Release Notes for 1.8.x (Release Channel)

[LaurenWags]

• Upgrade from Chromium 81.0.4044.122 to Chromium 81.0.4044.129.(#9493)
• Improve publisher list insert time/memory/cpu.(#9376)
• Can't load Twitter with 3rd party cookies blocked.(#9337)
• Missing string to translate - New Tab.(#9169)
• Binance Version 2 Trading Widget.(#9118)
• Stop blocking: SVG.{getTotalLength, getComputedTextLength}.(#8858)
• Stop blocking: Canvas.{getLineDash,isPointInPath,isPointInStroke,measureText}.(#8855)
• convertToBlob farbling.(#8682)
• Follow up of PR Audit all protocols for leaks in Tor mode and block them or redirect them through Tor #4252- Attention % value resets to zero in BR panel .(#8463)
• Remove Autoplay list, match chromium behavior.(#8408)
• Disable ScrollToTextFragment.(#8342)
• Desktop :: Implement Custom Homepage.(#8218)
• Users should be able to import Extensions.(#7974)
• Reword Device recognition as Fingerprint.(#7949)
• Remove muon / Brave (old) from importer.(#7403)
• Enabling IPFS support causes crash.(#7325)
• Brave Ads server retry logic should backoff exponentially with a ceiling.(#7226)
• Change "untargeted" category label to "general" in Ads History panel.(#6553)
• Please implement a cookie banner blocker that works like "I don't care about cookies".(#5318)
• Add "Customize" text to NTP dashboard settings icon to make it more discoverable.(#4930)
• Issues with importing browsing data using built-in "importer".(#3674)
• refactor new tab top sites.(#2971)