Browsers

Microsoft announced that its new Edge browser, which is based on Chromium, will debut on January 15.

Mozilla announced that the Firefox browser will drop support for sideloaded extensions in 2020.

Google is reportedly working on an ad blocker for Chrome that automatically hides resource-intensive ads.

Firefox will now offer a Privacy Protections report detailing the browser's attempts to block online trackers.

A stable release of the new Edge browser built around Google's Chromium project has leaked.

Cybersecurity experts at Kaspersky identified a string of malware that affects encrypted communication by modifying Chrome and Firefox install files.

An update to Google Chrome damaged the file systems of macOS devices not running the System Integrity Protection security tool.

Microsoft patched an Internet Explorer security vulnerability that enabled remote code execution on several versions of Windows.

Brave said it learned how Google works around GDPR to help its advertising partners identify European web users.

Publishers are finding new ways to figure out if Chrome users are browsing in Incognito mode to get around their paywalls.