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Microsoft Edge Canary for Android now includes an experimental flag that enables background video playback — a simple toggle that, in early tests, lets YouTube audio continue when you switch apps, change tabs, or lock your phone, without requiring a YouTube Premium subscription...

Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge are no longer just browsers—they’re sprawling platforms where AI, privacy controls, and even gaming features are being used as battlegrounds to win users’ attention and loyalty. Background / Overview The modern browser fight is about more than page-load times and...

Brave’s privacy-first stance is the clearest example in the modern browser market of a company that has deliberately reshaped a Chromium base into a purpose-built, privacy-forward product — and in 2025 it remains one of the strongest choices when privacy and defensive defaults are your top...

In the ever-evolving landscape of web browsers, Microsoft Edge has emerged as a formidable contender, challenging the long-standing dominance of Google Chrome. Recent developments have highlighted Edge's advancements in performance, resource efficiency, and integration capabilities, particularly...

From the relentless onslaught of pop-ups and intrusive trackers to the sheer volume of relentless advertising, modern web browsing can often feel less like a productive activity and more like a battle for your attention and privacy. Recent years have only intensified these frustrations, as...

Introduction A recent article from TweakTown titled "Maybe Microsoft is Listening: It Looks Like Ads Could Get Easier to Turn Off in Windows 11" discusses Microsoft's responsiveness to user feedback regarding the growing frustration with advertisements in Windows 11. This development signals a...

I hope this helps everyone. It is a small free program that stops those annoying commercials you see when you are watching videos and all other ads. It is small and effective. I was talking with Mike about it and did not realize I was in the pm area so he suggested I share with the forum. Peter...

Hi In another post I advised against installing Adblock because of some negative messages I found on some other forums, along with people asking how to get rid of it, and treating it like malware. But I also found people who liked it. So I reconsidered, I installed it and uninstalled it and...

Mike submitted a new resource: SRWare Iron - The Browser of the future Read more about this resource...

I am wondering how to REALLY block popup messages. I keep getting popup messages, which are really friggin' annoying. I've downloaded and installed several popup blockers, but nothing seems to stop these damn things from popping up all the time. This is a Windows7 issue. Is there anything...

So I was doing some searching on Google. Typically when I run a Google search, I get results displayed like so: Aside from the lack of ads (yes, I block ads now) there is nothing special about the search results page: It is the standard search results page I have been seeing since...

Introduced in Internet Explorer 8, was the advent of "InPrivate Filtering" mode, which essentially allows users to create a pre-defined set of rules for content blocking. Several people on the interweb have devoted time to making HUGE lists of suffixes, web addresses and more of websites/ads...