[ad_1] On top of Sync, Opera introduced a new feature called Flow that lets you share links, YouTube videos, photos and personal notes between your mobile and desktop browsers. You can do that simply by highlighting website links, text or images and selecting “send to flow” from the context menu. You can also share a […]
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Opera has baked Twitter into its desktop browser
[ad_1] The latest version of Opera has just been released and, with it, a faster way for you to share your thoughts with the world as Twitter is now baked into the sidebar. You can access your main feed, search and direct messages without having to open a new tab and fire up the Twitter […]
Opera’s desktop browser now includes quick access to Instagram
[ad_1] Opera has tried any number of special features to draw users away from rival browsers, but its latest might be the most straightforward: make a popular social network part of the software. It’s introducing Opera 68 for desktops with built-in access to Instagram. Click a button in the sidebar and you’ll have fast access […]
Google Earth finally works on Firefox, Edge and Opera browsers
[ad_1] Earth was originally built using the Chrome-only Native Client solution, so to get the product to other browsers, Google had to switch gears. The search giant decided to rebuild Earth by compiling the C++ code using WebAssembly, a new binary, Java-like language that works across all web browsers. WebAssembly was only recently recommended (on […]
Opera accused of offering predatory loans through Android apps
[ad_1] The conditions only got worse for borrowers who missed their payments. Falling short by just a day could raise the APR as high as 876 percent. Also, the apps reportedly scraped phone contacts to harass family, friends and others with calls and texts in hopes this would pressure customers into paying up. These same […]
Opera’s gaming-focused GX browser comes to macOS
[ad_1] To keep your browser from stealing resources, the GX control panel lets you set how much CPU power or RAM it can use. That means you can leave it running during gaming sessions, confident it won’t overwhelm your machine. On top of that, Twitch is integrated directly into the sidebar, and you get shortcuts […]
Opera’s latest version gives any web page a dark mode
[ad_1] Version 55 of Opera’s web browser for Android will come with a night mode that not only dims the browser, but will turn white web pages dark even if they’re not designed that way. The feature injects its own changes to a site’s CSS to turn white backgrounds black, instead of just reducing white […]
Opera’s latest browser update will show you how much you’re being tracked
[ad_1] The aim is to increase awareness of the pervasiveness of tracking, as if you didn’t already know. However, it might be interesting to see exactly who is tracking you to avoid particularly skeevy sites. You can turn the setting on globally from the “easy setup” menu and then toggle it on or off from […]
Opera’s stricter privacy controls could also speed up your web browsing
[ad_1] The blocker depends on the EasyPrivacy Tracking Protection List, which covers a host of known tracker scripts. It’s not automatically determining which trackers are the offensive ones. There are some functional upgrades beyond this, we’d add. An upgraded Snapshot lets you save sites as PDFs, capture screenshots of the entire page and crop specific […]
LastPass patched a bug that could have exposed your passwords
[ad_1] Security researcher Tavis Ormandy, of Google’s Project Zero, notified LastPass of the bug. The flaw could have allowed hackers on malicious sites to access users’ credentials entered on the previous site. Fortunately, there’s no reason to believe the bug was exploited, and while it only impacted Chrome and Opera browsers, LastPass patched all browser […]