uBlock Origin can block JavaScript by default now
A recent update to the cross-browser content blocker uBlock Origin introduced an option to block JavaScript by default for all visited sites or individual sites. The new option of uBlock Origin 1.17.0 […]
Pale Moon 28.1.0 Release Information
Pale Moon 28.1.0 was released on September 20, 2018 to the release channel. The new version of the web browser is a performance and security update. It replaces Pale Moon 28.0 which […]
Bing Search does equations and text transcriptions now
Microsoft's Bing Search engine is doing quite well as we have found out in 2017 and it should not come as a surprise that Microsoft updates the search engines functionality regularly to […]
Pure CSS crashes iPhones affects some browsers
A couple of lines of code that runs in any modern web browser by default may crash Apple's Safari web browser, iPhones and affects select browsers as well. The code uses the […]
Waterfox 56.2.3 Security Update
The developer of the Waterfox web browser, Alex Kontos, released version 56.2.3 of Waterfox to the public yesterday. The new version of Waterfox is a security release that follows Mozilla's Extended Support […]
Tor Browser for Android released
Tor Browser for Android is now available officially on Google Play and on the Tor Project website. The release is marked as alpha at this point in time; this becomes obvious right […]
Vivaldi 2.0 is just around the corner
If you pay attention to the development progress of the Vivaldi web browser you may have noticed that the most recent development snapshot made a jump to version 2.0 from the previous […]
uTorrent Web launches
Bittorrent Inc, which was recently sold, has launched the first public version of uTorrent Web, a web-based torrent client optimized for streaming media. While uTorrent is under heavy criticism ever since Bittorrent […]
Tor Browser 8.0 is a big update
The Tor Project team has released Tor Browser 8.0, a brand new version of the web browser to the public today. Tor Browser is based on Mozilla Firefox; more precisely on Mozilla's […]
Google Maps: increased offline retention
Google Maps supported the downloading of maps to the local device in the past. The feature downloaded the selected region to the local device where it remained accessible for 30 days before […]
Sadd: anonymous virtual desktops with Tor built-in
Sadd, Scalable Anonymous Disposable Desktops, is a free and commercial online service that promises complete anonymity while using the service to be connected to the Internet. What sets Sadd apart from virtual […]
Vivaldi 1.16: new tab re-opening feature
The next version of the Vivaldi web browser, Vivaldi 1.16, includes a new usability feature that makes it easier to re-open pages you navigated away from. Internet users who use desktop browsers […]
Ad-Free Viewing changes on Twitch
Amazon's game streaming service Twitch announced changes to the ad-free viewing benefit on the site for Twitch Prime customers. Amazon Prime customers or Amazon Prime Video customers can link the account to […]
Stop websites from reloading pages automatically
Webmasters have a number of techniques at their disposal to create auto-refreshing or reloading websites. From the basic meta refresh to more advanced options that rely on JavaScript. While it may be […]
Waterfox for Android update brings huge privacy improvements
A new version of the Waterfox web browser for Google's Android operating system has been released. The developer of Waterfox released a first public version of Waterfox for Android in 2017. The […]
Browsers have cookie and anti-tracking enforcement issues
A team of Belgian researchers from KU Leuven analyzed third-party cookie policies of seven major web browsers, 31 ad-blockers and 14 anti-tracking extensions and discovered major and minor issues in all of […]
Pale Moon 28.0 Major Update released
Pale Moon 28.0.0 is the first version of version 28.x and as such a major upgrade from the previously used version 27.x which the team released in 2016. The new release is […]
Remove anything that is sticky on websites
Websites may throw a large number of different sticky things at your browser on load, from "we use cookies" and "please disable your ad-blocker" to "sign-up for our newsletter" or ads that […]