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Apple Allows Third-Party App Stores, Relaxes Payment Restrictions in Japan to Comply With MSCA Act
Apple has introduced major changes to iOS and the App Store in Japan under the Mobile Software Competition Act, effective December 18. Rolled out with iOS 26.2, the update allows alternative app marketplaces, new payment options, and user choice for default apps. Apple has also updated fees, introduced safeguards for security and child safety, and ...
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Brave Search Gets AI-Powered Chat Feature With Support for Follow-Up Queries
Brave, the San Francisco-based software company, rolled out a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature for Brave Search on Thursday. Earlier this year, the company introduced ‘Answer with AI’ to its search engine, a feature that shows AI-generated summaries for searched queries. Now, it has added an extension to this feature dubbed AI chat mode...
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Amazon User Survey on Web Browsers Hints at Development of New Browser Software: Report
Amazon is quizzing people on the possibility of downloading and trying out a new web browser. The company, in the introduction to a recently concluded survey, said that participators of the quiz will be “contributing to innovations that have the potential to improve the browsing experience for millions”.
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Internet Explorer to Be Permanently Deactivated on Windows 10 via Microsoft Edge Update on February 14
Internet Explorer 11 will finally be permanently disabled on February 14 and Microsoft's outdated browser will be killed by the Redmond company via a software update to its current generation Microsoft Edge browser on Windows 10.
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Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge Browser Extensions Infected With Malware Hit 3 Million Users: Avast
Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers are hosting malware-laden extensions that may have affected up to 3 million people, cybersecurity software company Avast said. These extensions were billed as a way to download content from platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Vimeo, and Spotify.
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Chrome Allows Google, YouTube to Store User Data Even If You Want to Delete it, Claims Developer
Google continues to track you even if you explicitly instruct it not to, an independent software engineer and developer has claimed. Even if Chrome has been instructed in settings to delete all cookies and site data upon closing the browser, it allegedly wipes clean everything but the site data from Google’s own websites.
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iOS 14 Bug Resets Default Mail and Browser App Settings After Every Reboot
iOS 14 has been released for all iPhone and iPad users earlier this week, and one of the new features includes the ability to change the default browser and mail app settings. However, a new bug has now been reported that apparently resets Mail and Safari as default mail and browsers apps after an iPhone or iPad is rebooted.
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Opera Launches 'World's First Gaming Browser', Lets Users Set CPU, RAM Limits
Opera Software has released a new web browser targeted at gamers. Opera GX lets users control CPU and RAM usage using a new panel built inside the browser.
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Xiaomi Mint Browser With Dark Mode, Voice Search, 'AdFree' Experience Launched via Google Play
Xiaomi has launched a brand new mobile browser for Android as its latest software offering.
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Apple Ups Privacy Controls In Growing Spat With Facebook
Apple Inc. executives rarely call out Facebook Inc., but they made more moves on Monday to limit the social network's data collection. In iPhone, iPad, and Mac software updates later this year, Apple's default Safari web browser will show a pop-up window asking users for permission before loading share buttons from social networks including Faceboo...
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Millions of Android Phones Hijacked to Mine Monero Cryptocurrency: Malwarebytes
Researchers identified five domains using a captcha code that is used to mine Monero cryptocurrencies.
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Chrome Cleanup Tool Integrated Into Windows Browser, Helps Remove Unwanted Software
Chrome Cleanup tool, formerly a standalone download for Windows, has now been integrated into the Windows browser for ease of use.
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Microsoft Edge Browser Gets Extensions Support in Windows 10 Preview Build
Finally, Microsoft Edge users will be able to install extensions on their Web browser.
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Mozilla Co-Founder Brendan Eich Unveils Ad-Blocking Browser 'Brave'
Based on Chromium, Brave v0.7 is not yet ready for general use and the company is asking interested users to sign up for an early access.
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Yahoo Shuts Users Out of Their E-mail
Yahoo confirmed reports that it is preventing some Yahoo Mail users from seeing their e-mails until they turn off their ad-blocking software.
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Apple Allows Third-Party App Stores, Relaxes Payment Restrictions in Japan to Comply With MSCA Act
Apple has introduced major changes to iOS and the App Store in Japan under the Mobile Software Competition Act, effective December 18. Rolled out with iOS 26.2, the update allows alternative app marketplaces, new payment options, and user choice for default apps. Apple has also updated fees, introduced safeguards for security and child safety, and ...
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Brave Search Gets AI-Powered Chat Feature With Support for Follow-Up Queries
Brave, the San Francisco-based software company, rolled out a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature for Brave Search on Thursday. Earlier this year, the company introduced ‘Answer with AI’ to its search engine, a feature that shows AI-generated summaries for searched queries. Now, it has added an extension to this feature dubbed AI chat mode...
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Amazon User Survey on Web Browsers Hints at Development of New Browser Software: Report
Amazon is quizzing people on the possibility of downloading and trying out a new web browser. The company, in the introduction to a recently concluded survey, said that participators of the quiz will be “contributing to innovations that have the potential to improve the browsing experience for millions”.
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Internet Explorer to Be Permanently Deactivated on Windows 10 via Microsoft Edge Update on February 14
Internet Explorer 11 will finally be permanently disabled on February 14 and Microsoft's outdated browser will be killed by the Redmond company via a software update to its current generation Microsoft Edge browser on Windows 10.
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Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge Browser Extensions Infected With Malware Hit 3 Million Users: Avast
Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers are hosting malware-laden extensions that may have affected up to 3 million people, cybersecurity software company Avast said. These extensions were billed as a way to download content from platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Vimeo, and Spotify.
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Chrome Allows Google, YouTube to Store User Data Even If You Want to Delete it, Claims Developer
Google continues to track you even if you explicitly instruct it not to, an independent software engineer and developer has claimed. Even if Chrome has been instructed in settings to delete all cookies and site data upon closing the browser, it allegedly wipes clean everything but the site data from Google’s own websites.
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iOS 14 Bug Resets Default Mail and Browser App Settings After Every Reboot
iOS 14 has been released for all iPhone and iPad users earlier this week, and one of the new features includes the ability to change the default browser and mail app settings. However, a new bug has now been reported that apparently resets Mail and Safari as default mail and browsers apps after an iPhone or iPad is rebooted.
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Opera Launches 'World's First Gaming Browser', Lets Users Set CPU, RAM Limits
Opera Software has released a new web browser targeted at gamers. Opera GX lets users control CPU and RAM usage using a new panel built inside the browser.
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Xiaomi Mint Browser With Dark Mode, Voice Search, 'AdFree' Experience Launched via Google Play
Xiaomi has launched a brand new mobile browser for Android as its latest software offering.
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Apple Ups Privacy Controls In Growing Spat With Facebook
Apple Inc. executives rarely call out Facebook Inc., but they made more moves on Monday to limit the social network's data collection. In iPhone, iPad, and Mac software updates later this year, Apple's default Safari web browser will show a pop-up window asking users for permission before loading share buttons from social networks including Faceboo...
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Millions of Android Phones Hijacked to Mine Monero Cryptocurrency: Malwarebytes
Researchers identified five domains using a captcha code that is used to mine Monero cryptocurrencies.
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Chrome Cleanup Tool Integrated Into Windows Browser, Helps Remove Unwanted Software
Chrome Cleanup tool, formerly a standalone download for Windows, has now been integrated into the Windows browser for ease of use.
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Microsoft Edge Browser Gets Extensions Support in Windows 10 Preview Build
Finally, Microsoft Edge users will be able to install extensions on their Web browser.
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Mozilla Co-Founder Brendan Eich Unveils Ad-Blocking Browser 'Brave'
Based on Chromium, Brave v0.7 is not yet ready for general use and the company is asking interested users to sign up for an early access.
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Yahoo Shuts Users Out of Their E-mail
Yahoo confirmed reports that it is preventing some Yahoo Mail users from seeing their e-mails until they turn off their ad-blocking software.
