Mozilla has managed to defeat Google in a benchmark test on Windows 10, something which isn't the case on Linux. This victory though may or may not be relevant as it is a decade-old legacy test.
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Google's Chrome browser has recorded a speed boost of around 10% in benchmark tests. The search giant said it made various internal changes to Chrome's versions for macOS and Android to get results.
For years, web browsers that exist on Apple's iOS have been restricted to its WebKit browser engine. Despite this, both Mozilla and Google are now planning for when this rule is changed.
Modders have managed to jailbreak the PlayStation 5 using a WebKit exploit in an old PS5 firmware. The exploit is quite limited at this point, but work will likely continue to make it more useful.
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Apple's release of iOS 16 also contains a new version of Safari which features support for AVIF images. Chrome and Firefox already support AVIF, which leaves mainly Microsoft Edge as the odd one out.
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Google will be rolling out Chrome 105 today. It includes a lot of new features for developers and end-users, including a controversial one that Apple dislikes for its privacy flaws.
Apple has released small updates for its iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices. macOS 12.5.1, iOS 15.6.1, and iPadOS 15.6.1 address security vulnerabilities that exist within the Kernel and WebKit.
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Google Chrome 104 is landing today. It features a lot of changes, including a Web Bluetooth API that Apple and Mozilla hate. According to the duo, this API will reduce security considerably.
In the future, if you are shopping on the web, you may be able to use Apple Pay to pay for stuff when using Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox in iOS 16, a new finding suggests.
Microsoft has postponed its decision to ban the sale of open-source apps on the Microsoft Store. The company has clarified it is not against FOSS, and will delay implementation to clarify its intent.
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Google has announced that Chrome on macOS is 20% faster than it was three months ago, according to Apple's own benchmarking software. Even back then, Chrome beat Safari fairly comfortably.
Apple has published a 47-page retaliation against the UK Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) complaining about its walled garden approach when it comes to the iPhone, App Store, and WebKit.
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Google has proudly claimed that its latest Chrome version outperforms Apple's Safari on Mac in terms of speed. Interestingly, it has results from the company's own benchmarking software to prove this.
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Google Chrome 99 will be rolling out generally too. It packs improved support for Progressive Web Apps (PWAs), gaming, and a JavaScript specification change that has been debated since 2018.
Apple has released iOS and iPadOS 15.3.1 to fix a WebKit vulnerability. There's another update for MacBooks to fix a bug that causes excessive battery drain and a security update for Apple Watch.
Google's Project Zero team has shared some interesting stats regarding its findings for the past couple of years today. Interestingly, it found the most security issues in Microsoft products.
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Chrome 98 will be arriving later today with support for a new color gradient vector font that Apple's WebKit team has expressed a dislike for. Chrome 98 also removes SDES encryption for key exchange.
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Chrome 97 will be arriving later today. While it features a notable enhancement to communication protocols, it also has a controversial Keyboard API change that is at odds with Apple and Mozilla.
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Chrome 96 is rolling out today with some performance improvements in page navigation and retention of PNG metadata in clipboard. It also faces some pushback from the Safari WebKit team.
Chrome 94 is landing today with support for a couple of controversial APIs. One of those informs website authors about when a user is idle. Mozilla and Apple have serious concerns about it.
A CSS-based web vulnerability has been found that crashes iPhones and freezes various browsers including Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer 11, and Apple's Safari when an a webpage is rendered.
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Microsoft has detailed in a blog post that it won't be porting the EdgeHTML engine to Android or iOS for the Edge browser on the two platforms. Instead, opting for WebKit on iOS and Blink on Android.
Nintendo's latest console is vulnerable to a WebKit exploit. This has been confirmed via a proof-of-concept released by developer LiveOverflow, and based on an exploit from qwertyoruiop.
The new Edge browser that's coming as part of WIndows 10 is a big departure for Microsoft, as the company shifts focus from its own products to the wider web, and from standards to user experience.
While digging around and trying to uncover what is going on with the next version of Internet Explorer, we heard quite a few whispers about what was happening behind the scenes.
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Google has announced that future versions of its Chrome web browser will use Blink, a new rendering engine that's based on Chrome's current WebKit engine, which has been used since Chrome started.
The various versions of the Opera web browser have now collected a total of 300 million users, according to the company today, who also announced a move to use WebKit for future versions.
Microsoft's Open Technologies subsidiary has released a new patch for WebKit-based web browsers that adds Microsoft's Pointer Events specifications to those browsers.
Microsoft posted a guide to help web devs adapt their Webkit centered websites to look just as good on Internet Explorer and other browsers, hoping to improve web experience for Windows Phone 8 users.
Rumors are hitting the Internet that seem to suggest Google's Chrome web browser, or at least a new version of the browser's base engine, could be ported over to the Playstation 3 console. According to...
ChromePlus 1.6.1.0 released on Friday, April 22nd. The new version of the browser offers several enhancements over earlier versions, and is summarized in the list below: Update the base version to stable version of Chromium (10.0.648.204). Bug...
Through Webkit’s new draft notification API, Chrome now has support for text and HTML desktop notifications. Posted on his blog, Mohit Muthanna outlines how developers can now incorporate native desktop notifications into their web-based software....
Despite having released the iPad a week ago, and a beta of the new iPhone OS hours ago, Apple still hasn't stopped pumping out the announcements. Just earlier, the team who work on the WebKit...
A thorn in the side of many web developers is Internet Explorer 6. It's an old browser that has many annoyances that cause those creating websites to have to add additional code just to have...
Recent builds of Apple's upcoming operating system, Snow Leopard, have enabled a rather nifty feature in the WebKit-based Safari 4 browser, dubbed 3D CSS transforms. During the weekend that has just passed, according to Ars...
Microsoft CEO and dancing queen Steve Ballmer has said the idea of using WebKit as the rendering engine within Internet Explorer was "interesting" and added "we may look at that" when questioned about Internet Explorer...
