Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore

Mozilla announced today that Mozilla's Firefox web browser won't support the FTP protocol from Firefox 90 onward. It was clear that FTP support would be removed from the browser, but it was not clear until today when that would happen. Rumors about the removal of FTP support in Firefox and Chrome emerged back in 2015, but it took Mozilla until 2018...

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Startpage Search retires Advanced Search page

If you have been to main search page of Startpage recently, you may have noticed that the link to the site's advanced search feature is not there anymore. Users who have bookmarked the advanced search page can access it, as the page has not been removed at the time. It appears however, that it is only a matter of time before the page is removed from...

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Microsoft Edge for Android released as a preview

Microsoft released Microsoft Edge for Android today to the public. Android users who want to try out Edge for Android can download and install the development version from Google Play. Microsoft Edge Canary for Android is compatible with Android 5.0 and newer devices. Microsoft Edge for Android is based on the latest version of Chromium, the current...

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Ghacks Deals: The CompTIA Security Infrastructure Expert Bundle (Price Drop)

The CompTIA Security Infrastructure Expert Bundle, an eLearning bundle to prep for CompTIA certification exams, has seen another price drop. Zou can grab the entire bundle for just $29.99 currently, down from $39.99. The courses prep you for the exams CompTIA CASP+ (CAS-003), CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-001),CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-001) and CompTIA Security+...

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KB5001330 Windows Update is reportedly causing performance drop in games, failed installs and bootloops

Microsoft released the KB5001330 Windows Update this Tuesday, which brought many security fixes. Unfortunately it also seems to have introduced some issues, at least on some devices. A handful of users on reddit have reported that the latest update causes performance drops in games. The troubles first surfaced in KB5000842, and has since reemerged...

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How to use DuckDuckGo instead of Google and other sites to get faster and precise results

DuckDuckGo is a popular internet search engine that is privacy-focused and ad-free. It is widely recommended by security professionals, blogs, armchair experts, because it does not profile users or harvest their data. I should tell you this straightaway, this article is not about the search engine's privacy related features, but as the title reads,...

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Google Chrome 90 has been released

Google released Chrome 90 Stable to the public on April 14, 2021. The new version of Chrome is available for all supported operating systems. It includes new features, improvements, bug and security fixes. Google's Chrome Platform Status site lists April 13, 2021 as the release date, but Google pushed out a security update for Chrome 89 on that day...

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Firefox Stable gets option to show modified preferences on about:config only

Mozilla added an option to the about:config page of Firefox Stable that allows users to list only modified preferences. The organization launched the option in Firefox Nightly in February 2021 initially. Firefox's about:config page can best be described as a treasure trove for users who want to modified browser preferences that are, for the most part,...

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Windows 10's upcoming Device Usage feature is unfortunately not very spectacular

Microsoft is working on a new feature called Device Usage that it plans to integrate in future versions of the operating system. Device Usage is available in the latest Insider builds for testing. When it was discovered initially by Twitter user Albacore, its scope was not clear immediately. The description revealed some information, that Windows would...

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Ghacks Deals: The 2021 Complete Microsoft Azure Certification Prep Bundle (just $34.99)

The 2021 Complete Microsoft Azure Certification Prep Bundle includes six Azure certification courses for just $34.99. Courses are designed for users of all experience levels, and you may access them for lifetime. Here is the full list of courses and certifications that it covers: AZ-104 Azure Administrator Exam Certification 2021 Prove Your AZ-104...

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