YouTube video lag wrongly blamed on its ad-blocking animus Slowdowns apparently due to a bug afflicting browser extensions, not retaliation against filters Personal Tech17 Jan 2024 | 92
Google updates Chrome's Incognito Mode data slurp disclaimer in early browser build After settling privacy lawsuit now admits you're observable even when trying for anonymity Software17 Jan 2024 | 4
Mozilla decides Trusted Types is a worthy security feature DOM-XSS attacks have become scarce on Google websites since TT debuted Security21 Dec 2023 | 16
Google pencils in limited third-party cookie purge for January One percent of Chrome users will experience the web as if using Firefox or Safari Personal Tech14 Dec 2023 | 19
Firefox slow to load YouTube? Just another front in Google's war on ad blockers Search giant says delays not specific to any browser – just those evading advert breaks. YMMV Personal Tech21 Nov 2023 | 113
What's really going on with Chrome's June crackdown on extensions – and why your ad blocker may or may not work Special report Manifest V3 transition deemed 'far from terrible' and yet not great for content filters Personal Tech18 Nov 2023 | 97
Bad eIDAS: Europe ready to intercept, spy on your encrypted HTTPS connections EFF warns incoming rules may return web 'to the dark ages of 2011' Security08 Nov 2023 | 121
Mozilla tells extension developers to get ready to finally go mobile Firefox Android add-ons coming soon Software03 Nov 2023 | 18
Microsoft seeks EU Digital Market Acts exemption for underdog apps like Edge Exclusive Vivaldi boss calls for browser choice and warns that Redmond might be deflating usage figures Applications26 Oct 2023 | 39
13-year Google privacy settlement pays litigants the equivalent of a Big Mac meal Chocolate Factory agrees $23m guilt-free settlement Legal25 Oct 2023 | 14
When is a privacy button not a privacy button? When Google runs it, claims lawsuit 'It looks like even Sundar Pichai is confused about how this control works' Personal Tech24 Oct 2023 | 38
Google - yes, that Google - testing proxy scheme to hide IP addresses for privacy Plan for Chrome echoes Apple iCloud Private Relay Software23 Oct 2023 | 26
Malware crooks find an in with fake browser updates, in case real ones weren't bad enough Researchers say ransomware could be on the horizon if success continues Cybersecurity Month18 Oct 2023 | 2
Rusty revenant Servo returns to render once more Open Source Summit Mozilla gave it the boot, but the Linux Foundation Europe gave it the kiss of life instead Software27 Sep 2023 | 10
No joke: Cloudflare takes aim at Google Fonts with ROFL Reckons it can deliver Comic Sans faster and keep your shame a secret Software26 Sep 2023 | 39
Europe wants easy default browser selection screens. Mozilla is already sounding the alarm on dirty tricks Can you blame it? Applications23 Sep 2023 | 67
Microsoft Edge still forcing itself on users in Europe Updated Promised change to allow Windows system links open in the actual default browser not yet evident OSes12 Sep 2023 | 31
Google Chrome Privacy Sandbox open to all: Now websites can tap into your habits directly for ads In the march to rid world of third-party cookie tracking, we've picked up targeting APIs Personal Tech07 Sep 2023 | 71
So you want to save energy? Ditch web apps and go native, boffins say Take up less CPU time and memory? What amazing tech is this?! Software04 Sep 2023 | 32
With version 117, Firefox finally speaks Chrome's translation language It also beats its main rival in some speed tests now Applications31 Aug 2023 | 51
Google 'wiretapped' tax websites with visitor traffic trackers, lawsuit claims And this wiretap, is it in the room with us right now? Personal Tech18 Aug 2023 | 50
Google opens up Chrome 117 Developer Tools box, drops in a few spanners Web devs, rejoice: Finally something is happening in the quiet and steady world of JavaScript Devops17 Aug 2023 | 8
Honey, can you shrink the plugin? Mozilla allows desktop extensions on Firefox for Android Browser has added multi-process support Software14 Aug 2023 | 17
Maker of Chrome extension with 300,000+ users tells of constant pressure to sell out Interview Anyone with sizable audience in this surveillance economy is invited to stuff their add-ons with tracking and ads Security11 Aug 2023 | 25
India launches contest to build homegrown web browser Almost certainly based on a FOSS engine, but with tweaks for the nation's particular needs Software10 Aug 2023 | 21
Brave cuts ties with Bing to offer its own image and video search results There's a word for describing going it alone against huge rivals, starts with a B, just can't put our finger on it Personal Tech03 Aug 2023 | 43
Google's browser security plan slammed as dangerous, terrible, DRM for websites 'The solution to the surveillance economy seems to be more surveillance' Vivaldi boss tells El Reg Applications27 Jul 2023 | 85
Google's next big idea for browser security looks like another freedom grab to some Analysis Safe to say, this proposal has gone down like a poweroff -fn Software25 Jul 2023 | 107
Firefox 115 browser breathes life into old operating systems Release is good news for fans of Windows 7, 8, and macOS from Sierra to Mojave. OSes05 Jul 2023 | 21
Browser extension developers targeted with schemes and scams They're being asked to sell, or modify, their code – and trust in your favourite add-ons could be a casualty Software08 Jun 2023 | 3
Microsoft to let Internet Explorer 11 haunt Windows some more Icon and UI purge plan premuted after organizations object Applications19 May 2023 | 19
Apple warns of three WebKit vulns under active exploitation, dozens more CVEs across its range High school student and Amnesty International named among bug-finders Security19 May 2023 | 14
YouTube's 'Ad blockers not allowed' pop-up scares the bejesus out of netizens Just a small experiment – for now? Personal Tech10 May 2023 | 168
Zoho creates browser with 'Open Season Mode' for when you don't care about privacy Indian software giant thinks you’ll ignore that in favor of the many tracker-killers Software05 May 2023 | 17
Shopify sees $1.5B loss turn into $68M profit, celebrates by firing 20% of staff Thanks for your service, now push off Personal Tech04 May 2023 | 4
Chrome's HTTPS padlock heads to Google Graveyard Logowatch As blue check marks start showing up in Gmail Security03 May 2023 | 40
Microsoft pushes users to the Edge in Outlook, Teams The 1990s are back, baby Applications02 May 2023 | 53
Open source Socket Runtime arrives, with aim to drop cloud as a dependency Interview Web code-based cross-platform app kit offers a P2P alternative Devops11 Apr 2023 | 3
Why UK watchdog abandoned its Apple monopoly probe Analysis You win this round, Cook – but Europe has already lined up changes Britain fluffed Personal Tech04 Apr 2023 | 31
Google halts purge of legacy ad blockers and other Chrome Extensions, again Manifest V2 will die another day Personal Tech01 Apr 2023 | 26
Microsoft to give more than microsecond's thought about your Windows 11 needs Concerns over consistent dialog boxes, pinning, default apps mulled OSes20 Mar 2023 | 38
My God, it's full of tabs: Vivaldi's coolest new features shine on phones and cars Opera founder's outfit continues to push the browser functionality envelope Software02 Mar 2023 | 40
Google Chrome fights the power drain (again) Battery usage optimization comes to Apple MacBooks Software28 Feb 2023 | 6
Microsoft begs you not to ditch Edge on Google's own Chrome download page Monopoly giant can't stand it when anyone else has a monopoly Applications23 Feb 2023 | 182
What Brit watchdog redacted: Google gives Apple cut of Chrome iOS search revenue Exclusive Those billions just may have dissuaded iPhone giant from building rival search, beefing up Safari Applications17 Feb 2023 | 40
Google lets a few Android devices into its Privacy Sandbox Chocolate Factory's ad tech renovation is moving ahead, like it or not Security14 Feb 2023 | 9
Microsoft switches Edge’s PDF reader to pay-to-play Adobe Acrobat And yes, sure, totally secure Software10 Feb 2023 | 114
Google works on Blink-based iOS browser contrary to Apple's WebKit rule Chocolate Factory insists project is an internal testing tool, isn't extending middle finger at Cupertino Applications03 Feb 2023 | 24
Meta, which pays for web scraping, sues to stop web scraping Social ad behemoth insists what it does it okay ... and what others do is not Personal Tech02 Feb 2023 | 21
Chrome bug bedevils file storage in the cloud 'I'm sorry, Dave. I can't do that' Storage29 Jan 2023 | 5
Google, Mozilla to collaborate with Apple on fresh Webkit browser benchmark The lions shall lie down with the lamb on 'cross-industry' Speedometer v.3 Software19 Dec 2022 | 3
You can hook your MIDI keyboard up to a website with Firefox 108 Don't worry, there are some other improvements thrown in too Software14 Dec 2022 | 35
Google once again stalls Chrome content-blocker shakeup Our v3 prediction comes true Software12 Dec 2022 | 13
TOR Browser 12 released with support for Albanian, Ukrainian If you are concerned about browsing discreetly, this makes it easier Applications12 Dec 2022 | 2
Mozilla Foundation launches ethical venture capital fund An unexpected move, but we suspect that Carl Sagan might have approved Software04 Nov 2022 | 6
Google kills forthcoming JPEG XL image format in Chromium And just for balance nixes version 2 of its own format, WebP, as well Software31 Oct 2022 | 65
Firefox points the way to eradicating one of the rudest words online: PDF Comment The ghosts of dead trees haunt us still Columnists24 Oct 2022 | 240
How I made a Chrome extension for converting Reg articles to UK spelling Hands On Long live the King's English or something like that Applications22 Oct 2022 | 338
Google delays execution of doomed Chrome extensions Busineses get a little longer with Manifest v2, everyone else... it depends Applications30 Sep 2022 | 20
Serious surfer? How to browse like a pro on Firefox Mozilla may seem like it has forgotten, but this is the most customizable browser going Software26 Sep 2022 | 96
Mozilla drags Microsoft, Google, Apple for obliterating any form of browser choice If you've got no OS of your own, you've got little chance to compete, Firefox maker sighs Applications23 Sep 2022 | 134
'I Don't Care About Cookies' extension sold to Avast Users of cookie-warning-buster add-on already forking off due to privacy concerns Security21 Sep 2022 | 24