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…
For most new browser automation projects in 2026, Playwright is the better default due to its speed, reliability from auto-waiting, and superior debugging tools. Selenium remains the right choice for …
A developer rewrote the privacy copy for SafeJSON, a browser-based JSON toolkit, to replace vague claims like 'privacy-first' with a verifiable promise: no pasted content is uploaded. The tool process…
Moonshot AI released Kimi Work, a desktop agent for macOS and Windows that orchestrates up to 300 sub-agents locally while using its cloud-hosted K2.6 model for reasoning. The tool combines local file…
The W3C Web Application Security Working Group has standardized the /.well-known/change-password URL as a redirect endpoint that points password managers and users to a site's actual change-password p…
A developer explores the importance of asking 'why' in technology, tracing the history of web compatibility hacks like User-Agent strings and advocating for pragmatic critical thinking over mere curio…
Perplexity AI launched its AI-powered Comet browser on July 9, 2025, initially available only to $200-per-month Max subscribers via a waitlist. The Chromium-based browser embeds Perplexity's conversat…
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, …
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…
CSS gap decorations are now available in Chrome and Edge starting in version 149, allowing developers to style gaps between grid, flexbox, and multi-column layouts without using borders or pseudo-elem…
A malicious npm package named "exiouss" was published on May 1, 2026, by the account "loltestpad" as a rebranded version of the previously removed "godsplan" package, now bundling a PowerShell script …
"ixpresso-core," a malicious Windows Remote Access Trojan (RAT) published on npm and disguised as a WhatsApp-integrated AI agent. Once installed, it deploys persistent malware called "Veltrix" that st…