LPT If you accidentally closed a tab on your browser, pressing CTRL-SHIFT-T will open in back up Cmd on Mac instead of control. submitted by /u/Karma_MV

LPT: Watch YouTube on Firefox or similar browser on phone with adblock Been doing this for some time now and it works great. Don’t use the YouTube app; it’ll shove ads at you constantly. Android users: If you use the Firefox browser you are able to use uBlock and have an ad-free streaming experience. iOS Users: Brave is a good choice I hear for this, although I personally have an Android, so I can’t confirm. …

LPT: If the WiFi login portal doesn’t pop up on public or hotel networks, enter the router’s gateway address from your WiFi settings into your browser to trigger it. If you’re on public or hotel WiFi, the portal website doesn’t pop up, you can go to your WiFi settings, select your WiFi, find your router or gateway address, by entering that in to you browser, you will be redirected to the terms and what ever portal. submitted by /u/Naeemarsalan

Finally, an Easier Way to Change Your Default Browser on Mac This $4 app will keep you from having to dig around in your system settings.

Honey’s deal-hunting browser extension is accused of ripping off customers and YouTubers The PayPal Honey browser extension is, in theory, a handy way to find better deals on products while you’re shopping online. But in a video published this weekend, YouTuber MegaLag claims the extension is a “scam” and that Honey has been “stealing money from influencers, including the very ones they paid to promote their product.” Honey works by…

The Aloha Browser will soon make managing cookies much easier on Android submitted by /u/Relevant_Ninja2251

Aloha Browser Update Promises End to Endless Cookie Prompts Privacy-focused Aloha Browser has announced a new Cookie Consent Management feature that aims to eliminate repetitive cookie permission pop-ups while maintaining user privacy controls. Released today for its iOS app, the new feature allows people to set their cookie preferences once at the browser level rather than responding to prompts on eve…

OpenAI Hires Former Chrome Engineer, Eyes Browser Battle via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern OpenAI hires Chrome veteran Darin Fisher, signaling plans to develop web browser challenging Google’s market dominance. The post OpenAI Hires Former Chrome Engineer, Eyes Browser Battle appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Microsoft is testing a new in-game browser Microsoft’s new Game Assist browser overlay can automatically surface tips and tricks for you. | Image: MicrosoftMicrosoft has announced that Microsoft Edge Game Assist, a new Edge-powered in-game browser overlay, is available for beta testing in Windows 11. The “game-aware” overlay lives in the Microsoft Game Bar and is designed to automaticall…

Apple’s Browser Rules Stifle Innovation on iOS, Says UK Regulator Apple’s restrictions on mobile browsers are limiting innovation and holding back new features that could benefit iPhone users, according to provisional findings published today by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). In its report, the CMA’s independent inquiry group determined that Apple’s Safari browser policies prevent competing…

Google May Have to Sell Chrome Browser To Comply With DOJ Ruling via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern DOJ demands Google divest Chrome to break search monopoly; Google slams proposal as radical and harmful to consumers. The post Google May Have to Sell Chrome Browser To Comply With DOJ Ruling appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

U.S. DoJ Wants Google to Sell Chrome Browser The United States Department of Justice wants Google to sell off its Chrome browser as part of an ongoing antitrust lawsuit, reports Bloomberg. Earlier this year, Google was found to have a search monopoly, and antitrust regulators have since been deciding on the actions that should be taken to address Google’s anticompetitive practices. The Do…

Google Chrome Browser for Desktop Gains New Performance Controls The Memory Saver feature in the Chrome browser for desktop now features three different modes, including Standard, Balanced, and Advanced. Memory Saver is aimed at speeding up browser performance by limiting the memory that inactive tabs are using. Standard mode deactivates tabs based on your computer’s needs, while Balanced mode considers both…

Your Android Phone’s Web Browser Has Junk Files You Can Delete Now submitted by /u/fo1mock3

How to find the reading mode built into your browser Illustration by Samar Haddad / The VergeI’ve got a stack of bookmarked, favorited, and saved-for-later web articles that I’m going to get around to reading one day… but haven’t. I think that part of what puts me off working through that list is that reading on the internet, especially longer pieces, can be a slog. On most sites, besides the text…

Skip Through the Silent Parts of a Video With This Browser Extension Get through lectures faster without chipmunk speech.

I created a browser script that automatically unlikes all Facebook pages that you follow; a second included script deletes all of your comments, likes, and reactions submitted by /u/suIIied

Meta Quest will soon let you watch Netflix from its web browser Image: MetaNetflix isn’t updating its Meta Quest app, but Meta’s doing the next best thing: adding web browser support. That means you can stream Netflix in high quality from the Quest’s Browser app, allowing you to swap between a flat 2D screen or a curved view to feel like you’re at the theater. There hasn’t really been a good way to watch Net…

LPT: Clear your browser cache regularly to improve browsing speed and privacy. submitted by /u/Historical_Role4032

If you visit someone’s TikTok profile on a private browser without logging in, do they still see it? If I visit someone’s TikTok profile on a private browser (incognito) on the internet, can they still see I viewed their profile if I am logged in in the normal browser. Even though I am not logged in on the incognito one, I have my doubts, since when I did that, quite a few liked my video after I looked at their profile from an incognito browser…