Refresh Your Android Phone’s Browser by Clearing Out Its Cache, Cookies

Your Android phone’s web browser picks up a lot of data from all of the websites that you visit, and a lot of that does not need to be on your phone. Whether you’re using Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Samsung Internet, this data stored in your cookies and cache can be helpful in some cases. … Read more

The Browser Company raises $50 million at $550 million valuation

The Browser Company, which makes the Arc browser, has raised $50 million in a round led by Pace Capital at a $550 million valuation, TechCrunch has learned exclusively. The company’s head of storytelling Nashilu Mouen confirmed the investment to TechCrunch. “Now, more than ever, we continue to believe that the successor to the personal computer … Read more

5 Microsoft Edge features that might make it my new favorite Linux browser

The Open in Sidebar feature found in Edge is just one thing that makes it a viable Linux browser. Jack Wallen/ZDNET A Microsoft piece of software on Linux? Who would have thought? I certainly didn’t. Back in those early days of using Linux, you’d have heard me screaming at the top of my lungs from … Read more

5 ways Arc browser makes browsing the web fun again

Qi Yang/Getty Images I’ve used just about every web browser that has ever made an appearance on the market and have experienced some rather interesting browsers that wound up being more gimmick than anything as a result. I’ve also used some stripped-down browsers that did nothing but render web pages, and even a few command-line … Read more

Arc’s new iPhone browser wants to be your search companion

The Browser Company launched the Arc’s first iPhone companion app last year, allowing users to save links for consumption on the desktop application later. The firm has now released a new mobile app, called Arc Search, that aims to focus on the search experience. The marquee AI-powered feature of the app, “Browse for me,” returns … Read more

Arc Search combines browser, search engine, and AI into something new and different

Arc Search browses the web for you, and then builds you the webpage you wanted. That’s the idea, anyway. | Image: The Browser Company / David Pierce A few minutes ago, I opened the new Arc Search app and typed, “What happened in the Chiefs game.” That game, the AFC Championship, had just wrapped up. … Read more

Opera to launch new AI-powered browser for iOS in Europe following Apple’s DMA changes

Opera revealed today that it will launch a new AI-powered browser built on its own engine for iOS in Europe. The Norway-based company announced the change following the news that Apple is going to allow alternative browser engines to run on iOS as a result of the requirements of the European Digital Markets Act (DMA). … Read more

NSA Is Buying Your Browser History, Says U.S. Senator

The National Security Agency (NSA) is purchasing Americans’ internet records, according to government documents made public on Friday. U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, wrote a letter claiming the NSA goes through backchannel avenues to purchase your browsing records and location data, which government agencies typically require a search warrant to obtain. Alex … Read more

The fall of Firefox: Mozilla’s once-popular web browser slides into irrelevance

slpu9945/Getty Images When the Netscape browser suite source code was open-sourced in 1998, it was a desperate move.  Although Netscape and the Department of Justice had been successful in the courts at battling Microsoft’s Windows and Internet Explorer (IE) illegal monopoly, it didn’t matter. Netscape, once the most popular web browser of all, was doomed. … Read more

Microsoft’s ‘AI Browser’ Edge Is a Precursor to the ‘AI’-ification of Everything

Microsoft is trying to rebrand its Edge internet browser. No longer should its name remind you that its icon shortcut sits alone and forgotten at the edge of your Windows desktop. Now Microsoft is trying to claim Edge is on the cutting edge of AI. The Redmond tech giant has started calling its native internet … Read more