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 […]
Forvo tells you how words are pronounced
Forvo is a free online service that helps you find out how words are pronounced in any of the 330+ languages the service supports. Forvo is a community-powered website that brings together […]
TLS 1.3 Final published: better security and speed
The final version of TLS 1.3 -- Transport Layer Security -- has been published by the IETF, the Internet Engineering Task Force, and popular browsers such as Firefox support it already (an […]
Dropbox drops any file system on Linux but ext4
Come November 7, cloud storage and synchronization provider Dropbox will drop support for any file system on Linux but ext4. In fact, Dropbox announced that it will support only four file systems […]
Psiphon anti-censorship tool review
Psiphon is an open source project designed to assist users across the globe to circumvent censorship and other access restrictions. The project maintains clients for Microsoft Windows, Android, and iOS, and supports […]
Tip: use cache: to load cached website copies in most browser
Search engines like Google or Bing maintain a cached copy of sites they crawl. They need to do this for a number of reasons, for instance to find out if content on […]
You can now access a decentralized version of Archive.org
If you point your favorite browser at https://dweb.me/ right now you will access a decentralized version of the archiving site Archive.org. Dweb, which may stand for decentralized or distributed, stands for a […]
Khan Academy Kids launches
Khan Academy Kids is a new mobile application for Android and iOS by the non-profit organization Khan Academy. The Khan Academy started out as a free online resource that created and published […]
YouTube modifies player size on desktop; reception is mixed
If you have been to YouTube in the past couple of hours using a desktop computer you may have noticed that the player size and interface looked different to before. Google has […]
What is Telegram Passport?
Telegram Passport is a new feature by the makers of Telegram that is designed as "a unified authorization method for services that require personal identification". Some companies may require further proof of […]
How to change the WhatsApp Wallpaper
The following guide walks you through the process of changing the wallpaper of the popular messaging software WhatsApp. While many users of the messaging application know about the possibility of changing the […]