Though Internet Explorer is the most popular desktop Web browser on Earth by far, according to Net Marketshare, its numbers fell a bit last month. However, it wasn’t the only desktop browser to see its user base take a hit.
In July, Internet Explorer’s market share fell from 58.38 percent in June, to 58.01. Of course, that’s still a supremely dominant figure, making IE the most popular desktop browser in the world. No competitor is within shouting distance of it.
Mozilla Firefox also lost some fans on the desktop front. Its share fell from 15.54 percent in June, to 15.08 percent last month. That’s a decrease of almost half a percentage point (0.46). Safari wasn’t safe from desertions either, seeing its share dip from 5.28 percent in June, to 5.16 in July. Of the big three browsers that experienced a decrease in desktop share, Apple Safari suffered the smallest drop.
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That leads us to Google Chrome, which is the only desktop browser with a significant slice of the pie to see its share increase in July. Chrome’s share rose from 19.34 percent in June, to 20.37 last month. Not only is that an increase of over 1.03 percent, it’s also the biggest change in usage overall for any of the world’s four biggest desktop browsers.
Chrome’s rise in popularity occurred despite the fact that the existence of a battery life-killing bug in Chrome came to light last month. The bug is specific to Windows-based devices, and Google is already working on a fix for this issue.
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Touchscreen laptops have been around for years. You can get them in all sizes and shapes. Just not from Apple. For years, the Cupertino giant has treated the idea of a touchscreen MacBook the way I treat a meeting that could have been an email: with open contempt. However, Wednesday looks like the day the company could finally change its mind.
The latest Apple invite puts the “Pro and Tell” showcase in Los Angeles at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET) on October 28, 2026. Instead of a regular live-streamed keynote, it is an invitation-only, hands-on event for a handful of press and creators (similar to what the company did for the MacBook Neo earlier this year).
Two residents of Chicago have filed a lawsuit in the US over claims that robots run by Coco Robotics and Serve Robotics captured their facial and hand measurements without consent, bringing renewed attention to the food delivery robots. The cases raise a troubling question: If a robot delivers food to your door, can it also be gathering sensitive information about you?
According to a report by The Associated Press, the proposed class-action lawsuits were filed in Cook County on Oct. 9 and allege violations of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act. The complaints claim that the robots’ cameras and LiDAR sensors captured information on customers’ faces and hands as they approached the machines to pick up their orders. Both have denied the allegations.