The startup wants to rid the web of privacy-invading trackers, but some people sign up just for speed improvements over Chrome. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

Remember browser bars of the '00's... Going over to grandma's and launching IE only to be met with half a screen of browser bars. Spending a good hour uninstalling them, cleaning up the debris left ...

Rae Hodge was a senior editor at CNET. She led CNET's coverage of privacy and cybersecurity tools from July 2019 to January 2023. As a data-driven investigative journalist on the software and services ...

In 2025, software is more of a lifestyle choice. If I am going to stare at a screen for eight hours a day, then I want it to ...

Vivaldi 4.1 offers something that’s a rarity in the world of browsers: a new macro system that complements the niche browser’s implementation of new “accordion tabs,” too. Both features offer some ...

The web browser from Brave Software relies on an unusual business model: it strips out ads from websites, replaces them with its own ads, then allows users to send money to sites they like. Boutique ...

Subscribers gain integrated access to advanced large language models (LLMs), including Google's Gemini 3 Pro and OpenAI's GPT ...

There is no such thing as the perfect web browser. Each one has pros and cons and some function better than others. But most users tend to stick with the default web browser that ships with whatever ...

Google's Chrome Internet browser was the most popular browser in the world for the first time on Sunday, online metrics firm StatCounter announced Wednesday. Microsoft's Internet Explorer vaulted back ...

If you'd like to give local AI a try on your phone, Puma Browser is a fantastic option. It's fast, easy to use, and allows you to select from several LLMs. Give this new browser a go and see if it ...

Today marks the official launch of Brave 1.0, a free open-source browser. The beta version has already drawn 8 million monthly users, but now, the full stable release is available for Windows, macOS, ...