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Passkeys are being marketed as the silver bullet for online security. Major companies like Apple, Google, & Microsoft have all rolled them out recently, and many websites now offer them as a login option. The question is, do they deliver on that promise?
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Firefox's heyday was in the late 2000s and early 2010s, when it commanded up to a 32% browser market share. Now, Mozilla has brought together some of the biggest internet personalities of that era for a new ad campaign called "Come Back to Firefox."
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In a test between Brave, Vivaldi, and Firefox to find a Chrome alternative to run on your Android phone, each performed reliably but differed clearly in privacy and customization. One ultimately rose to the top of the list: Brave.
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We’re seemingly in the golden age of Chromium browsers. Here are some of the more promising and established Google-free Chromium browsers for Android, with a focus on those that offer regular releases, unique features, longevity, and usability.
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Apple said those who use macOS command-line tools, such as system administrators, should be aware that some of those tools can still accept eMudhra's compromised TLS web certificates until Apple releases a macOS update with a fix.
macrumors.com/2026/10/25/app…
Using browser compartmentalization can make your online activity harder to piece together, which makes tracking you a little more complicated.
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A new privacy policy update suggests that Google is finally dipping into your personal data to target personalized ads, and you can’t opt out with disabling Personal Intelligence.
9to5google.com/2026/10/23/go…
Apple is exploring ways to let websites make better use of Safari's cramped layout on the iPhone Duo’s outer display since the web isn’t optimized for this form factor. Here are the details.
9to5mac.com/2026/10/23/apple…
Google has been pushing Personal Intelligence to make its AI services useful. Gemini and Google Search can pull information from connected apps, including Gmail & Google Photos, to better understand what you’re asking and provide more relevant responses.
androidauthority.com/google-…
PHP has warned of another way an attacker could run code on a web server, two days after it shipped emergency fixes for the critical PHP2Shell flaws. It affects only web applications configured in an unusual way, and PHP considers it an unlikely risk.
thehackernews.com/2026/10/ur…
Alternative web browser Arc is reaching the end of its life. The developers plan to shut down the browser on Dec. 22, 2026, to focus its development efforts on its latest browser, called Dia.
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Microsoft Edge will gain more built-in PDF tools in January 2027, letting users extract, delete, rotate, reorder, and merge pages locally.
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Google has rolled out a change to Chrome that asks users for permission before making an insecure HTTP connection. The protection is now enabled by default for all users.
helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/…
After spending a few years collecting new AI features on Edge, Microsoft is planning on giving users the option to completely turn all of them off.
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The Document Foundation reported that it got 9.4 million LibreOffice downloads over an eight-week period, and 2026's stats already beat 2025.
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Security teams are dealing with two separate emergencies this week. The first is a certificate authority that shipped private keys anyone could guess. The second is a pair of critical PHP flaws that leaked before patches existed.
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has published “Online Privacy for Parents and Youth,” a new guide to help families protect themselves online with easy, quick ways to identify and protect against threats.
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OpenAI disclosed a pair of safety incidents that involved AI agents weakening their safety monitoring systems during internal coding tasks. In one incident, OpenAI says its GPT-6 Astra agent disabled its safety monitor and then lied about it.
gizmodo.com/openai-agents-pr…
Google said it's rolling out improved safeguards in Chrome to secure users against ClickFix attacks, a social engineering technique in which bad actors trick users into copying and pasting malicious code directly into their computer's operating system.
thehackernews.com/2026/10/go…
PHP security patches for exploits (severity rating of 9.2 out of a possible 10) that effect more than 40% of the internet have rolled out today, with the goal of fixing two critical vulnerabilities that could wreak havoc on the internet if left unchecked.
theverge.com/tech/1015257/ph…
