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  Amazon vs Perplexity: 5 Things to Know About the Agentic AI Browser War

  Amazon has issued a cease-and-desist notice to Perplexity, alleging its Comet AI browser disguises itself as Chrome to bypass safeguards and access the Amazon Store on users’ behalf, creating security and trust risks. Perplexity rejected the claims, accusing Amazon of blocking innovation. The dispute highlights growing tension between major platf...

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  Apple Must Allow Alternative Browser Engines on iOS by December Under Japan's New Mobile Software Competition Act

  Apple will be forced to allow browsers that do not function on the WebKit browser engine, under Japan’s Mobile Software Competition Act Guidelines. The country's regulator dubbed the Cupertino company’s practice as anti-competitive as it blocked other browsers to offer the same performance as Safari. This will essentially allow other web browse...

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  Google Chrome Fixes 23-Year-Old Bug That Let Sites See Your Previously Visited Links

  Google Chrome is set to fix a 23-year-old privacy bug that allowed malicious sites to track users' browsing history. Earlier measures partially addressed the issue, but Google says Chrome version 136, launching this month, will block exploits used to identify visited links. This update marks a significant advancement in user privacy protection.

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  Google Chrome Tipped to Bring a Toggle to Disable All Unwanted Extensions on a Website

  Google Chrome is reportedly working on redesigned menu that will have a new toggle to block all unwanted extensions on a website at once. The new toggle will reportedly disable extensions and block potentially malicious extensions. Microsoft Edge too has a similar feature called "pause extensions on this site."

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  Google Said to Be Preparing to Approach Supreme Court to Block CCI's Android Antitrust Ruling

  Google is said to be preparing to challenge an order by the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) in the Supreme Court, days after the NCLAT turned down its request to block the ruling by the antitrust watchdog. The firm has also alleged in its filings that the CCI's investigation unit copied parts of a European 2018 ruling against the company.

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  Google Chrome to Offer Better Protection Against Spam Notifications: Report

  Google is reportedly taking measures to bring down the number of spam notifications that the users receive via Chrome. The tech giant intends to do this by blocking notifications from websites that it perceives to be disruptive.

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  Google Ditching Chrome Lite Data Saver Mode on Android

  Google is removing a feature of Chrome for Android that for years helped people cut down on their mobile data usage.

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  Zoom Discontinues Original Chrome OS App, Chromebook Users Are Left With Progressive Web App Option: Report

  Zoom is reportedly cutting off its original Chrome OS app, blocking users from joining meetings. With the latest move, Zoom Progressive Web App (PWA) will be the only option to use the video calling platform on Chromebook.

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  Windows 11 Blocks EdgeDeflector App as Microsoft Forces Users to Open URLs on Edge

  Microsoft has blocked the EdgeDeflector app which allowed users to open microsoft-edge protocol links in browsers such as Chrome and Firefox, forcing users to use Microsoft Edge instead.

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  Google Defers Chrome's Blocking of Tracking Cookies Until 2023

  Google is not getting rid of tracking cookies in Chrome until 2023, the company announced last month. The impending deadline that was being called the Cookiepocalypse had been the centre of many discussions about how Internet based companies would be able to sustain their advertising supported businesses. The business implications will take some ti...