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Anthropic Tests Claude Extension for Google Chrome That Can Complete Certain Tasks Within the Browser
Anthropic announced a new limited experiment on Tuesday, where it will be providing 1,000 paid subscribers access to Claude’s Google Chrome extension. The extension will sit within the web browser, similar to other extensions, and allow users to ask questions about web pages. While it cannot handle agentic tasks at present, it can perform tasks s...
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Perplexity to Reportedly Expand Its Revenue Sharing Programme for Publishers to Comet Browser
Perplexity, the Silicon Valley-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup, has reportedly expanded its revenue-sharing programme for publishers. As per the report, the company will now compensate media houses and website publishers when their content appears on the Comet web browser’s AI searches. The expansion follows last year’s announcement ...
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Google Vids Allows Users to Edit Videos Directly via Google Drive Website
Google Drive recently added the video transcription feature for users, which allows them to view and search for captions for a particular recording. In an attempt to make the cloud storage service more video-friendly, the US-based tech giant has now integrated a new feature called Google Vids into the Drive. This new functionality will allow people...
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Microsoft Edge to Target Heavy Google Chrome Users With More Persuasive Prompts: Report
Microsoft Edge users will now be shown a prompt on top of the webpage when they download the Google Chrome web browser. The tech giant highlighted that both web browsers use the same technology, simultaneously claiming that Edge comes with added Windows protection. This could be an attempt to get more people to use its native browser.
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Perplexity Reportedly Offers to Buy Google Chrome for More Than Its Own Valuation
Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Perplexity on Tuesday launched an audacious bid to buy the Google Chrome browser in its entirety, according to a report. The Aravind Srinivas-led company is said to have offered Google $34.5 billion (roughly Rs. 3.02 lakh crore) for the rights to the world’s most popular web browser, a sum which is even higher...
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AI Startup Perplexity Makes $34.5 Billion Offer To Buy Google Chrome
Perplexity AI offered Google on Tuesday $34.5 billion for its popular Chrome web browser, which the internet giant could potentially be forced to sell as part of antitrust proceedings.
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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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iOS 26 Enables Safari's Advanced Fingerprinting Protection Feature by Default
Apple's iOS 26 update will bring Advanced Fingerprinting Protection to all tabs, to prevent web tracking even outside Private Browsing. This enhanced protection is designed to safeguard a user's identity while browsing the web. Mozilla's open source Firefox browser has provided similar fingerprinting protection since 2020.
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AI Agents Are Here, What They Can Do And How They Can Go Wrong
We are entering the third phase of generative AI. First came the chatbots, followed by the assistants. Now we are beginning to see agents.
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OpenAI’s Under-Development AI-Powered Web Browser Said to Be Codenamed Aura
OpenAI’s rumoured under-development artificial intelligence (AI) web browser might be called Aura internally. A tipster has found evidence of the name Aura within ChatGPT’s code, leading to the belief that it could be what the company is calling the browser internally. Aura was said to be mentioned along with several other elements associated w...
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Perplexity Launches Comet AI Web Browser, Comes With an In-Built Sidebar Assistant
Perplexity launched its in-house web browser Comet on Wednesday. The artificial intelligence (AI) browser is powered by the company’s native search engine and various AI features. The browser’s most prominent feature is a sidebar assistant that can derive information from all opened tabs to answer user queries, summarise pages, and even perform...
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OpenAI Reportedly Working On an AI-Powered Web Browser, to Compete With Google Chrome
OpenAI is reportedly working on an artificial intelligence (AI) web browser and is close to releasing it. As per the report, the San Francisco-based AI firm is readying the browser to compete with Google Chrome. The name of this browser is not known; however, it is said that it will support AI capabilities natively.
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Microsoft Edge Can Now Load Websites Faster After Migration to WebUI 2.0, Says Company
Microsoft Edge has reached a “major milestone” with regards to the responsiveness and quick loading time of the web browser’s user interface, the company announced on Monday. The Redmond-based tech giant said its cumulative efforts have been underway since February 2025 and have helped it improve the loading speed of initial content, a key fa...
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Google Chrome for Android Now Lets You Move Address Bar to the Bottom of the App
Google Chrome has rolled out a new update for its Android app which lets users change the position of the address bar. It can now be moved to the bottom of the screen on the web browser for more flexibility. As per Google, this change makes it easier to use Chrome for Android on devices with different-sized screens, enabling users with varied hand ...
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Samsung Galaxy S26 Series to Reportedly Include Perplexity App as Companies Near Major AI Deal
Samsung and Perplexity are reportedly nearing a major artificial intelligence (AI) deal that will see the AI app be preinstalled on Samsung devices. As per the report, the upcoming Galaxy S26 series could be the first smartphones to feature the Perplexity AI app and its recently launched AI assistant out of the box. The multi-faceted deal reportedl...
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Anthropic Tests Claude Extension for Google Chrome That Can Complete Certain Tasks Within the Browser
Anthropic announced a new limited experiment on Tuesday, where it will be providing 1,000 paid subscribers access to Claude’s Google Chrome extension. The extension will sit within the web browser, similar to other extensions, and allow users to ask questions about web pages. While it cannot handle agentic tasks at present, it can perform tasks s...
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Perplexity to Reportedly Expand Its Revenue Sharing Programme for Publishers to Comet Browser
Perplexity, the Silicon Valley-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup, has reportedly expanded its revenue-sharing programme for publishers. As per the report, the company will now compensate media houses and website publishers when their content appears on the Comet web browser’s AI searches. The expansion follows last year’s announcement ...
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Google Vids Allows Users to Edit Videos Directly via Google Drive Website
Google Drive recently added the video transcription feature for users, which allows them to view and search for captions for a particular recording. In an attempt to make the cloud storage service more video-friendly, the US-based tech giant has now integrated a new feature called Google Vids into the Drive. This new functionality will allow people...
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Microsoft Edge to Target Heavy Google Chrome Users With More Persuasive Prompts: Report
Microsoft Edge users will now be shown a prompt on top of the webpage when they download the Google Chrome web browser. The tech giant highlighted that both web browsers use the same technology, simultaneously claiming that Edge comes with added Windows protection. This could be an attempt to get more people to use its native browser.
-
Perplexity Reportedly Offers to Buy Google Chrome for More Than Its Own Valuation
Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Perplexity on Tuesday launched an audacious bid to buy the Google Chrome browser in its entirety, according to a report. The Aravind Srinivas-led company is said to have offered Google $34.5 billion (roughly Rs. 3.02 lakh crore) for the rights to the world’s most popular web browser, a sum which is even higher...
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AI Startup Perplexity Makes $34.5 Billion Offer To Buy Google Chrome
Perplexity AI offered Google on Tuesday $34.5 billion for its popular Chrome web browser, which the internet giant could potentially be forced to sell as part of antitrust proceedings.
-
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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iOS 26 Enables Safari's Advanced Fingerprinting Protection Feature by Default
Apple's iOS 26 update will bring Advanced Fingerprinting Protection to all tabs, to prevent web tracking even outside Private Browsing. This enhanced protection is designed to safeguard a user's identity while browsing the web. Mozilla's open source Firefox browser has provided similar fingerprinting protection since 2020.
-
AI Agents Are Here, What They Can Do And How They Can Go Wrong
We are entering the third phase of generative AI. First came the chatbots, followed by the assistants. Now we are beginning to see agents.
-
OpenAI’s Under-Development AI-Powered Web Browser Said to Be Codenamed Aura
OpenAI’s rumoured under-development artificial intelligence (AI) web browser might be called Aura internally. A tipster has found evidence of the name Aura within ChatGPT’s code, leading to the belief that it could be what the company is calling the browser internally. Aura was said to be mentioned along with several other elements associated w...
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Perplexity Launches Comet AI Web Browser, Comes With an In-Built Sidebar Assistant
Perplexity launched its in-house web browser Comet on Wednesday. The artificial intelligence (AI) browser is powered by the company’s native search engine and various AI features. The browser’s most prominent feature is a sidebar assistant that can derive information from all opened tabs to answer user queries, summarise pages, and even perform...
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OpenAI Reportedly Working On an AI-Powered Web Browser, to Compete With Google Chrome
OpenAI is reportedly working on an artificial intelligence (AI) web browser and is close to releasing it. As per the report, the San Francisco-based AI firm is readying the browser to compete with Google Chrome. The name of this browser is not known; however, it is said that it will support AI capabilities natively.
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Microsoft Edge Can Now Load Websites Faster After Migration to WebUI 2.0, Says Company
Microsoft Edge has reached a “major milestone” with regards to the responsiveness and quick loading time of the web browser’s user interface, the company announced on Monday. The Redmond-based tech giant said its cumulative efforts have been underway since February 2025 and have helped it improve the loading speed of initial content, a key fa...
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Google Chrome for Android Now Lets You Move Address Bar to the Bottom of the App
Google Chrome has rolled out a new update for its Android app which lets users change the position of the address bar. It can now be moved to the bottom of the screen on the web browser for more flexibility. As per Google, this change makes it easier to use Chrome for Android on devices with different-sized screens, enabling users with varied hand ...
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Samsung Galaxy S26 Series to Reportedly Include Perplexity App as Companies Near Major AI Deal
Samsung and Perplexity are reportedly nearing a major artificial intelligence (AI) deal that will see the AI app be preinstalled on Samsung devices. As per the report, the upcoming Galaxy S26 series could be the first smartphones to feature the Perplexity AI app and its recently launched AI assistant out of the box. The multi-faceted deal reportedl...
