#browser

Perplexity said on March 27, 2026 that its APIs now power Samsung's Browsing Assist inside Samsung Browser on Galaxy Android and Windows. Perplexity says the rollout reaches more than 1 billion Samsung devices through a custom endpoint and single-tenant cluster with zero data retention, while Samsung describes a browser assistant that understands page context, manages tabs, searches history, and bridges mobile-to-PC browsing in the US and South Korea.

A demo running Qwen 3.5 0.8B entirely in the browser using WebGPU and Transformers.js scored 440 on r/LocalLLaMA. No server, no API key, no installation required — just a modern browser with GPU access.

Mozilla Firefox 148 debuts an 'AI Kill Switch' that lets users permanently disable all AI features in the browser, with the setting persisting across future updates. The release also includes new web security APIs and accessibility improvements.

The independent Ladybird browser project has chosen Rust over Swift to replace its C++ codebase, using Claude Code and Codex to port ~25,000 lines of LibJS.

A highly discussed Hacker News post tracked Chrome’s security update for CVE-2026-2441 (High, CSS use-after-free). Google states an exploit exists in the wild and ships patched stable versions across desktop platforms.