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A federal judge on Tuesday largely sided with Google in the penalties phase of its search monopoly case, declining to order the breakup sought by the Department of Justice (DOJ). U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta barred Google from entering into exclusive agreements to prioritize its search engine,
A federal court’s Google antitrust ruling gives Microsoft a rare opening with Bing and Copilot, but leaves Google’s dominance largely intact.
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Macworld on MSNI switched from Safari to an AI browser and got a glimpse of the future
Agentic browsers can eliminate some tedious tasks, but you're still better off searching on your own... for now.
In Brave's case, it's the Answer With AI feature that can be disabled in Settings, and with DuckDuckGo, there's a button at the top-right for Duck AI, which you can also disable in Settings. Once you've disabled those features, they won't appear in your search results or on the main page of the engine.
A federal judge’s remedy stops short of making meaningful changes to how we use our phones, computers and the web.
Google scored a much-needed win Tuesday when a federal judge ruled the tech giant could hold on to its Chrome browser, rejecting the wide-ranging penalties proposed by the Department of Justice
Google won't be forced to sell Chrome after a federal district judge ruled divestment a 'poor fit' in a landmark antitrust case, but it will have to make a number of changes.
Platforms like Hoax Tech and JS Click Cloaker help cybercriminals bypass detection systems using machine learning to selectively display scam content to victims.
The Content Filters test shows that Brave is equipped with Canvas Protection and has a wide variety of adblock subscriptions. For comparison, Chrome has no adblock protection and zero Canvas Protection. So, even though browsers are built on the same engine, one takes extra measures to guarantee user data privacy while the rest falls short.