Safari

Evidence (5)

• 6Ars Technica AI·9/29/2026product_launch
  Firefox redesign aims to win users from Chrome

  Mozilla is rolling out a redesigned Firefox 157 for desktop and mobile, with the goal of broadening its audience beyond privacy-focused and open-web users. The company says the update is intended to make Firefox more appealing on user experience alone in a Chromium-dominated browser market.

• 8Hacker News·9/10/2026security
  WebGPU shader can freeze Macs on untrusted sites

  A security researcher reports that a malicious WebGPU shader running in a browser tab can hang macOS graphics on Macs, making the desktop UI unresponsive until a forced restart. The issue was reproduced in Chrome, Firefox, and Safari on M-series Macs, while other operating systems mainly experience a tab freeze or slowdown instead of a system-wide lockup.

• 3Hacker News·9/1/2026product_launch
  Safari extension hides YouTube videos labeled as AI-generated

  Weedout is a paid Safari extension for macOS that filters out YouTube videos marked “Made with AI” across feeds, search, related videos, playlists, and Shorts. The developer says it runs locally, relies on YouTube’s own label rather than AI detection, and does not remove unlabeled videos.

• 4Hacker News·9/1/2026product_launch
  Why Firefox Still Matters

  The article argues that Firefox should not be dismissed, because it remains one of the few independent browser engines outside Chromium and Safari. It says Firefox is important for web competition and engine diversity, and suggests its presence on X is an attempt to reach new users despite its shrinking market share.

• 1Simon Willison·6/29/2026open_source
  Count Safari Tabs with AppleScript

  Simon Willison shared a small AppleScript command that counts the number of open tabs across all Safari windows. The snippet is a practical tip for users who want a quick way to inspect Safari tab count from the command line.