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According to the major browser vendors, attackers could exploit the recently discovered Meltdown and Spectre CPU vulnerabilities, but the vendors have prepared some temporary fixes.

Mozilla today announced the public release of the latest update to its Firefox browser called Quantum boasting that it's twice as fast as the previous version of its open-source browser.

Google announced that its next few releases of Chrome will add new protections that will prevent websites from redirecting users to third-party content in unexpected ways.

Open Whisper Systems released a new standalone desktop application that works without the Chrome browser or the paired smartphone having to be nearby.

Adobe announced that it's going to stop updating the previously ubiquitous plugin, which is used in games, video players, and many other aspects of the web, at the end of 2020.

Mozilla announced that the latest version of Firefox (53) supports the "WebExtensions" cross-browser system for extensions.