We bring you the latest developments from the web browser world along with our own first-hand experience of the features, bugs, etc that we report on.

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Joined July 2017
Aside browser’s next update will cut bot detection, and a Windows on Arm version could follow The Aside browser’s next update will try to stop websites from constantly treating its built-in AI assistant as a spam bot. Those who have used an AI browser or agent will know how frustrating it is to run into security puzzles or account warnings, especially on strict platforms like LinkedIn. Soon, Aside will no longer get you into automated software checks, but you still have to avoid obvious bot behavior like opening three profiles in ten seconds. Read more: piunikaweb.com/2026/10/21/as…
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Mozilla urges UK watchdog to mandate browser choice screens alongside search Mozilla is telling the UK Competition and Markets Authority that its plan to fix Google’s search dominance is missing something. The watchdog wants Google to show a search engine choice screen on Android phones and inside Chrome. Mozilla welcomed that, and noted the rules now let AI assistants show up as search options too. The problem is asking people to pick a search engine inside a browser that they never actually chose. Most of the 56 million smartphone owners in the UK stick with whatever browser comes pre-installed, which almost always means Chrome or Safari. They claim that the browser choice screen should appear before the search prompt. People already mix up browsers and search engines, so rolling both screens out together would be less confusing for them. More: piunikaweb.com/2026/10/21/mo…
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Chrome and Firefox have blocked flawed eMudhra security certificates Google and Mozilla blocked eight compromised security certificates from eMudhra over the weekend. If they had not moved quickly, anyone could have used those certificates to impersonate real websites and spy on browser traffic. A security researcher named Wayne noticed that the private keys for eight intermediate certificates were generated with weak randomness. One researcher pointed out that the private key for at least one of them was literally the number 4. Because the math was so weak, the keys could be figured out from the public certificates. Wayne used the cracked keys to sign a message reading “We have a problem here” and sent it to the browser teams. Google verified the report and pushed an emergency block in less than two hours. It went out through Chrome’s background revocation system, so desktop users were protected without restarting. Android users and Chromebooks got the same fix through Google Play Services on Monday. More: piunikaweb.com/2026/10/21/ch…
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