Apple is being accused of overstating and misrepresenting Safari’s privacy features, leading users to believe their browsing data was more protected than it actually was. A new proposed class action alleges Safari allows third parties to track users through “fingerprinting” despite Apple’s claims that the browser prevents such tracking. According to the complaint, “Safari transmits […]
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WebBrain is a free, MIT-licensed AI browser agent for Chrome and Firefox. It reads pages, extracts data, and automates multi-step tasks through Ask and Act modes. Run it on local models like llama.cpp or Ollama for privacy, or connect any cloud API.
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A banking malware that is “well-camouflaged” and “nearly invisible” to cyber threat detection systems is on the loose in Latin America, according to tech giant IBM. Senior threat researcher Itzhak Chimino says IBM uncovered a banking trojan known as UnregStealer that is targeting Latin American banks while posing as a Chrome browser extension. According to […]
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Google's expansion of Gemini AI in emerging markets highlights a strategic shift towards global AI integration, bypassing regulatory hurdles.
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Apple is trying to solve one of Safari's biggest weaknesses with AI. Safari has long lacked the robust library of extensions that its rivals have, mainly due to the stringent development requirements from Apple. But now, Apple is inviting users to essentially vibe code their own extensions.
In a demo shared by Apple, the company showed how you can ask Safari to create an extension by describing it. "Save and track cooking recipes from around the web," the prompt said. "Click the toolbar button to see your saved recipes and add notes to each." From there, Safari used Apple Intelligence to generate a "Recipe Keeper" extension that's supposed …
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Apple’s latest Safari privacy campaign is more than pre-WWDC marketing. It is an early signal of how the company plans to frame artificial intelligence (AI): as something that only works if users trust the platform behind it.
The week before WWDC is often significant, as Apple tends to make announcements it simply can’t fit into the keynote itself. This year’s first pre-show reveal is a new campaign focused on privacy that shows how much more private Safari is than rival browsers; there’s even a highly entertaining video that makes the point.
Privacy on Safari
Apple has been building privacy protections into Safari for years. The browser protects you from malicious scripts that might attempt to access passwords or credit card information. Safari also tells you what data an extension wants to access and can restrict access to match your settings. It blocks third-party cookies by default, detects and removes trackers, and has measures in place to prevent data companies from identifying —
DuckDuckGo is capitalising on growing anti-AI search sentiment by launching browser extensions for Chrome and Firefox that let users set its AI-free search experience as their default, following a surge in traffic triggered by Google’s sweeping AI-first redesign announced earlier in May. Traffic to DuckDuckGo’s no-AI search page has risen roughly 84% above baseline on […]
