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Google Chrome

The Chrome flag that fixed blurry videos for some people has been removed

Some of you might be familiar with ANGLE. It’s Google’s open-source graphics translation layer. It essentially enables hardware-accelerated rendering. However, Google seems to have axed one...

Aug 09, 2026 1 Min Read

Cloudflare built a browser that threw out tabs, themes and extensions on purpose

When you read the word Cloudflare, it’s probably web security, domain names, or website traffic filtering that comes to your mind. However, the company has recently announced a...

Aug 08, 2026 2 Min Read

Microsoft

Edge is following Chrome and dropping MV2 extensions by the end of 2026

Microsoft has put a firm date on its long-expected extension cleanup, announcing that Edge will begin moving consumers off Manifest V2 extensions this August with the goal of finishing...

Aug 08, 2026 2 Min Read

Atlassian Dia

Dia update formally introduces workspace switching, brings overall stability improvements

A new Dia update has landed, and v1.43.1 officially introduces workspace switching. Additionally, the size of the browser package on macOS has been reduced thanks to efficiency improvements...

Aug 07, 2026 1 Min Read

New features

Zen’s latest update adds multiple media controls, faster startup, and smarter compact mode

Zen Browser has pushed out another stable update (v1.21.11b), and while a chunk of it is bug fixing, there are a few genuinely useful additions worth knowing about...

Aug 07, 2026 1 Min Read

News

OpenAI’s Atlas browser was tricked into spamming WhatsApp contacts

In a recent report, the folks at Zenity Labs have put the spotlight on how they managed to get OpenAI’s Atlas browser to turn against the very person...

Aug 07, 2026 2 Min Read

Microsoft Edge

Fresh stats reveal Edge shed a chunk of desktop browser share as Firefox gained traction

Data online suggests that the desktop version of Firefox has gained some market share over the last 3 months. However, the same data also claims that Microsoft Edge lost market...

Aug 07, 2026 1 Min Read

Google

Chrome’s latest update patches 41 security flaws, including six critical ones

Google has pushed out another round of security fixes for Chrome, and this one closes 41 separate holes in the browser. The update moves the stable version to 151.0...

Aug 07, 2026 2 Min Read

Google

Chrome’s brief flirtation with Windows 11’s Mica look is over

Google has decided it no longer wants Chrome to borrow the fancy see-through title bar that Windows 11 shows off in apps like File Explorer and Paint. That effect...

Aug 07, 2026 2 Min Read

New features

Ladybird finally gets private browsing and multiple profiles as it inches toward alpha

Ladybird keeps adding the kind of features people expect from a browser they actually use. In the latest newsletter, the team revealed that they’ve added private browsing, support...

Aug 06, 2026 2 Min Read

News

Floorp finally wants a spot on your phone

Floorp users have been asking for a mobile app for ages, and it looks like they are finally getting one. The team behind the customizable browser posted a teaser on...

Aug 06, 2026 1 Min Read

Atlassian Dia

Dia shows Morning Brief in this week’s progress report as the Windows beta hits over 2,500 users

Dia has just released the second episode of Windows Wednesdays, a series where the company details progress on the Windows version of the browser. This update talks about the Morning...

Aug 06, 2026 1 Min Read

Microsoft Edge

Edge joins Chrome as OpenAI expands Codex Computer Use to a second browser

OpenAI is picking up the pace with trying to get ChatGPT and Codex to play nice with other browsers, now that Atlas is being deprecated this week. We covered all...

Aug 06, 2026 2 Min Read

Brave

Brave update v1.93.132 brings security fixes and Chromium 151 update

The latest update on Brave doesn’t bring new user-facing features; it’s a small maintenance/security update. However, some bugs have been addressed, and the experience...

Aug 06, 2026 2 Min Read

Google

uBlock Origin just shipped what could be its last Chrome release

If you use uBlock Origin on Chrome, this next update might be the last one you ever get through the Web Store. The team behind the ad blocker just pushed...

Aug 06, 2026 1 Min Read

Chrome needs 20GB free before it downloads its AI models, Google now says

It looks like Google has put a number on something it used to leave vague. Chrome will not download its on-device AI models unless your computer has about 20GB...

Aug 06, 2026 1 Min Read

Brave

Brave CEO calls on Apple & Mozilla to add Brave Search to the default engine picker following addition in Chrome

On Mozilla Firefox and Apple’s Safari, you cannot natively select Brave Search as an option. The CEO of Brave wants that to change, since he supports giving users...

Aug 05, 2026 1 Min Read

News

Proton might be quietly working on a browser to rival Chrome

It looks like Proton, the Swiss company most people know for its encrypted email, is getting ready to enter the browser market too. The tip-off comes from a job...

Aug 05, 2026 2 Min Read

News

iPhone browsers reportedly leak your real IP address even behind a proxy

Update 06/08/26 – 07:56 pm (IST): Initially, the Mysk account posted that they were in a dilemma about directly reporting the issues to Apple, since their experience...

Aug 05, 2026 3 Min Read

Bugs and Issues

Firefox just fixed a PDF printing issue that’s bugged users for years

If you have ever tried to print a small PDF in Firefox and watched it come out shrunken in the top corner of the page, you are not imagining things...

Aug 05, 2026 2 Min Read

Brave

Brave hits 51 million daily users, bucking the browser “summer slump”

Summer is usually a slow season for browsers. People are on vacation, kids are out of school, and web usage tends to dip across the board. But it looks like...

Aug 05, 2026 2 Min Read

Google

Here’s how to disable the new bottom bar on Chrome for Android

Alongside Gemini for Chrome, Google recently updated the UI of the bottom bar as well on Android. However, it drew mixed reactions; a lot of people want to turn it...

Aug 05, 2026 1 Min Read

ChatGPT Atlas is shutting down this week, here's what users need to know

If you have been using OpenAI’s Atlas browser, you have a few days left with it. The company is pulling the plug on August 9, 2026, which means Atlas...

Aug 05, 2026 2 Min Read