DuckDuckGo has launched an integrated video ad-blocking feature designed to eliminate non-skippable advertisements, particularly on YouTube, when playing content directly inside its proprietary web browser. Read: Bandwidth Blog & Smile 90.4FM Tech Tuesday: Gautrain Express e-hailing service! The browser’s new ad-detection system relies primarily on open-source community filter lists derived from uBlock Origin. To ensure…
Still Good co-founders Lorenzo Parisi and Nabeel Gool A South African start-up is selling near-expiry groceries at up to 65% off through a web app built specifically around the realities of the local device market. Still Good launched in May 2025 after co-founders Steffen Burrows, Lorenzo Parisi and Nabeel Gool saw the success of Danish…
Perplexity is expanding its presence in the mobile space with the launch of its AI-powered browser, Comet, now available for download on Android. The new app brings the core features of its desktop counterpart, establishing Comet as one of the first major AI-centric browsers available on a mobile platform. Read: Discovery Bank partners with Luno…
Perplexity has announced a major change for its Comet AI browser, making it free for everyone worldwide. The browser was previously an exclusive feature, accessible only to Perplexity Max subscribers who paid $200 per month. Read: Sony ULT Field 5 Review: ULTimately Based The company stated that Comet had become “the most sought-after browser on…
Opera Software has launched Neon, an AI-powered browser that can execute tasks and run code inside web pages, adding to the intensifying competition among technology firms to make web browsing more agentic. The move underscores the race to transform the browser into a productivity hub that acts on behalf of users rather than just delivering…
Google will integrate Gemini into its Chrome web browser for users in the US starting on Thursday, just weeks after a federal judge spared the company from a forced breakup in an antitrust case. The company won’t have to sell the browser, a judge in Washington said earlier this month, handing a rare win to…
Microsoft has launched an experimental Copilot Mode for its Edge web browser, designed to bring advanced AI capabilities directly into the user’s Browse experience. When enabled, this feature allows Copilot to search across multiple open browser tabs and analyse information on each page. Read: Bandwidth Blog & Smile 90.4FM Tech Tuesday: Nvidia passes $4 trillion…
OpenAI is close to releasing an AI-powered web browser that will challenge Google’s market-dominating Google Chrome, three people familiar with the matter have said. The browser is slated to launch in the coming weeks, three of the people said, and aims to use artificial intelligence to fundamentally change how consumers browse the web. It will…
