370.59 are already available. Both updates address a […]
Microsoft working on improving Edge's Find On Page search feature
All web browsers support local search functionality to find content on the active webpage. Extensions, like the excellent Search Multi Tabs extension for Firefox extend the functionality by enabling searches across all […]
Microsoft Edge 106: Efficiency Mode improvements are rolling out
Microsoft is rolling out improvements to Microsoft Edge's Efficiency Mode feature currently. Starting with Microsoft Edge 106, Efficiency Mode is getting more options, which may allow users to save even more power […]
The Command Palette is now available in the stable version of Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge 106 has been released to the stable channel. The update, which is based on Chromium 106 brings various security fixes, an improved SmartScreen, and a new feature called the Command […]
Vivaldi
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Vivaldi gets official support for pinning tab stacks
One of the Vivaldi web browser's greatest features, if you ask me, is the browser's ability to stack tabs. Just drag one tab on another and you have created a tab stack. […]
Vivaldi 5.5 for Android launches with improved onboarding and automatic tab discarding
After launching Vivaldi 5.5 for desktop systems a week ago, Vivaldi Technologies released Vivaldi 5.5 for Android today. The new Vivaldi release for Android follows one of the company's main principles: give […]
Vivaldi Web Browser Review
The first stable version of Vivaldi, a new web browser by Vivaldi Technologies, was released on April 6, 2016 to the public. The web browser, launched by Opera co-founder John von Tetzchner's […]
Vivaldi 5.5 ships with Task Panel and account improvements
Vivaldi released a new version of its stable Vivaldi browser a moment ago. Vivaldi 5.5 introduces a Task Panel in the sidebar, makes setting up accounts in Mail and Calendar more comfortable, […]
Pale Moon
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Pale Moon 31 is out now
Pale Moon 31 is the latest version of the desktop web browser. The new version of the browser comes after Pale Moon 29.4.6; this is done to avoid confusion regarding the Pale […]
Fix Pale Moon browser not passing Cloudflare's "Checking Your Browser" verification
The Pale Moon web browser runs into an infinite "checking your browser" loop on sites that use Cloudflare's browser integrity check feature. I confirmed the issue in the latest release versions of […]
Pale Moon 30.0 out with important changes
The developers of the Pale Moon web browser have released Pale Moon 30.0 to the public for all supported operating systems. Pale Moon 30.0 is a milestone release that includes several important […]
Pale Moon Project announces change of direction
Pale Moon development will see a course direction in 2022 according to a new post by project owner Moonchild on the official Pale Moon forum. Pale Moon, an open source web browser […]
Internet Explorer
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Still using Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10? It will be disabled in February 2023
Microsoft plans to disable the company's Internet Explorer 11 web browser from certain Windows operating systems in February 2023. The company plans to disable Internet Explorer 11 on these systems, so that […]
Microsoft explains how it is retiring Internet Explorer
On June 15, 2022, Microsoft is retiring its Internet Explorer browser. The move affects most Windows 10 devices, but there are devices on which Internet Explorer remains available. Even on Windows 10, […]
Microsoft: please stop using Internet Explorer before it runs out of support next month
Microsoft announced in mid 2021 that it will retire the company's Internet Explorer 11 browser in most Windows versions in June 2022. That day is coming nearer, and while many Home users […]
Internet Explorer 11 retires in three months
Last year, Microsoft announced the retiring of its Internet Explorer 11 web browser for most versions of the Windows 10 operating system. Yesterday, Microsoft published a reminder that support for Internet Explorer […]
Search
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Neeva search engine launches in Germany, France and the United Kingdom
Search engine Neeva announced today that it launched officially in the three European countries Germany, France and the United Kingdom. Neeva is one of several search startups that is taking on the […]
Would you pay for an advertisement-free search engine?
A handful of search engines dominate the market. There is Google Search, which dominates in most regions, Microsoft's Bing, Baidu and Yandex. Core functionality is shared among the search engines. You may […]
Microsoft Bing's annotation feature: price history, coupons and ethical choice
Microsoft added a ton of new features to its Bing search engine over the past couple of years. The latest addition to Bing is an annotations feature that adds information directly to […]
DuckDuckGo is soon protecting you from most Microsoft scripts
DuckDuckGo CEO and founder Gabriel Weinberg announced today that the company's apps and browser extensions will block Microsoft tracking scripts soon as well. DuckDuckGo found itself at the center of a controversy […]
Google Maps
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Routora optimizes Google Map multi-stop routes to save gas and time
Routora is a Chrome extension and Internet service that optimizes multi-stop routes on Google Maps to save gas and travel time. Google Maps is a popular choice when it comes to finding […]
Google Earth's Timelapse feature shows videos of how the planet has changed over 30 years
Google has announced a new feature called Timelapse, for its popular satellite imagery service, Google Earth. These stunning visuals show us how our planet has changed over 37 years, due to natural […]
Bing Maps 3D
Bing Maps, which was formerly known as Virtual Earth, is Microsoft's answer to Google Maps. The maps service is directly available on the Bing homepage and offers a 2D mode by default. […]
Local Search Ads on Google Maps
Google Maps users may soon see a new form of advertising when they use the popular mapping service that displays local search ads when the product is being used. The ads will […]
Opera
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Opera Limited buys back 20.6% of shares from 360 Security Technology Inc
Norwegian company Opera Limited announced that it intents to buy back all of its shares from Chinese company 360 Security Technology Inc. in an all cash transaction. The purchase would move 20.6% […]
Opera Software shareholders greenlight sale
The sale of Opera Software to a Chinese consortium for 1.2 billion US Dollars has received the required 90% shareholder acceptance rate. Rumors that Opera Software was up for sale emerged as […]
Opera 92 Dev channel update introduces an option to hide the sidebar automatically
The Opera 92 update has landed for the Developer channel. The patch adds an auto-hide option for the web browser's sidebar. The setting is not enabled by default, but you can switch […]
Opera Browser is flooding the Windows Reliability Monitor with entries (fixed)
Opera users who run a recent version of the web browser on Windows may notice that the browser is flooding the Windows Reliability Monitor with entries. Update: Opera Software has fixed the […]
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