Browsers are implementing new AI features at an alarming pace, but Firefox is making it easier than ever to turn them all off ...

“We’ve heard from many who want nothing to do with AI,” says Ajit Varma, Mozilla’s VP of Firefox Product. “We’ve also heard from others who want AI tools that are genuinely useful. Listening to our ...

The backlash against AI invading almost every aspect of the computing experience is growing by the day. Particularly as an onslaught of lazy AI slop subsuming news feeds, the tech is starting to feel ...

Disabling JavaScript just-in-time (JIT) compilation optimizations in web browsers reduces the risk of zero-day exploits without significantly impacting performance. Users can enhance security across ...

A new campaign dubbed 'GhostPoster' is hiding JavaScript code in the image logo of malicious Firefox extensions with more than 50,000 downloads, to monitor browser activity and plant a backdoor. The ...

Google Labs today announced “Disco” as an experiment to “shape the future of web browsing.” The first flagship feature of this AI browser is the Gemini 3-powered “GenTab.” For Google, Disco is a ...

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JavaScript is a programming language that developers use to make interactive webpages. JavaScript has made webpages and web applications dynamic. It is responsible for refreshing social media feeds, ...

TL;DR: Although often labeled a "dark web" associated with criminal activity and illicit marketplaces, Tor is an invaluable tool for protecting online privacy. Developers are now working to make the ...

Tor has announced improved encryption and security for the circuit traffic by replacing the old tor1 relay encryption algorithm with a new design called Counter Galois Onion (CGO). One reason behind ...

SquareX has disclosed a previously undocumented API within the Comet AI browser that allows its embedded extensions to execute arbitrary commands and launch applications — capabilities mainstream ...