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New iPhone browsers on the way without WebKit; Apple prepping Safari for competition

Apple wins UK Safari appeal due to gov mess up

We may soon see entirely new iPhone browsers available, as both Google and Mozilla anticipate the end of Apple’s insistence that all iOS browsers use the same WebKit engine as Safari.

This will enable new versions of Chrome and Firefox to offer greater feature differentiation, and for the first time allow them to aim for faster performance than Safari …

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Firefox launches its new ‘View’ feature, wallpapers, and shortcut buttons

Firefox 2021 MacBook Pro 120Hz refresh rate

Mozilla is out with a notable update for its Firefox browser today. Building on its focus of privacy and customization, the new release comes with the new Firefox View feature that lets users see up to 25 of their most recently closed tabs plus three active tabs on other devices. It also comes with new shortcut buttons for private mode, a PDF editor, text recognition, and fresh wallpapers.

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Firefox Total Cookie Protection now default for all users, keeps websites confined to their own ‘jar’

Total Cookie Protection Firefox

After first launching its Total Cookie Protection privacy feature back in early 2021 for Mac, Windows, and Linux, Mozilla is now making it the default for all users on desktop. The privacy change comes after the non-profit launched Firefox 100 back in May with new features for desktop and mobile.

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Firefox 100 launches for Mac and iOS with enhanced Picture-in-Picture mode, clutter-free tabs, and more

Firefox 100

Mozilla is celebrating the 100th version of its Firefox browser today with the new launch for both Mac and iOS (PC, Linux, and Android too). For Mac, Firefox is gaining improvements to its Picture-in-Picture mode, a new language switcher, and more today. Meanwhile, iOS gets clutter-free tabs and history plus new wallpapers later this week.

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You can now change your default iOS browser to Firefox or DuckDuckGo

change your default iOS browser

If you’ve updated to iOS 14, you can now change your default iOS browser to either Firefox or DuckDuckGo if you wish. Both browsers have been approved by Apple to take advantage of the new option to change your default web browser from Safari. (Google’s Chrome had already been approved.)

Both browsers claim that the switch will further boost your privacy protections …

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