Google announced on Nov. 3 that AI tools integrated into its Search product will be turned off by default for K-12 students starting next year, requiring teachers or administrators to manually enable them. Google education VP Chris Phillips said that because search and AI are tightly linked, schools that block the AI tools will also lose access to Search entirely for students, triggering a notification explaining the restriction. In response, CNET highlighted several free alternative search engines, including Brave and DuckDuckGo, that parents and educators could use instead.
cnet.com
· 2026-11-05
The New York Times filed suit against Brave on Monday in federal court in Manhattan, alleging the browser company scraped its copyrighted articles and distributed them to AI firms including Anthropic, Perplexity, Mistral, xAI and Cohere. A separate but similar lawsuit was filed the same day by the Daily News, Chicago Tribune and Orlando Sentinel. The complaints also cite a Brave feature that bypasses paywalls and its practice of blocking publishers' ads while inserting its own.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-11-02
The New York Times has filed a lawsuit against Brave, maker of the Brave web browser, alleging the company's AI tools scrape its content and bypass paywalls without authorization. The suit reportedly centers on how Brave's AI features access and summarize Times articles.
yro.slashdot.org
· 2026-11-02
The New York Times and a group of publishers including the New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune and Orlando Sentinel have filed lawsuits against Brave Software. The complaints allege Brave scraped their websites without permission, sold access to its content index to AI firms such as Anthropic, Perplexity, Mistral, xAI and Cohere, and built a browser feature that lets users bypass publisher paywalls.
theverge.com
· 2026-11-02
Android Authority published a list of nine Chromium-based browsers for Android that strip out Google's integrations, including Bare Browser, Brave, Vivaldi and others. The piece highlights options chosen for regular updates, distinct features, longevity, and ease of use, noting most require manual installation outside typical app stores.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-10-26
A blogger describes abandoning Firefox for Brave browser after growing frustrated with web apps not working properly in Firefox, a problem attributed to developers not testing against it due to its small market share. The author tried Vivaldi first but found its interface too cluttered, then settled on Brave after disabling its crypto and AI features, reporting it now works reliably across Ubuntu and Android.
kevquirk.com
· 2026-09-28
An Android Authority writer describes shifting to privacy-focused tools like the Brave browser to limit Google's data collection and targeted advertising, after encountering people who dismiss online privacy as unimportant. The piece recounts personal experience with data breaches at retailers that exposed sensitive information such as ID numbers, arguing this shows why data collection risks extend to everyday consumers, not just privacy-conscious tech users.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-09-24
Brave released new benchmark data asserting its desktop browser consumes 44% less CPU, 28% less memory, and 10% less energy than Chrome, Edge, and Firefox, while loading full pages about 20% faster. The company attributes the gains largely to blocking ads, trackers, and analytics scripts that would otherwise generate extra background processing after the visible page content loads.
news.slashdot.org
· 2026-09-08
Google has completed its long-planned phase-out of Manifest V2 by removing all remaining MV2 extensions from the Chrome Web Store, including the popular ad blocker uBlock Origin. Extensions already installed on Chrome 138 or earlier will keep working but can no longer receive updates or be reinstalled once removed. Because the Chrome Web Store also serves other Chromium-based browsers, the removal affects users beyond Google Chrome itself.
webiterate.dev
· 2026-08-31
Brave has released version 1.94 of its browser with a new Email Aliases feature that lets users create disposable email addresses for signing up to websites, while messages are still forwarded to their real inbox. The feature requires a free Brave Account and works separately from Brave Premium, with up to five aliases available at no cost before a paid tier removes that limit.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-08-29
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