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Brave Software has launched Brave Origin, a stripped-down version of its privacy-focused browser that removes the accumulated extras of years of feature expansion, and charges $59.99 (approximately 48 pounds) for the privilege of having less. The browser is an official response to long-running user complaints that Brave had become bloated. Originally built as a lean, […]

OpenAI has proposed giving the US government a stake of up to 5 percent in the company, according to a Financial Times report, in what would be an unprecedented arrangement between a frontier AI lab and the state that regulates it. The stake, valued at approximately US$42.6 billion based on OpenAI’s estimated $852 billion valuation, […]

Brave Software has launched Brave Origin, a stripped-down version of its privacy-focused browser that removes the accumulated extras of years of feature expansion, and charges US$59.99 (approximately £48) for the privilege of having less. The browser is an official response to long-running user complaints that Brave had become bloated. Originally built as a lean, privacy-first […]

Brave Software has launched Brave Origin, a stripped-down version of its privacy-focused browser that removes the accumulated extras of years of feature expansion, and charges US$59.99 for the privilege of having less. The browser is an official response to long-running user complaints that Brave had become bloated. Originally built as a lean, privacy-first alternative to […]

SpaceX has reportedly shown investors a prototype of a handset-like AI device, according to The Wall Street Journal, signaling the company’s ambition to move beyond satellite internet and into consumer hardware. The prototype is described as sleeker and slimmer than an iPhone, resembling a hybrid of a small touchscreen phone and the Rabbit R1, a […]

Cloudflare is making it harder for AI companies to scrape the open web for free. Starting September 15, 2026, the company’s default settings will block “mixed-use” crawlers, bots that both index content for search and collect it for AI training or agentic services, from any page that hosts advertisements. The policy shift affects new Cloudflare […]

SpaceX is offering Memphis residents a 50 percent discount on monthly Starlink internet service following community backlash and a lawsuit over pollution from the company’s nearby AI data center. But the discount does nothing to address the underlying complaints. The question it raises is whether cutting internet prices constitutes a remedy for air pollution, or […]

Sony has set a firm deadline for the end of the physical PlayStation game disc. Starting January 2028, the company will stop manufacturing physical discs for all new games releasing on PlayStation consoles, marking the final chapter in the industry’s two-decade transition from physical to digital distribution. The announcement on the official PlayStation Blog cites […]

A growing body of research is converging on a troubling conclusion for the open web: AI-generated search answers are systematically dismantling the economic model that has kept independent publishing alive for two decades. Two academic papers and new usage data from Pew Research paint a picture of accelerating decline. AI Overviews, the summarized answers that […]

Google has brought Gemini Spark, its always-on agentic assistant, to macOS. The Mac version arrives about a month after Spark’s initial launch on other platforms, giving Apple users access to the same persistent assistant that can monitor topics in real time, interact with third-party apps, and manage local files. What Spark does on the desktop […]