The web looks very different from when I first started using it. Browsers have changed, websites have become more complex, and I've picked up countless keyboard shortcuts along the way. Most have come and gone from my daily routine, but there's one I still turn to pretty much every day: Ctrl+Shift+D.
Firefox for iPhone now includes a built-in ad blocker using EasyList, though first-party ads, search promotions and sponsored Firefox content can remain.
Firefox for iPhone now includes a built-in ad blocker using EasyList, though first-party ads, search promotions and sponsored Firefox content can remain.
Mozilla has introduced a built-in ad blocker for Firefox on iOS, providing iPhone users with a native option to block many third-party advertisements and advertising-related trackers before they load in the browser. Announced on September 1, 2026, this feature aims to reduce intrusive browsing elements such as pop-ups, overlays, and display advertisements that take up [β¦]
Chinese retailer AliExpress has been caught fingerprinting visitors after one of the metricsβan outdated technique that measures inaudible sounds it sends to browsersβimpeded a researcher's ability to use his bluetooth headphones.
Researcher Matthew Callaghan said he stumbled on the stealthy tracking by mistake. After loading the AliExpress homepage, audio from his phone stopped playing over his multipoint headphones, which accept connections from more than one device at a time. He set the headphones to play sounds from his phone except when his PC was producing audio. Each time he loaded AliExpress, the phone audio stopped. Each time he closed the tab the site was loaded into, the phone was once again audible.
Users can't hear it, but browsers can
While investigating the odd behavior, Callaghan said he found two highly obfuscated scripts. Together, they rendered a graph that analyzed the WebAudio readings of each visiting browser. This graph acted as an oscillator that measured Sawtooth waves, which are common in output from digital audio.