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ChainLink Phishing: How Trusted Domains Become Threat Vectors

Phishing remains one of cybersecurity’s most enduring threats, not because defenders aren’t evolving, but because attackers are adapting even faster. Today’s most effective campaigns aren’t just built on spoofed emails or shady domains. They exploit something far more insidious: trust in the tools and services we use every day, leading to zero-hour phishing. The Rise of ChainLink Phishing Traditional phishing relied on easily identifiable red flags such as suspicious senders and questionable

My 6 favorite open-source Android apps from the Google Play store - and why that matters

Joan Cros/NurPhoto via Getty Images Android and open source are closely intertwined. In fact, most open-source fans I know also use Android. Coincidence? I think not. One nice thing about Android is that the Google Play Store has lots of open-source software. That's not to say every single open-source title is worth your time and effort, but there are plenty of FOSS apps that are not only worth your time but also some of the best in class. Also: I upgraded to Android 16 - here's what I love a

RP1 says that metaverse needs its own browser

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more RP1 has been trying to make the metaverse happen for a while. It was touting its tech for bringing a lot of people into a digital space in 2022, and it’s still trying hard to make it happen today. And this time, RP1 CEO Sean Mann believes that the world needs a metaverse browser. And he and his cofounder Dean Abramson touted the idea at t

Week in Review: WWDC 2025 recap

Welcome back to Week in Review! We have lots for you this week, including what came out of WWDC 2025; The Browser Company’s AI browser; OpenAI’s partnership with Mattel; and updates to your iPad. Have a great weekend! The Apple experience: We kicked the week off with WWDC 2025, Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, where the company showed off a newly designed iOS 26, new features across its products, and much more. There was considerable pressure on Apple this year to build on its promises

Why I'm leaving Firefox for good - here's the browser I'm using now instead

ZDNET I've been using Firefox, on and off, for a very long time. After all, it's been the default web browser for Linux for as long as I can remember. But I'm finally moving on from Firefox and all of its clones. Also: Love Arc browser? You can get early access to its new AI-powered replacement This time it feels permanent. Every other time I migrated away from Firefox (or a Firefox fork), it felt temporary, like I'd soon return, after using whatever browser I adopted, because Firefox was alw

Dia, The Browser Company’s AI-first browser, launches Mac beta

After discontinuing Arc, The Browser Company is back with a new take on its vision for the future of web browsing in the AI era. Dia, its new browser, is now available in beta for existing Arc users on macOS. And while it shares a few design cues from its predecessor, Dia is a very different product with a very different goal. Here’s how to test it out. When it first came out, Arc made a deservedly big fuss with its complete reimagining of browser UX. Then it proved too cumbersome and commercia

The Browser Company’s new AI browser rolls out to private beta testers

The Browser Company’s new AI-powered browser is now available in an invite-only beta. Called Dia, the browser was first announced towards the end of 2024, and is built around the deep integration of what its maker calls "the most personal AI on the market". Dia allows you to "chat with your tabs" and will adapt and learn the more you use it. You can open an AI chat on any webpage without having to leave the tab, where the built-in bot can search the web, compare websites, answer questions about

An Experimental New Dating Site Matches Singles Based on Their Browser Histories

Imagine, for a moment, that your most clandestine internet searches—anxiety-riddled deep dives on WebMD, Google queries wondering if your cat is trying to kill you, or why farts smell the way they do—were the key to finding a soulmate. Would you sign up for a dating site that guaranteed connection in return for your browser history? For more than a decade, developers have tried to perfect the science of compatibility. Tinder promised infinite swipes. Bumble let women make the first move. Feeld

Lynx Browser: The Land That Time Revived (2022)

"If you don't perceive using the Internet in the 2020s to be a constant fight, you have absolutely no online privacy whatsoever." Lynx browser, browsing the post Cyber Freedom: No Gain Without Pain, from my Neocities site Backlit. It might look scarily primitive at first glance, but Lynx browser - a product as old as the World Wide Web itself - could not be more of a friend. And neither could it be more relevant amid the surveillance dystopia of the 2020s. If you find it hard to keep up with t

Apple resists UK regulator demands to open up iOS browsers, citing security risks

Recap: After Apple began allowing alternate iOS browser engines in compliance with new European regulations, the United Kingdom began arranging the framework for similar action, much to the Cupertino giant's chagrin. A proposed stipulation regarding updates to Apple's WebKit engine is particularly noteworthy. Apple continues to fight the UK Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) efforts to regulate the iOS web browser market. The iPhone maker responded to the agency's proposed remedies with