The web browser is arguably the most important piece of software on your computer. You spend much of your time online inside a browser: when you search, chat, email ...

The web browser is arguably the most important piece of software on your computer. You spend much of your time online inside a browser: when you search, chat, email ...

Turn Chrome into a cleaner, smarter, more private browser with a few trusted open-source extensions anyone can install.

Ah, the humble internet browser. So crucial to our experience of the internet, yet so easy to take for granted. Let's be real, how many of us really think about our choice of web browser these days?

Meara covers streaming service news for CNET. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in journalism. When she's not writing, she likes to dote over her cat, sip black coffee ...