When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Bad news for open standards browser-based gaming: Microsoft's has said that it won't be ...

A leaked build of Microsoft's next browser shows signs that the company could be reversing its opposition to a standard for accelerated 2D and 3D graphics on the Web. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

Start-up Katalabs shows off a 3D world that browsers can render with new Web technology. But will Microsoft sign up for WebGL? Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

Sony PlayStation 4 is grabbing all the headlines these days before and after its release. Now that the system is out, more details about the hardware and software are surfacing. Sony’s Don Olmstead is ...

The Tor Project has released Tor Browser 8.5.1 and it is now available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. This release is the first bug fix since 8.5 was released and also includes a temporary fix ...

If you'd like to see what the next generation of 3-D web graphics might look like, Mozilla has a few examples ready for you to feast your eyes on. Mozilla's WebGL project gives web developers a way to ...

In the last few years, Microsoft has gone from ignoring the web browser and web standards, to embracing standards and seeing the browser as a way to outdo other platforms. Internet Explorer head Dean ...

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Chrome 56 now has support for WebGL 2.0, a major upgrade to the API which unlocks new graphics features and advanced rendering techniques. WebGL 2.0 is currently available for Chrome users with modern ...

Microsoft has released Babylon.js v3.0, the newest and most complete version of their JavaScript 3D and game engine. The raw technology behind this is WebGL which "is the technology that lets web ...

Mozilla will release later today Firefox 51, the latest version of its famous browser, which will include a series of small upgrades, but which will make a difference in the long run. Firefox 51 is ...

The IE team also put in a lot of extra work to improve security. "We did a lot of analysis of vulnerabilities, we did threat modelling, and we have essentially a pre-screening stage. Think of it like ...