Tag: Browsers
Web browsers: Google Chrome checks browser extensions
Google adds a security check for extensions to the Chrome web browser. The browser highlights browser extensions that have been removed from the Chrome Web Store, allowing users to easily…
Firefox will soon also support any extensions on Android
Before the end of the year, Firefox on Android will have an open ecosystem for browser extensions. Then the addons from the desktop version could also be used on the…
“Dystopian function”: France wants to force browsers to block websites
France is on the verge of mandating a “dystopian feature” for browsers. That’s what Mozilla thinks, and in a blog entry it criticizes legislative plans that stipulate that browsers should…
Web browsers: malicious code in Chrome extensions with 87 million users
Wladmimir Palant, former developer of Adblock Plus, warns of malicious browser extensions in Google’s Chrome Web Store in his blog. Avast has confirmed the findings. Google has since removed a…
Web browsers: Firefox is ending support for old Windows and macOS
Anyone still using Windows 7, 8, 8.1 or macOS 10.12, 10.13 or 10.14 will soon no longer receive Firefox updates. The Mozilla Foundation has now announced this. After a short…
Rio: First terminal with WebGPU in development
The first terminal emulator based on WebGPU: The combination of GPU and command line is in vogue – and so a project is now being launched under the name Rio…
Web browser: Critical vulnerability in Google Chrome
Last night, Google released an update for the Chrome web browser that closes at least one critical security hole. It allows attackers to inject and execute malicious code. Overall, the…
Chrome 113 is the first browser to support WebGPU
The WebGPU graphics interface is making its way into a final browser for the first time six years after its first proof-of-concept. Although Apple was the initiator for the development…
Mozilla boss Mitchell Baker: “Firefox has a future” – Economy
Death is saddest when there is no one left to mourn. That’s how Internet Explorer died. For 27 years, the browser was cared for, used, hated, until in the end…
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