How Safari in iOS 26 & macOS 26 puts content first with Liquid Glass UI changes

Safari's update for iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe brings many UI tweaks as well as changes to Web Apps and HDR photos, alongside many other smaller changes. Here's what they all look like, and how they work.

Malcolm Owen 11 months ago 4

Apple's browser rules deemed anticompetitive, says UK competition body

Apple's rules about what developers can do within browsers is limiting innovation, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority has determined, as part of its provisional findings from its browser investigation.

Malcolm Owen 1 year ago 19

Browser developers gripe about Apple promoting them in the EU

EU iPhone owners now get shown a list of browsers instead of solely launching Safari, but some of the firms behind those other browsers think it's terrible how users are being told about them.

William Gallagher 2 years ago 21

iOS 17.1.2 & Sonoma 14.1.2 updates stop browsers from leaking personal data

Apple has updated iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Sonoma with new updates that fix two actively exploited WebKit bugs that could leak personal data to attackers.

Andrew Orr 2 years ago 0

Developers can send push notifications to web apps in iOS 16.4

Apple released the first beta of iOS 16.4 and included a feature that lets developers send notifications to web apps.

Andrew Orr 3 years ago 1

Big Safari & Kernel issues fixed in iOS 16.3.1, macOS 13.2.1 updates

Monday's software updates fix an array of security issues in macOS, iOS, and iPadOS, including one affecting Safari's WebKit that was being actively exploited.

Malcolm Owen 3 years ago 5

Google's Chromium team working on non-WebKit browser for iOS

Google's Chromium team is working on making a new experimental browser for iOS based on Blink, instead of using Webkit as mandated by App Store policies.

Malcolm Owen 3 years ago 23

Apple, Google, and Mozilla collab to create Speedometer 3

Apple has announced that it has teamed up with Google and Mozilla to create the newest version of Speedometer, a benchmark for testing browser efficiency.

Amber Neely 3 years ago 1

Web devs create advocacy group aimed at relaxing iOS browser restrictions

The newly launched Open Web Advocacy (OWA) hopes to convince Apple to allow third-party browser engines on iOS.

Amber Neely 4 years ago 11

Apple debuts new Open Source website, will release projects on GitHub

Apple has launched a new website focused on its open-source projects and collaborations — including Swift and WebKit — and says it plans to release its projects on GitHub.

Mike Peterson 4 years ago 6

Exploitable WebKit flaw still present in iOS and macOS despite available fix

Apple has not yet patched a WebKit vulnerability present in iOS and macOS despite a fix for the flaw being available for weeks.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 0

WebKit code leaks Apple's next OS names as macOS 12, iOS 15

WebKit source code has seemingly confirmed Apple is all in with the change in macOS numbering, by including references to "macOS 12.0" and "iOS 15.0."

Malcolm Owen 5 years ago 42

Apple extends deadline to stop using UIWebView, introduces new server notifications

Apple is extending the deadline for app updates using the UIWebView API "beyond the end of 2020," and has also introduced new subscription server notifications.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 5

iOS vulnerability exploited to spy on Uyghurs in China

Cybersecurity firm Volexity on Tuesday said it discovered a new iOS exploit that was recently used to surveil the Uyghur Muslim minority in China.

Mike Peterson 6 years ago 13

Full third-party cookie blocking comes to Safari two years ahead of Chrome

Along with iOS 13.4, Safari was updated with improved Intelligent Tracking Prevention to include full third-party cookie blocking and other privacy features.

Wesley Hilliard 6 years ago 15

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