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Web Browsers News 19 June 2025 - 24 October 2025

OpenAI Unveils ChatGPT Atlas Browser — Google Shares Tumble in AI Search Showdown

OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas Browser Takes on Chrome – Privacy Alarm and Stock Market Whiplash

In-depth report: ChatGPT Atlas is not just a regular browser with an AI tacked on – it is built around ChatGPT. techradar.com At launch it’s essentially a Chromium-based browser where every tab can become an interactive conversation. OpenAI describes it as a “super-assistant” that understands your goals and context, auto-prompting actions without copy-paste openai.com techradar.com. In practice, this means Atlas replaces Google Search with ChatGPT’s engine, adding a chat pane to web pages for summaries, rewriting tasks, or deeper analysis washingtonpost.com techradar.com. Key Features: Atlas integrates ChatGPT “in every tab” tomsguide.com. For example, if you’re researching a recipe or shopping
AI Browser Wars: Perplexity Comet vs Google Chrome in the Race for the Web’s Future

AI Browser Wars: Perplexity Comet vs Google Chrome in the Race for the Web’s Future

Introduction The humble web browser has become the latest front in the AI revolution. Google Chrome, the long-reigning titan of internet browsing, is facing a new wave of challengers built around artificial intelligence. Chief among them is Perplexity’s Comet, a newly launched browser that bills itself as “the AI browser that acts as your personal assistant.” Unlike traditional browsers, Comet’s core is an AI agent ready to answer questions, automate web tasks, and transform how we interact with the internet perplexity.ai rogerwong.me. This report provides an in-depth comparison of Perplexity Comet and Google Chrome – examining their browsing capabilities, search
AI Browser Showdown: Perplexity Comet vs. Microsoft Edge in 2025

AI Browser Showdown: Perplexity Comet vs. Microsoft Edge in 2025

Features and User Experience Perplexity’s Comet presents a familiar interface for Chrome users – by design, it’s “basically just Google Chrome with AI slapped on top,” as one early reviewer put it reddit.com. All the standard features (bookmarks, tabs, history, autofill, etc.) are there, and even an integrated ad-blocker for cleaner browsing perplexity.ai. The difference is an AI sidecar assistant ever-present in the browser’s sidebar and toolbar. Users can highlight text on any page and click an “Ask” button to inquire about that content, or hit a “Summarize” button to get an instant summary of a long article perplexity.ai. In
AI Browser Wars Ignite: Perplexity’s Comet Lands in India to Challenge Chrome & Co.

Perplexity’s Comet AI Browser Goes Free – Can It Really Reinvent How We Browse?

Comet’s Vision: An AI Browser to Fix a “Broken” Internet Perplexity introduced Comet with grand ambitions. “The internet is broken,” the company declared in its launch blog post, arguing that traditional web browsing traps users in ad-driven click funnels and superficial content perplexity.ai. Comet is positioned as the antidote: an AI-enhanced browser that encourages deeper curiosity by making it effortless to ask questions and dig for knowledge. According to the Perplexity team, early Comet users showed a 6–18x increase in the number of questions they asked online, indicating a surge in curiosity-fueled exploration perplexity.ai. Central to Comet’s appeal is the
5 October 2025
AI Browser Wars Ignite: Perplexity’s Comet Lands in India to Challenge Chrome & Co.

$200 AI Browser Now FREE for All: Perplexity’s Comet Takes on Chrome and Internet “Slop”

Comet Browser Goes Free for Everyone Perplexity first unveiled Comet in July 2025 as a paid add-on for its Perplexity Max users (a $200/month tier) techcrunch.com. Demand was strong: the company says millions joined the waiting list for access. Now the company has removed the paywall completely. On October 2, Perplexity announced on social media that “Comet is now generally available to download for everyone (free, Pro and Max users)!” livemint.com. The launch message was frank: “The internet is better on Comet” tomsguide.com. In remarks reported by Business Insider, Srinivas explained that Perplexity wants to “build a better internet…that needs
Meet Opera Neon: The $19.99/Month AI Browser That Does Your Browsing For You

Meet Opera Neon: The $19.99/Month AI Browser That Does Your Browsing For You

Opera Neon’s debut signals a bold gamble: the company calls it its “first fully agentic browser,” designed to “browse with you or for you” and handle tasks instead of just displaying pages blogs.opera.com. In Opera’s vision (coined the “agentic web” or “Web 4o”), AI agents in the browser could plan trips, shop online, or even build things on your behalf – not just fetch information blogs.opera.com blogs.opera.com. EVP Krystian Kolondra explains that Opera “built [Neon] for ourselves – and for everyone who uses AI extensively in their day-to-day life” techcrunch.com, underscoring that the browser targets users who want more than
30 September 2025
Top 10 Web Browsers of 2025: Features, Security, Market Share & Performance Comparison

Top 10 Web Browsers of 2025: Features, Security, Market Share & Performance Comparison

Google Chrome holds roughly two-thirds of the global browser market in 2025, about 66–67%. Apple Safari commands about 17–18% of the global market in 2025, with desktop share around 9%. Microsoft Edge accounts for about 5% of global share in 2025, with roughly 13.8% of desktop usage and features like Vertical Tabs, Collections, and an AI-powered Bing Chat in the sidebar. Mozilla Firefox holds about 2–3% globally in 2025, using the Gecko engine and Enhanced Tracking Protection for strong privacy. Opera commands roughly 2% global share in 2025, with built-in ad blocker, free VPN, and Opera GX for gaming. Samsung
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