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Leak: OpenAI's browser will use ChatGPT Agent to control the browser

OpenAI is building an agentic future with its upcoming Chromium-based browser and a new leak confirms GPT Agent integration. ChatGPT already comes with Agent mode, which uses a virtual machine to browse the web. The vrtual machine is powered by Linux and it works in a cloud environment (Azure). While Agent mode can do everything for you, it cannot control your browser. It also cannot see open tabs or other browser-related features. But this could change soon. As spotted by Tibor, OpenAI wirin

Nyxt: The Emacs-like web browser

Nyxt: the Emacs-like web browser Did you know...? LWN.net is a subscriber-supported publication; we rely on subscribers to keep the entire operation going. Please help out by buying a subscription and keeping LWN on the net. Nyxt is an unusual web browser that tries to answer the question, "what if Emacs was a good web browser?". Nyxt is not an Emacs package, but a full web browser written in Common Lisp and available under the BSD three-clause license. Its target audience is developers who wa

Perplexity Wants to Buy Google Chrome for $34.5 Billion: Report

AI company Perplexity has offered to buy Google’s Chrome browser for $34.5 billion, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. The offer is being characterized as a “longshot,” especially since Perplexity itself is only valued at about $18 billion, according to the newspaper, but the idea is rooted in a very real problem for Google: A judge is currently considering whether Google’s parent company Alphabet should be forced to sell Chrome over antitrust concerns. Perplexity told the

Events

Events are things that happen in the system you are programming — the system produces (or "fires") a signal of some kind when an event occurs, and provides a mechanism by which an action can be automatically taken (that is, some code running) when the event occurs. Events are fired inside the browser window, and tend to be attached to a specific item that resides in it. This might be a single element, a set of elements, the HTML document loaded in the current tab, or the entire browser window. T

7 features I want Chrome to steal from its rivals, and why

Ryan Haines / Android Authority I’ve been on the Chrome bandwagon for years now and it remains my go-to browser even today. But let’s just say, I haven’t been entirely faithful to Chrome. Over the years, I’ve dabbled in a wide variety of browsers ranging from Edge to modern AI-infused alternatives to see what I might be missing out on. And while I keep coming back to Chrome, it’s clear to me that Google has been playing it safe. I haven’t been entirely faithful to Chrome, and that’s exactly wh

Say goodbye to tab overload with Samsung’s latest Browser feature

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR The beta version of the Samsung Internet Browser app has gained a new feature called “Auto close settings.” Turning this setting on allows the app to close unused tabs for you. Users can choose to clear inactive tabs after a set number of days or have AI decide if a tab should be closed. When using a mobile browser, it’s easy to forget how many tabs you have open. And it’s even easier to forget to close those tabs. Having too many tabs open can lead to

Why I ditched Google Chrome for Firefox Focus within 10 minutes of using the mobile browser

Jack Wallen / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Firefox Focus is a security and privacy-focused mobile browser. This browser offers a minimal UI and maximum privacy features. Firefox Focus is available for both Android and iOS. I've run the gamut of web browsers on Android, and every time I think I've found "the one," I discover a reason not to use it. That reason might be a cluttered UI, a lack of options, or not enough security. Recently, however, I came across a browser

Apple’s lock on iPhone browser engines gets a December deadline

is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. We might finally see the first iPhone browsers built on top of third-party engines now that Japanese regulators have taken up the issue. Apple’s malicious compliance in the EU has so far prevented Chrome, and its Blink engine, for example, from coming t

The Dia browser now offers a $20/month subscription plan

The Browser Company has announced a subscription plan for Dia, its new AI-powered browser. Here are the details. Dia now offers a Dia Pro subscription plan A couple of months ago, The Browser Company launched Dia, its new crack at an AI-powered browser. That came after it decided to shut down the Arc browser, much to the dismay of passionate and highly engaged early adopters who enjoyed the company’s completely different take on what a browser should look like and behave. With Dia, which rem

The Browser Company’s AI browser now has a $20 subscription

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The Browser Company — the makers of the Arc browser — just launched a $20 per month subscription to its new AI-powered web browser, Dia, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. The new Dia Pro subscription comes with unlimited access to the browser’s chat feature, wh

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The Browser Company launches a $20 monthly subscription for its AI-powered browser

The Browser Company has launched a Pro subscription plan for Dia, its new web browser that heavily integrates AI features. The plan costs $20 per month and provides unlimited access to Dia’s AI-powered chat and skills features. The introduction of a paid tier means free users will now face usage limits on AI features. While The Browser Company hasn’t specified exact limits, CEO Josh Miller told The New York Times in July that the browser will remain free for those who use AI features “a few tim

Firefox Focus won me over in just 10 mins - why it's my new default mobile browser

Jack Wallen / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Firefox Focus is a security and privacy-focused mobile browser. This browser offers a minimal UI and maximum privacy features. Firefox Focus is available for both Android and iOS. I've run the gamut of web browsers on Android, and every time I think I've found "the one," I discover a reason not to use it. That reason might be a cluttered UI, a lack of options, or not enough security. Recently, however, I came across a browser

Best VPN for Chrome 2025: Keep Your Browsing Traffic Private

Based on our years of testing and using VPNs across operating systems and browsers, these are the top factors you should consider when choosing a VPN for Chrome: Chrome compatibility If you’re looking for a VPN for Chrome, your primary consideration will be whether the VPN offers a Chrome extension. Most of the top VPN providers offer plugins for Chrome and other browsers, but some do not. Check that the VPN you’re considering offers a Chrome extension before purchasing. Alternatively, you can

Japan: Apple Must Lift Browser Engine Ban by December

Readers may recall that Japan recently passed the Smartphone Act, officially the Bill on the Promotion of Competition for Specified Software Used in Smartphones. Among its most important reforms is a direct prohibition on Apple’s long-standing ban on third-party browser engines on iOS. This ban has functioned as an effective ban on browsers like Firefox, Chrome, Edge, Opera, Brave & Vivaldi, by forcing them to use Apple’s WebKit engine, which they cannot modify or control. This results in no ef

Trouble with Elections: Everything We Thought We Knew About Democracy Is Wrong

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The Chrome Speculation Rules API allows the browser to preload and prerender

Put this HTML tag into the <head> of your website for near-instant navigation. Ever clicked a link and had the next page appear almost instantly? That magical, speedy experience is becoming easier to achieve thanks to the Chrome Speculation Rules API. This new browser feature helps make navigation feel instant with just a few lines of HTML. How does it work? The Chrome Speculation Rules API allows developers to declaratively tell the browser which pages to preload and prerender, providing a n

Make any website load faster with 6 lines of HTML

Put this HTML tag into the <head> of your website for near-instant navigation. Ever clicked a link and had the next page appear almost instantly? That magical, speedy experience is becoming easier to achieve thanks to the Chrome Speculation Rules API. This new browser feature helps make navigation feel instant with just a few lines of HTML. How does it work? The Chrome Speculation Rules API allows developers to declaratively tell the browser which pages to preload and prerender, providing a n

Inside a Real Clickfix Attack: How This Social Engineering Hack Unfolds

An inside look at a ClickFix campaign and a real-world attack, its next iteration (FileFix), and how to prevent it in its tracks, before device compromise. ClickFix: Silent Copying to Clipboard ClickFix, a deceptive social engineering tactic, is used by threat actors to manipulate unsuspecting users into unwittingly allowing a web page to silently populate the clipboard. Ultimately, the attacker is attempting to get a user to (unknowingly) execute malicious code, gathered from the browser and

Dropbox is pulling the plug on its password manager

Dropbox is saying goodbye to its password manager after five years of service. This leaves current customers in a lurch, as the company has also announced that users only have a few months to extract all of their data. This discontinuation will happen in phases, but October 28 is the day Dropbox Passwords will be entirely shuttered. On August 28, the platform will become view-only in both the mobile app and browser extension. The autofill functionality also deactivates on that date. On Septemb

5 browsers you should use instead of Chrome

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Google Chrome dominates the browser market, holding an almost 70% market share globally, according to StatCounter. This widespread adoption is often attributed to its pre-installation on nearly every Android phone, leading to an effortless default for many users. Being a Google product also lends it a certain level of perceived trust – for better or worse. However, Chrome isn’t without its critics or its flaws. I’m not the biggest fan of the browser, as I thi

Opera takes its browser beef with Microsoft to Brazil in antitrust complaint

Opera is filing an antitrust complaint against Microsoft in Brazil, alleging it creates an unfair environment for alternate browsers to compete with Edge. The Norway-based company claims Microsoft's deals to make Edge the exclusive pre-installed browser on Windows machines creates an unfair environment for alternate browsers to compete. Opera also argued that Microsoft uses design tactics and dark patterns to further discourage people from downloading and using rival products. It is asking Brazi

Microsoft Introduces 'Copilot Mode' in Edge

For decades, the way we’ve used browsers has remained linear: open a tab (or 20), search for something, read a page, repeat. It’s a model that’s worked well, but it hasn’t fundamentally changed. Until now. As AI begins to reshape nearly every facet of digital life, we’re witnessing a turning point in how we interact with the web. Now, it’s worth asking: is your browser working for you as much as it should? This is why today we’re excited to launch Copilot Mode, a new experimental mode in Micros

Microsoft Edge now an 'AI-powered browser' with Copilot Mode

Microsoft has introduced Copilot Mode, an experimental feature designed to transform Microsoft Edge into a web browser powered by artificial intelligence (AI). As the company explained on Monday, this new mode transforms Edge's interface, with new tabs showing a single input box that combines chat, search, and web navigation functions. Once Copilot Mode is enabled, the AI assistant will be able to analyze all open browser tabs with the user's permission, comparing information and assisting wit

5 reasons why Firefox is still my favorite browser - and deserves more respect

Finally, there's something to be said for supporting the underdog. In the Windows desktop browser arena, Chrome is still the top dog by far (though some of the upcoming AI-based browsers may start nipping at its heels). Edge is in second place. That puts Firefox in third. But I think the browser should be defined by much more than its third-place status. Unlike Google and Microsoft, which are major corporate giants, the Mozilla Foundation is a nonprofit organization with a strong bent toward o

No more links, no more scrolling—The browser is becoming an AI Agent

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Rumors that OpenAI is set to release a gen AI-powered web browser to rival Alphabet‘s Google Chrome have amped up excitement about the future of search and how AI will fundamentally change how we browse the web. In this seeming next phase of the internet, search engines won’t just point to information; intelligent agents will find it for u