Security researcher Ori Nimron has released functional exploit code for CVE-2026-40369, a Windows kernel vulnerability patched by Microsoft in May 2026, three months after the patch. The deterministic…
Google is testing a homepage for signed-out desktop users in the U.S. that removes the Google Search button, replacing it with three AI Mode shortcuts: Create images, Ask about files, and Brainstorm. …
TIME magazine is reportedly serving ads that only AI bots can see, a practice that creates two versions of web pages—one for humans and one for AI crawlers. The trend, highlighted alongside Microsoft'…
A developer built OTI, an open-source one-time secret sharing app using AdonisJS 6, TypeScript, MySQL, Redis, Edge, and Vite. The app encrypts messages in the browser, stores only encrypted data on th…
Microsoft Corp. said on August 3 that its vulnerability rewards programs awarded more than $20 million to 562 security researchers from 64 countries during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2026, both pr…
Developer Vincent Ping has released ClaudeFS, a free browser extension for Chrome and Edge that lets users connect a local folder to claude.ai, enabling Claude to read, search, and edit files directly…
A new tool called Virtual Time Engine lets users record HTML, CSS, and JS animations as 60fps MP4 or WebM videos entirely client-side using the WebCodecs API, with no uploads, sign-ups, or watermarks.…
Stable Diffusion can now run directly inside a browser tab using WebNN and ONNX Runtime Web, according to a guide from Scribbler. The stack enables local, private image generation without cloud APIs o…
WebMCP is emerging as a standard for AI-driven browsing, allowing websites to register typed JavaScript functions that AI agents can call directly. As of July 2026, Chrome origin trials are live, Edge…
WebMCP, a W3C Community Group draft co-edited by Google and Microsoft engineers, has near-zero deployment on real websites and no mainstream AI agents consuming its tools as of July 2026, despite a li…
A Hacker News user reports that the 1Password browser extension for Edge and Chrome is outputting debug messages in the browser console, raising concerns about the use of AI in security-focused softwa…
Blur & Unblur AI is a browser-based tool that detects faces in photos and applies blur only to selected face masks, running entirely locally without uploading images to a server. The tool supports JPG…
Microsoft is reigniting the browser wars by turning its Edge browser into an AI-powered operating surface for intelligence, collapsing search, navigation, task execution, and identity into a single in…
Independent researchers Dr. Harry Brignull and Cennydd Bowles published Over The Edge 2.0, finding that Microsoft still uses harmful design patterns in Windows, Edge, and Bing to coerce users into usi…
Reins, an open-source tool from Karnstack, lets coding agents like Claude Code and Cursor control a user's real logged-in browser via a CLI, daemon, and Chrome extension, with no cloud component and f…
Microsoft's leaked Project Aion prototype replaces Windows' traditional shell with a website-based interface running only Copilot, forcing users into an AI-driven environment. The project, reportedly …
AetherCut implements hardware-accelerated video editing entirely in the browser, using WebGL for real-time chroma key compositing and WebAssembly to run OpenAI's Whisper model locally for offline tran…
A ZDNET editor tested the AI features in Chrome, Edge, and Firefox to determine which browser offers the best AI experience. The editor found that each browser brings different AI capabilities, but ul…
A developer launched a webcam motion detector that offers local and cloud storage with AI-powered person detection, starting at $10/month for premium features.…
A developer built a local AI agent browser extension called Hermes that runs entirely on the user's machine, avoiding sending browsing data to cloud LLM APIs. The extension scrapes web page context an…