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  • Firefox Finally Supports Multiple Profiles

    Firefox 138 is now publicly available worldwide, and this version brings full support for tab groups, profile management, a quick way to check the weather, and much more. These updates bring feature parity with other browsers and could prompt people to ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox . Here are all the new features in…

  • Google Just Launched an AI-Powered Duolingo Alternative

    Thanks to some smart (and aggressive) marketing, Duolingo has cemented itself as one of the most popular language learning apps in the world. That said, it isn’t without competition: There are plenty of alternatives to consider , and if you’re peeved about Duolingo’s plans to phase out its contract workers in favor of using AI…

  • Amazon Might Start Showing Customers Some Tariff-Related Price Increases

    Amazon and the White House are not getting along at the moment . A report from Punchbowl News claims that Amazon had plans to disclose how tariffs are raising the price of products across the site. It seems that when you clicked on a product, you would not only see the current cost, but also…

  • Threads Is Going All In on Ads

    In a move that should surprise no one, Meta—the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads—wants to monetize its websites. Threads, which launched two years ago , had somehow mostly avoided showing ads until now, only allowing a limited number to certain users in the US and Japan. But the site has become quite popular…

  • Netflix Finally Adds Dialogue-Only Subtitles

    I thought it was just me, a non-native English speaker, who loved watching everything with subtitles on. But clearly, it’s not. Based on a recent survey , more than 50% of US viewers watch content with the subtitles on. And there are many reasons why. Sometimes you want to watch something on a low volume…

  • Gmail Now Makes It Easy to Unsubscribe From Newsletters En Masse

    Gmail already adds an Unsubscribe button to every promotional email or newsletter you receive in your inbox. That way, you can stop someone from sending you emails without first visiting their website. The service is now going one step forward, giving you a single place to manage all your subscriptions, and an option to unsubscribe…

  • YouTube Will Soon Support Automatic Picture-in-Picture When Switching Tabs in Chrome

    Picture-in-picture (PiP) is a great feature for us multitaskers. We have things to do, sure, but there are so many videos to watch, too. Why not kill two birds with one stone, and cross off our to-do lists with a floating media player in the corner of our screens? The thing about PiP, however, is…

  • Six Ways to Ensure Your Browser Extensions Are Legit

    Browser extensions can potentially see a lot of what you’re up to on your computer—so you need to be careful when it comes to choosing which of these add-ons you install and allow to access your browser. While plenty of browser extensions out there are legit and genuinely useful , some of them aren’t. Browser…

  • Google Just Patched a 20-Year-Old Chrome Bug

    There are numerous ways that your internet activity is tracked as you navigate from website to website, many of which you can mitigate with your choice of browser (and browser settings), as well as the use of tools like VPNs . Google Chrome remains the absolute worst browser for privacy for many reasons, but that…