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 documented a field repair for a Codex Desktop update on Windows that broke browser extension connectivity and Computer Use. The fix involved patching the node_repl shim to handle missing s…
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…