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Google Chrome’s dominance in the browser market is facing new threats as OpenAI and Nvidia-backed Perplexity unveil AI-powered browsers aimed at reshaping how users interact with the web.

Perplexity AI, this week, launched Comet, a new web browser with built-in AI search capabilities, the company said.

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Separately, OpenAI is preparing to release its own AI-powered browser, in a move that could further challenge Chrome’s dominance, Reuters reported.

In a blog post, Perplexity said that Comet offers a unified browsing experience where users can ask questions, complete tasks, and explore information through a single interface.

“Comet allows you to ask questions anywhere they occur to you, whether you want to understand a complex concept, find hidden connections, create new possibilities, or solve problems that have been puzzling you,” the company added.

OpenAI’s upcoming browser is reportedly designed to handle some user interactions within a ChatGPT-style chat interface, reducing the need to visit external websites. The approach is said to be part of a broader strategy to embed OpenAI’s services more deeply into both personal and professional aspects of users’ lives.

Change in browsing approach

AI-driven chat tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity are gaining traction as alternative channels for information discovery, but web browsers continue to serve as the primary access point for more than 90% of users on smart devices.

“Though AI usage is on the rise, the workflow is still distributed and scattered for users,” said Faisal Kawoosa, founder and lead analyst at Techarc. “By default, all web-related tasks happen through browsers. In many cases, collaboration tools and cloud applications are even accessed through browsers. Now, if a user has to use AI during the workflow, it’s a detour, taking the data or information to an AI app, processing it there, and then bringing the results back into the workflow.”

With these companies entering the AI browser market, AI tools could become more integrated into everyday browsing, potentially improving workflow efficiency.

“The industry is witnessing the advent of the ‘Browser 2.0’ era, exemplified by the deep integration of Copilot within the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge,” said Neil Shah, partner & co-founder at Counterpoint Research. “Until AI agents become the primary interface for information access, developing an AI-native browser is a crucial strategy for user acquisition. This approach complements the growth of standalone applications and deeper OS-level integrations, such as the partnerships between OpenAI and Apple, or Perplexity and Motorola.”

An AI-native browser offers a key advantage by bypassing the data restrictions of standalone applications. For firms like OpenAI and Perplexity, it opens the door to detailed telemetry on user browsing behavior, creating new opportunities for monetization through advertising, data deals, and other channels.

Strategic advantage, with challenges

Controlling a web browser offers a direct channel to user behavior and data, an advantage that has long set Google apart. Chrome held 68% of the global browser market in June, according to StatCounter, far outpacing competitors such as Safari, Microsoft Edge, and Firefox.

“Browsers can collect detailed user data, including browsing history and activity,” Kawoosa said. “If OpenAI and Perplexity gain traction with their browsers, they could access similar real-time data streams, potentially boosting the accuracy and efficiency of their AI models.”

That said, since Google, Edge, and other browsers have already integrated AI features, there’s a strong possibility that users may not turn to OpenAI or Perplexity for their AI needs.

“Users are often reluctant to switch from default, OS-integrated browsers like Chrome, Edge, and Safari, which are highly optimized for their respective platforms,” Shah said. “Furthermore, enterprise adoption will be contingent upon the perspectives of CIOs, who will need to assess the privacy, security, and manageability of these new browsers.”

The shift presents both a challenge and an opportunity for firms like OpenAI and Perplexity, which could offer CIOs greater control by integrating enterprise app APIs directly into AI-native browsers, creating a more streamlined and secure environment for search and information access.

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When people ask me about the difference between Android devices and an iPhone these days, my answer is almost shockingly simple: It’s all about choice.

• With an iPhone, you’re committing to using your phone in the way some sweater-vested executives within Apple think you should use it. It’s the Apple ecosystem and the Apple way, through and through. If you like that and that aligns with your own personal phone-using preferences, hey, bravo! It’s a match.
• With an Android device, you can use your phone in basically any way you want to use it. You aren’t locked into any one particular ecosystem of software, accessories, or philosophies — and if there’s any part of the standard experience that doesn’t jibe with your style of gettin’ stuff done, you can change it and make it work exactly how you like.

Now, of course, we can quibble all day over the many minute differences between the two platforms — but ultimately, that mindset mostly sums it all up: If you like the precise way Apple thinks you should use your phone and you don’t mind sticking to that specific prescription, an iPhone will work brilliantly for you. If you crave anything more or different with your mobile device experience (and you don’t mind venturing outside of the carefully constructed Apple bubble and its assorted bits of artificial fencing and pedantic perceptions), Android is the path you need.

And there’s no better illustration of the choice-making power Android provides than what we see in the land o’ launchers — the full-fledged replacements for standard home screen and app drawer environments that dictate so much about how you interact with your device.

Android launchers offer an endless array of opportunities for choice and customization. You can create virtually any manner of environment you want and take complete control over your Android-using experience. The power is in your hands, in other words — not solely in the hands of random managers who sold you the gizmo.

And while we’ve long had a splendid slate of commendable Android launchers to choose from, every now and then, a new contender shows up that really opens your eyes.

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Android minimalism, to the max

My friend and fellow Android appreciator, allow me to introduce you to a sleek little launcher called Flow — or Flow Minimalist Launcher, if you want to use its full (and notably less minimalist) name.

Flow, as we’ll call it, is designed to do something most modern mobile devices absolutely don’t want to accomplish by default — and that’s actively help you use your phone less. Or, to reframe that slightly: It’ll help you use your phone more deliberately and efficiently and with less mindless swiping and scrolling.

The Flow philosophy is actually quite simple:

• On your main home screen panel, you see shortcuts to the five apps you open most often — along with built-in buttons for your Phone and Messages apps and an unfussy time-and-date widget that shows your next calendar appointment.

The Flow home screen is simple and free from unneeded distractions.

JR Raphael, Foundry

• When you swipe up on your screen, you see a complete list of every app installed on your device — with built-in buttons for narrowing the list down based on dynamically created app categories like “Most used” and “Productivity.”

Even Flow’s app drawer is optimized for efficiency.

JR Raphael, Foundry

• And when you swipe over to the right of the main home screen, you see a single “Feeds” panel that holds some sleek built-in widgets for your agenda, tasks, and screen use and can be expanded to include any standard Android widgets as well.

Flow’s “Feeds” panel is a clever way to work with widgets on your Android home screen.

JR Raphael, Foundry

There’s also a noteworthy “Focus Mode” button on the main Flow panel that fires up a Pomodoro-style timer and encourages you to stay away from all apps other than your top five until its minutes elapse.

Flow’s Focus Mode discourages you from poking around within your non-essential apps.

JR Raphael, Foundry

And — well, that’s essentially it. Flow is by design minimal and limited in what it shows you — with the idea that you’ll mostly just see what you actually need for your day-to-day doings and avoid getting lost in endless on-screen screwery. It’s distraction-free and clutter-free, and it’s also mostly effort-free to set up and start using, since everything is built right in and carefully constructed to work that way.

That being said, you can customize a fair amount of things about Flow’s appearance, if you’re ever so inspired. The launcher’s settings include commands for changing the shape and style of your various app icons, for instance, along with other such surface-level adjustments.

Despite its focus on simplicity, Flow offers up a fair amount of options.

JR Raphael, Foundry

But by and large, the appeal of Flow is its simplicity and the lack of contemplation that goes into its configuration. You just decide which five apps are most important to you, think about which widgets you need to see alongside ’em, and then go about your business with a cleanly organized workspace and a fraction of the usual distractions.

It’s a refreshingly different approach to device interaction and an interesting change of pace to try out and potentially stick with — even for short periods, as an alternative to your standard setup, when you really want to focus and frame your device as a work-centric productivity tool.

Flow is free for its core functions, too, without any annoying ads or over-the-top limitations. If you find yourself diggin’ it and want to support its development while unlocking some extras, you can opt for a 99-cent-a-month or $30 lifetime Premium upgrade that provides a smattering of special features and advanced options — but you definitely don’t need that to enjoy the experience.

That’s the power of Android for ya — the power not only to add in all sorts of advantageous step-savers but also to remove elements and make your setup simpler.

The choice, as usual, is entirely in your hands. And now, with Flow, you’ve got one more enticing option to consider.

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The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Tuesday imposed sanctions on two individuals and four companies involved in schemes to provide US companies with illegal remote IT workers whose income would, it said, generate revenue for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) regime.

Song Kum Hyok, described as a “malicious cyber actor” associated with the already sanctioned DPRK Reconnaissance General Bureau hacking group Andariel, was sanctioned for facilitating the scheme. OFAC said that in 2022 and 2023, Song created aliases for foreign workers using the names, Social Security numbers, and addresses of US individuals, which the workers then used to pose as US applicants looking for remote jobs.  

In addition, Russian national Gayk Asatryan, who OFAC said has used his Russia-based companies to employ DPRK IT workers, was sanctioned for “having attempted to engage in, facilitate, or be responsible for the exportation of workers from North Korea, including exportation to generate revenue for the Government of North Korea or Workers’ Party of Korea,” OFAC’s announcement said.

OFAC noted that in 2024 Asatryan signed a 10-year contract with DPRK’s Korea Songkwang Trading General Corp. to hire up to 30 DPRK IT workers to work in Russia for his company, Asatryan Limited Liability Co. He also signed a contract with Korea Saenal Trading Corp., another DPRK company, to hire 50 DPRK IT workers for his company, Fortuna Limited Liability Co.

OFAC said that Asatryan’s two companies were sanctioned “for being owned or controlled by or acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Asatryan, a person whose property and interests in property are blocked.” Songkwang Trading and Saenal Trading were also designated “for being North Korean persons, including North Korean persons that have engaged in commercial activity that generates revenue for the Government of North Korea or Workers’ Party of Korea.”

“These sanctions against the DPRK-Russian fake IT worker pipeline are a significant step toward closing a long-standing gap in remote-work security,” said Fritz Jean-Louis, principal cybersecurity advisor at Info-Tech Research Group. “By adding these key brokers to the SDN [US Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons] list, the government has instantly frozen any payments that might flow through Russian front companies or crypto rails to North Korean developers, thereby cutting off a revenue stream that Pyongyang has relied on. They also raise the bar for corporate due diligence, as the IT worker scheme worked primarily because many organizations hired remote contractors on little more than a resume and a US PayPal address.”

Ongoing crackdown with caveats for hiring companies

These actions are the latest efforts in the US government’s battle to stop DPRK’s illegal activities. Last month, the Justice Department’s major sweep across 16 states seized laptops, financial accounts, and websites associated with the illegal remote IT worker scheme, and the FBI and Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) also took action.

The latest sanctions mean that any property in the US, or possessed or controlled by US persons, in which the sanctioned individuals hold interest are blocked, and must be reported to OFAC, and unless authorized, “OFAC’s regulations generally prohibit all transactions by US persons or within (or transiting) the United States that involve any property or interests in property of blocked persons,” OFAC said in the announcement. The regulations also forbid “any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services” either directed to the blocked persons, or being received from them.

“These sanctions draw clear liability boundaries and nudge organizations towards stronger vetting without broad new regulations,” Jean-Louis noted. “A key risk to consider: If a US company unknowingly hires or pays a newly sanctioned contractor, the consequences can escalate quickly. OFAC violations are a strict liability, which means that intent does not matter, and civil fines can run up to significant amounts. Organizations can also face criminal penalties and loss of export privileges. Since OFAC is a US law with extraterritorial application, foreign organizations may do well to also consider potential exposure. An improper hire can turn into an expensive legal crisis overnight.”

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