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Google Chrome

Brave Search joins Google, Bing, Yahoo, and DuckDuckGo in Chrome’s default search engine picker

If you open up Chrome’s settings and go looking for a new default search engine, you might notice a name that wasn’t there before. Brave Search is now...

Aug 04, 2026 2 Min Read

Mozilla Firefox

Firefox Nightly adds support for a faster, more modern web connection

Firefox Nightly 154 has picked up support for QUIC version 2, giving the browser another networking upgrade that’s mostly invisible to users, but still matters every time a...

Aug 03, 2026 2 Min Read

Brave

Brave opens waitlist for its BAT Rewards Card, in virtual and physical forms

Brave has started taking signups for its upcoming Brave Rewards Card, a product the company first revealed as part of its BAT Roadmap 4.0 last month. We wrote about...

Aug 03, 2026 1 Min Read

I spent a day with Polar AI Browser and came away with mixed feelings

Another AI browser showed up this week, but Polar isn’t chasing the same pitch we’ve been hearing over and over. Instead of promising a smarter search...

Jul 30, 2026 4 Min Read

Google

Chrome is making camera prompts safer and a lot less annoying

Google has quietly changed one of the most sensitive moments in your day-to-day browsing: the split second when a website asks to switch on your camera or microphone...

Jul 29, 2026 3 Min Read

New and Interesting

Tor Browser 16 alpha finally switches to Firefox ESR 153 as stable release moves closer

The Tor Project has published Tor Browser 16.0a9, giving testers another look at the browser’s next major release. While this is still an alpha build that isn...

Jul 24, 2026 2 Min Read

Google

Google says Chrome scrolls 48% smoother on Android now

Scrolling is one of those things you don’t really notice until it feels wrong. You’re halfway through an article, flick your thumb, and the page suddenly...

Jul 24, 2026 2 Min Read

Mozilla Firefox

Firefox 153 fixes a tiny annoyance you never knew had a name

Firefox 153 shipped with plenty of headline features, including native Containers, Windows HDR video support, and new PDF tools. We covered all that good stuff here. One smaller change didn...

Jul 23, 2026 2 Min Read

Google

Tired of websites begging to send you notifications? Chrome has good news

Chrome is changing how those “Allow notifications?” prompts work on Android, and if you find them as irritating as most people do, you’ll want to hear this. Right now...

Jul 23, 2026 1 Min Read

Google

Chromium work reveals Google is still refining Chrome’s experimental Glass Frame

Google’s glassy Chrome window design is not sitting still. Several new Chromium code changes show the company is still working out how the experimental Glass Frame should look and...

Jul 21, 2026 2 Min Read

Google brings Gemini in Chrome to UK desktop users, mobile rollout coming in August

Chrome users in the UK can now start using Gemini without installing anything extra. Google has officially enabled the AI assistant inside Chrome on desktop, with the company saying the...

Jul 15, 2026 2 Min Read

Gmail

Gmail joins Chrome’s new email verification experiment to make sign-ups faster

Google is testing a new way for Chrome to verify your email address without making you dig through your inbox for a code. The feature is called the Email Verification...

Jul 10, 2026 1 Min Read

Google

Google just quietly redesigned Chrome’s menu on Android — did you notice?

Google is rolling out a redesigned three-dot menu in Chrome for Android, but the change has flown under the radar. The folks at 9to5Google were among the first to...

Jul 09, 2026 2 Min Read

Android

Latest Waterfox Android update swaps Yahoo for Qwant as default search engine

Waterfox for Android has another new default search engine. The latest update, version 1.2.5, replaces Yahoo with Qwant, making the privacy-focused search engine the new default for...

Jul 06, 2026 1 Min Read

New and Interesting

Opera beats Chrome and Firefox to native clipboard attack protection

Opera has added a new security feature called Paste Protect to its desktop browser, and you probably won’t even notice it’s there until it stops something...

Jul 02, 2026 2 Min Read

Google

Chrome is testing a new bottom bar on iOS, and here's how to turn it off

Google appears to be testing a redesigned bottom toolbar in Chrome for iPhone, and not everyone is a fan of it. The new interface replaces the familiar toolbar with a...

Jul 01, 2026 2 Min Read

Brave

Brave Search adds hover scores and clickable bracket for World Cup

Brave has updated the World Cup widget inside its search engine. The tweak adds a hover chart for quick scores and schedule info, plus a click option that opens the...

Jul 01, 2026 2 Min Read

Brave just made Claude Cowork much better at web research

Brave is bringing its search engine into Anthropic’s Claude Cowork through Amazon Bedrock, giving the AI access to live web results instead of relying only on what it...

Jun 30, 2026 1 Min Read

This new AI browser is what Comet and Dia should have been

I’ve spent the last few months trying to make Comet and Dia work for me. I really did. Installed them on my main machine, kept them as default for...

Jun 24, 2026 3 Min Read

Mozilla Firefox

Firefox 153 beta live with HDR support; Mozilla teases transparency in future ‘Nova’ redesign

Firefox 153 beta just went live with a mix of practical tools and experimental features. Mozilla is pushing for better visual fidelity on Windows while simultaneously teasing a major UI...

Jun 18, 2026 2 Min Read

Chrome is hiding a free local AI chatbot on your computer, and here's how to use it

Google Chrome has a built-in Gemini Nano model sitting right on your computer, and most people have no idea it’s there. A developer named Arnav Gupta recently...

Jun 18, 2026 2 Min Read

Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla's CEO breaks down the Firefox Smart Window, AI kill switch, and more

Anthony Enzor-DeMeo took over as Mozilla CEO in December and quickly realized Firefox users wanted an exit door from the AI hype. A sizeable chunk of users have been...

Jun 16, 2026 2 Min Read

Mozilla Firefox

Firefox has been hiding a classic arcade game in plain sight, and here’s how to unlock it

Firefox has apparently been hiding a playable Snake game inside its address bar, and a Reddit user stumbled across it completely by accident while doing some quick math. The discovery...

Jun 15, 2026 2 Min Read

This vibe-coded Chrome extension disguises Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini as Google Docs

A Chrome extension that makes Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini look like Google Docs sounds like the kind of thing someone builds at 2 a.m. as a joke. Which, according...

Jun 15, 2026 2 Min Read