A 1971 protocol called Finger, which predates the World Wide Web, allows users to share personal status updates and files through a terminal without a graphical interface or JavaScript. The protocol, …
Patchright, a patched version of Playwright, removes automation flags like `navigator.webdriver` to help scrapers avoid detection by anti-bot systems. In a test against a protected e-commerce page, Pa…
Google announced at I/O 2026 that developers can now build AI-powered features directly into web applications using Chrome's built-in AI APIs, eliminating cloud costs and keeping user data on-device. …
Google shipped the Prompt API in Chrome 148 on May 5, 2026, giving every website the ability to run local AI inference via Gemini Nano, a 4GB model now bundled with the browser without user opt-in. Mo…
Start Page HQ launched a $2-per-month browser dashboard that consolidates notes, tasks, feeds, and developer tools into a single new tab page, replacing the need for multiple apps and tabs. The servic…
The Chrome team has proposed a new web platform feature called "Declarative Partial Updates," consisting of two sets of APIs designed to allow HTML to be delivered and inserted out of order, breaking …
Here is a 2-3 sentence factual summary of the article: At Google I/O 2026, Google announced WebMCP (Web Model Context Protocol), a new standard developed jointly with Microsoft that allows websites t…
This article explains how the Chrome extension EntryCheck avoids common patterns of using external APIs or local user storage by bundling a static dataset of visa requirements for over 190 countries d…
Typly is a lightweight Chrome extension that allows users to customize typography on any website by adjusting font size, line spacing, and contrast per HTML tag in real-time without breaking page layo…
The article announces the launch of PolySweeper, a macOS disk cleaner designed for developers to locate and safely remove large, unnecessary files such as node_modules, Unity caches, and Xcode artifac…
The CSS `:has()` selector, now supported in all major browsers, allows developers to style a parent element based on whether it contains a specific child element, effectively turning CSS into a condit…
The article describes the creation of DataSidekick, a Chrome extension developed by Rodrigo to simplify editing localStorage and sessionStorage by providing a cleaner, structured JSON interface instea…
Author's experience building Vericum, a marketplace for human-authored content with cryptographic proof of origin and royalty chains, just as Google shipped SynthID detection into Chrome and C2PA cred…
At Google I/O 2026, the key takeaway was that AI is transitioning from a standalone product to ambient infrastructure, quietly embedded across Google’s entire ecosystem including Search, Workspace, an…
According to the article, AI-native applications, powered by the Model Context Protocol (MCP) introduced by Anthropic in November 2024, are predicted to subsume the traditional web before the end of 2…
WebMCP is a W3C draft specification that allows websites to expose their features as structured tools for AI agents to call directly, rather than scraping the page's DOM or screenshots. While some cla…
At Google I/O 2026, Google announced new features for Chrome, including the ability to save and organize content using "collections." All Chrome-related talks and announcements from the event are avai…
Google published exploit code for an unfixed vulnerability in the Chromium browser codebase, affecting Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and other Chromium-based browsers. The proof-of-concept code exploits the…
Google is replacing its traditional search engine with Gemini-powered AI features including AI Overviews, conversational mode, agentic browsing, generative UI, and mini apps built with natural languag…
AI labeling systems SynthID and C2PA are undergoing their largest expansion, with Google integrating verification tools into Chrome and Search and OpenAI embedding SynthID into its generated images. T…