Hacker News with Generative AI: Browsers

Perplexity CEO says browser will track everything users do online to sell ads (techcrunch.com)
Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell ‘hyper personalized’ ads

Privacy, Advertising, Browsers, Data Collection

32 points by healsdata 1 day ago | 3 comments

Show HN: Index – New Open Source browser agent (github.com/lmnr-ai)
Index is the SOTA open-source browser agent for autonomously executing complex tasks on the web.

Open Source, Browsers, AI, Automation

96 points by skull8888888 3 days ago | 43 comments

OpenAI wants to buy Chrome and make it an "AI-first" experience (arstechnica.com)
OpenAI would love to own Chrome, and it's allegedly not alone.

OpenAI, Chrome, Artificial Intelligence, Browsers, Acquisitions

150 points by pseudolus 3 days ago | 215 comments

Intent to expose WebGPU in early beta Fx139 (groups.google.com)
I intend to enable WebGPU on Windows in the early beta stages of Firefox 139, which enters beta this coming Monday, April 28.

WebGPU, Firefox, Beta, Browsers, Web Development

12 points by astlouis44 3 days ago | 0 comments

Microsoft Copilot can now 'see' what's on your screen in Edge (theverge.com)
Copilot Vision, Microsoft’s AI assistant feature that can interpret what’s on your screen and help you use apps, is now available for free use within the Edge browser, Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI, announced on Bluesky today.

AI, Microsoft, Browsers, Edge

37 points by sksxihve 9 days ago | 1 comments

Ask HN: Are you interested in a text only browser that runs JavaScript? (ycombinator.com)
There’s much prior art (good overview here: https://sr.ht/~bptato/chawan/#neighbors), but I’m doing something different that wants to exist.

Web Development, JavaScript, Browsers, User Interfaces

15 points by keepamovin 17 days ago | 7 comments

Show HN: Browser Router – Open links in different browsers based on URL rules (github.com/x011)
Browser Router is a custom link handler for Windows that intercepts HTTP and HTTPS links and opens them in different browsers based on user-defined rules.

Open Source, Windows, Browsers, URL Handling

12 points by x011 19 days ago | 4 comments

Firefox Release 137.0 (mozilla.org)
Release Notes tell you what’s new in Firefox. As always, we welcome your feedback. You can also file a bug in Bugzilla or see the system requirements of this release.

New Releases, Software, Firefox, Browsers

5 points by ksec 20 days ago | 0 comments

Curl-impersonate: Special build of curl that can impersonate the major browsers (github.com/lwthiker)
A special build of curl that can impersonate the four major browsers: Chrome, Edge, Safari & Firefox. curl-impersonate is able to perform TLS and HTTP handshakes that are identical to that of a real browser.

Web Development, Security, Tools, Browsers

545 points by mmh0000 23 days ago | 155 comments

Show HN: A recommendation system to explore the non-commercial web (browserbuddy.com)
Prompt your feedSign In Customize your feedPick from the options or start with a prompt.ProgrammingDesignStartupsArtifical IntelligenceArtLiteratureMathFashionFaith/SpiritualityBegin

Recommendations, Web, Open Source, Browsers, User Experience

10 points by alien0006 32 days ago | 4 comments

Show HN: Hyperbrowser MCP Server – Connect AI agents to the web through browsers (github.com/hyperbrowserai)
This is Hyperbrowser's Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server. It provides various tools to scrape, extract structured data, and crawl webpages. It also provides easy access to general purpose browser agents like OpenAI's CUA, Anthropic's Claude Computer Use, and Browser Use.

Web Scraping, AI Agents, Browsers, Open Source

63 points by shrisukhani 36 days ago | 26 comments

The contenteditable "plaintext-only" attribute value combination is now Baseline (web.dev)
Celebration: This web feature is now available in all three major browser engines, and becomes Baseline Newly available as of March 4, 2025.

Web Development, HTML, Browsers, Standards

5 points by feross 37 days ago | 0 comments

Chrome disabling uBlock Origin is a serious security threat (quimerch.com)
Google’s recent decision to disable the popular ad-blocking extension uBlock Origin on Chrome is raising significant concerns about user security.

Security, Browsers, Ad Blocking, Google Chrome

100 points by ewenquim 38 days ago | 83 comments

Show HN: I wrote a browser AI assistant without requiring login (sumbuddy.app)
AI assistant in your browser

AI, Web Development, Browsers, Privacy

24 points by djyde 45 days ago | 11 comments

Ask HN: With trust in Firefox gone, is Chrome-ish the only option? (ycombinator.com)
As a privacy conscious user that loves open source software, I'm really puzzled regarding browsers right now. It's confusing.

Privacy, Browsers, Open Source, Firefox, Chrome

49 points by flowinho 47 days ago | 89 comments

Become a sponsor to Servo (github.com/sponsors)
Servo aims to empower developers with a lightweight, high-performance alternative for embedding web technologies in applications.

Web Technologies, Open Source, Software Development, Browsers

158 points by lostmsu 56 days ago | 67 comments

Mozilla's approach to Manifest V3: What's different and why it matters for users (mozilla.org)
Extensions are like apps for your browser, letting you customize and enhance your online experience. Nearly half of all Firefox users have installed at least one extension, from privacy tools to productivity boosters.

Mozilla, Extensions, Privacy, Browsers, Web Development

11 points by akyuu 59 days ago | 0 comments

Does Firefox sell your personal data? (github.com/mozilla)
Firefox is independent and a part of the not-for-profit Mozilla, which fights for your online rights, keeps corporate powers in check and makes the internet accessible to everyone, everywhere. We believe the internet is for people, not profit. Unlike other companies, we don’t sell access to your data. You’re in control over who sees your search and browsing history. All that and exceptional performance too.

Privacy, Browsers, Mozilla, Non-profit Organizations

44 points by hellhammer1982 59 days ago | 7 comments

Certificate Transparency in Firefox (transparency.dev)
Certificate Transparency (CT) has been one of the biggest advancements in web security, keeping users safe from threats such as certificate fraud and man-in-the-middle attacks. While CT has been around for over 11 years, enforcement has varied across browsers.

Web Security, Browsers, Certificate Transparency

184 points by tracymiranda 59 days ago | 111 comments

How browsers really load web pages [video] (fosdem.org)
When browsers load a Web page and its subresources, A LOT happens under the hood. They need to take into account render/parsing blocking resources, use a preload scanner, listen to resource hints (like preload/preconnect), loading modifiers (async/defer/module), fetchpriority, responsive images, and much more. Based on all those signals, they then need to somehow decide when to load which resources, to make optimal use of the modern HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 connections.

Web Development, Browsers, Performance

190 points by todsacerdoti 67 days ago | 74 comments

Apple's Lack of Full Site Isolation and iOS Browser Ban Puts Users at Risk (open-web-advocacy.org)
Yet again Apple’s ban on third-party browser engines weakens security rather than strengthens it.

Security, Browsers, Apple, iOS, Privacy

26 points by mdhb 81 days ago | 6 comments

Ladybird browser update (January 2025) [video] (youtube.com)

Software, Browsers, New Releases, Video

46 points by ash 81 days ago | 1 comments

Show HN: Lightpanda, an open-source headless browser in Zig (github.com/lightpanda-io)
Lightpanda is the open-source browser made for headless usage:

Open Source, Programming Languages, Browsers, Zig

319 points by fbouvier 91 days ago | 137 comments

Show HN: BrowserAI – Run LLMs directly in browser using WebGPU (open source) (github.com/sauravpanda)
BrowserAI: Run LLMs in the Browser - Simple, Fast, and Open Source!

WebGPU, Open Source, Browsers, AI

85 points by shreyash_gupta 93 days ago | 21 comments

Linux Foundation Announces the Launch of Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers (linuxfoundation.org)
SAN FRANCISCO – January 9, 2025 – The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced the launch of Supporters of Chromium-Based Bowsers. This initiative aims to fund open development and enhance projects within the Chromium ecosystem, ensuring broad support and sustainability for open source contributions that will drive technological advancement.

Open Source, Chromium, Linux Foundation, Browsers

9 points by marcodiego 106 days ago | 2 comments

Google and Linux Foundation Launch "Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers" Fund (phoronix.com)
Google and the Linux Foundation today announced the creation of the "Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers" fund to help provide funding to open-source developers working on Chromium-based open-source projects.

Google, Linux Foundation, Open Source, Browsers, Funding

4 points by LorenDB 106 days ago | 1 comments

Show HN: A browser designed to support uBlock Origin (MV2) and respect privacy (ublock-browser.com)

Privacy, Browsers, Ad Blocking, Open Source

7 points by tempest_tech 106 days ago | 28 comments

Curl-Impersonate (github.com/lexiforest)
A special build of curl that can impersonate the four major browsers: Chrome, Edge, Safari and Firefox(In progress). curl-impersonate is able to perform TLS and HTTP handshakes that are identical to that of a real browser.

Web Development, Security, Browsers, Networking

425 points by jakeogh 117 days ago | 111 comments

Singlefile: A web extension to save a complete web page into a single HTML file (github.com/gildas-lormeau)
SingleFile is a Web Extension (and a CLI tool) compatible with Chrome, Firefox (Desktop and Mobile), Microsoft Edge, Safari, Vivaldi, Brave, Waterfox, Yandex browser, and Opera. It helps you to save a complete web page into a single HTML file.