Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

Perhaps nothing can stay ad-free forever. Brave launched in 2016 as an open-source, ad-blocking, privacy-forward web browser to compete with Google’s Chrome. But in 2019, soon after Brave exited beta, ...

Brave has issued a status report about its Basic Attention Token (BAT). It said Brave Ads saw higher click-through rates than the industry average. The company also set out the future of Brave Ads. On ...

I don't think I'll miss Chrome ...

Perhaps you’ve heard about Brave, the new Web browser that works both as an ad blocker and as a competitive ad seller? The one that about 1,200 newspapers complained about recently, with thinly veiled ...

Over the last year, ad blockers, ad blocking, and malvertising -- malicious advertising served by ad networks -- have all been major news. Mozilla's former CEO, Brandon Eich, has launched a new ...

Between a minefield of ads and trackers, browsers have added a number of security and privacy features over the past few years. Brave is the latest, announcing today that it’s partnering up with ...