Agentic browsers are too risky for most organizations to use, according to analyst firm Gartner, who offered that advice last week in a new advisory titled “Cybersecurity Must Block AI Browsers for Now.” www.theregister.com/2025/12/08/g...

On Tuesday, December 9, 2025, Microsoft is expected to begin rolling out the final Patch Tuesday update of 2025 for Windows 11, which introduces several significant features, improvements, and bug fixes. www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi...

You can use the iOS 26 Screen Time feature to block ads on your iPhone. All you have to do is add advertising host websites to the App Limit settings and set the allotted time to zero seconds per day, every day. www.slashgear.com/2042979/ios-...

Passkeys are typically what security folks mean when they say "phishing-resistant MFA." They replace passwords, and instead use cryptographic key pairs with the public key stored on the server and the private key stored on the user's device. www.theregister.com/2025/12/06/m...

CISA has cautioned iPhone and Android users that many commercial VPN services may do more harm than good because they may increase your attack surface. www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...

Microsoft is finally updating the design of the Run dialog prompt in Windows after more than 30 years. The overhauled Run prompt looks a lot more like a modern launcher, but it functions exactly as Run always has. www.theverge.com/news/838798/...

Commentary: Windows 10 is dead. Windows 12 will be here before you know it. So, what can we expect? Spoiler: It will be very annoying. www.zdnet.com/article/i-th...

Proton has spent over five years building out its privacy-focused alternative systems to Google's popular productivity apps, and it’s now ready with its own spreadsheet software: Proton Sheets. www.pcmag.com/news/proton-...

Google has released an update for its Chrome browser that includes 13 security fixes, four of which are classified as high severity. www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

Microsoft has silently plugged a security flaw that has been exploited by several threat actors since 2017 as part of the company's November 2025 Patch Tuesday updates. thehackernews.com/2025/12/micr...

Your question should not be which AI browser should you use, but whether any of them are worth your time and energy. Do any of them live up to the hype? The short answer: they don't. www.theverge.com/tech/837287/...

Google officially began rolling out Android 16 QPR2 yesterday, and it’s chock-full of new features for your Pixel phone, like new app icon customization tools, better notification organization, lock screen widgets, and a whole lot more. www.androidauthority.com/google-andro...

Over the years, Gmail has become crowded with ads and data-driven features. Proton Mail's privacy-focused approach may win you over. www.androidpolice.com/the-privacy-...

Linux developer Linus Torvalds recently defended Microsoft's BSoD errors in Windows while building a PC, saying, "A big percentage of those are hardware being not reliable." www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi...

Fast Company has named Firefox to its 2025 “Brands That Matter” list, recognizing companies that go beyond acquiring customers to build meaningful relevance and cultural impact. blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/f...

Browsers and antivirus software try to block phishing links and sites, but they’re not foolproof. So, how do you learn how to spot phishing links? Look for the clues. www.pcworld.com/article/2985...

Google Chrome for Android is gaining support for pinned tabs, a handy feature from the desktop browser, which makes it easier to keep important pages up. 9to5google.com/2025/12/02/g...

WebGPU debuted on Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge two years ago, and now Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari support its high-end graphics and AI capabilities. www.techspot.com/news/110456-...

More than a hundred browser extensions spread across Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers turned malicious with remote code execution and infostealing after five years of “normal” operation, effecting 4.3 million devices. www.techradar.com/pro/security...

Mozilla is testing a new “Add Note” feature in the latest experimental Firefox version. You right-click on any tab, hit “Add Note,” & type a quick note to yourself. A little notepad icon then sits next to the tab title so you know there’s something there. www.digitaltrends.com/computing/yo...

Opera just revamped its built-in split-screen feature, making it a true multitasking tool inside a single browser window. You can drag or right-click tabs to create a split screen to arrange them vertically, horizontally, or in a grid. www.digitaltrends.com/phones/one-o...

Opera updated its AI-powered Neon browser this week with a handful of welcome integrations and usability improvements, like a ‘1-minute Deep Research’ mode, and a model selector in Neon Chat that adds Google’s Gemini 3 Pro and Nano Banana Pro models. 9to5mac.com/2025/11/26/o...

Just in time for the Black Friday rush, Microsoft and Perplexity AI are stepping in to handle the holiday shopping stress for you. www.digitaltrends.com/computing/do...

Microsoft Edge offers AI-powered Copilot integration, vertical tabs, collections, and split screen, which have helped me boost my productivity without installing additional extensions. www.xda-developers.com/4-microsoft-...

The developers behind the Tor network have announced a major upcoming change. The free overlay network, which enables anonymous communication on the web, will soon adopt a new encryption algorithm, boosting security for an already powerful privacy tool. www.techspot.com/news/110388-...

“Aisle’s autonomous AI system uncovered this subtle boundary-condition vulnerability during our WebAssembly security deep dive, revealing meaningful memory-safety risks for roughly 180 million Firefox users.” www.techrepublic.com/article/news...

Think you know Windows 11? Hidden deep in Settings are strange, brilliant, and downright surprising features you've probably never stumbled across—until now. www.pcmag.com/explainers/t...

AI tools can be of great help, but they can also pose unique privacy risks, such as the potential for data misuse. Here are 5 tips to better protect your privacy before you go ahead and use them. www.pcworld.com/article/2970...

Chrome on Android has begun rolling out a pin-tab feature, similar to what desktop users have enjoyed for years. The update lets you mark a tab so it remains framed first in your tab list. www.digitaltrends.com/phones/chrom...

Despite Google’s efforts to challenge the dominance of Windows and macOS, ChromeOS remains a distant third. To close this gap, the company is unifying ChromeOS and Android into a single desktop platform, codenamed ‘Aluminium OS.’ www.androidauthority.com/aluminium-os...

Comet browser offers not only many helpful options but also some hidden ones that are easy to overlook. Here are three that you might have missed: built-in ad blocker, highlight-to-ask search, and Cross-tab awareness. www.xda-developers.com/hidden-comet...

Web browsers have an option that promises privacy called Incognito Mode or Private Browsing, depending on which browser you’re using. But private browsing only hides certain things. So what does it actually protect you from – and what doesn’t it? www.techradar.com/computing/br...

Perplexity’s AI-powered Comet browser has finally made its way to the mobile platform, starting with Android. It shows a glimpse of a dramatically convenient future of web browsing on mobile. www.digitaltrends.com/computing/i-...

Masked email addresses formalize a long-available feature known as email aliases as a privacy and security measure, where a randomized email address is created to hide (aka mask) your true email address for an online account. www.pcworld.com/article/7083...

Google has hit back at claims circulating on social media, which alleged that the tech giant is training its Google Gemini AI on users' emails without their permission. www.pcmag.com/news/google-...

Gemini 3 inside Chrome means you don't need a dedicated AI browser like ChatGPT Atlas or Perplexity Comet anymore. Google has effectively turned Chrome into one, simply by upgrading Search. www.tomsguide.com/ai/i-dont-ne...

Under the radar, Google has added features that allow Gmail to access all private messages and attachments for training its AI models. For some reason, Google has made them opt-out by default, rather than opt-in. Here's how to disable them. www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

Google appears to be working on a Phone app feature that could allow urgent calls to reach you, even when you might not be in the mood for talking. www.androidauthority.com/google-phone...

Several months ago, reports surfaced that Google would soon roll out a long-requested feature for its Chrome browser -- vertical tabs. The time has arrived, and you can officially try out vertical tabs on Chrome. www.zdnet.com/article/you-...

Vivaldi 7.7 for Mobile has just been released with several highly requested features predominantly for Android users, along with key stability improvements for iOS. www.neowin.net/news/vivaldi...

AI startup Perplexity announced Thursday that Comet is now available on Android, marking the first time that the AI web browser has been made available on mobile devices. www.zdnet.com/article/perp...

Starting today and beginning with Google's Pixel 10 smartphones, Quick Share can work with AirDrop to send data to iPhones, iPads, and Macs of any variety. www.wired.com/story/pixel-...

ChatGPT Atlas launched last month as the latest AI-infused browser, and today Atlas added nine new features to its Mac app, including iCloud passkey support and vertical tabs. 9to5mac.com/2025/11/19/c...

In a move that could reshape the email client market, Mozilla’s Thunderbird has finally integrated native support for Microsoft Exchange email accounts, a feature long demanded by enterprise users. www.webpronews.com/thunderbirds...

Vertical tabs are one of the features we wish Chrome would steal from its rivals. Vivaldi has long had this feature, and you’ll also find it on browsers like Edge, Firefox, and Brave. It looks like Google has finally gotten the hint. www.androidauthority.com/chrome-brows...

The newest nightly builds of Firefox for desktop platforms allow users to change existing keyboard shortcuts. Find the new options for changing or clearing these shortcuts by typing about:keyboard in the URL bar in Firefox 147. www.pcworld.com/article/2976...

In a new advisory, Google has warned of a dangerous new security vulnerability affecting Chrome, a zero-day that has already been exploited in the wild. Fortunately, the latest Chrome update squashes the bug. www.zdnet.com/article/upda...

The N1 chip in Apple's newest iPhones has provided a big speed boost compared with last year's phones. But in global testing, Google's Pixel 10 Pro series outpaced Apple's devices in terms of median download speed. www.pcmag.com/news/iphone-...

Proton Mail is an appealing alternative to Gmail, Outlook, and Apple Mail. It also comes with advanced privacy and productivity features, including a way to manage newsletter overload. www.wired.com/story/4-tips...

For the third time in recent months, Google has found itself scrambling to fix a potentially serious zero-day flaw in the Chrome browser’s V8 JavaScript engine. www.computerworld.com/article/4092...