Brave launches private search ads
Starting today, Brave Search will feature privacy-preserving ads as part of a global beta program.
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Starting today, Brave Search will feature privacy-preserving ads as part of a global beta program.
Brave has further strengthened its fingerprinting protections by preventing users from being identified based on preferred browser language. Starting with version 1.39, Brave randomizes how your browser informs sites of what language(s) you’ve set as default, and what fonts you have installed on your system.
Today, we’re excited to announce we’ve completed another piece of the roadmap: Leo can now interact with PDFs and Google Drive files.
Brave is releasing a new version of our iOS browser in order to comply with recent stipulations made by Apple.
Brave has identified a new category of tracking vulnerability, forms of which are present in all browsers. We call this category of attack “pool-party” attacks because the attack uses collections (or “pools”) of limited-but-shared resources to create side channels.
Today, Brave is launching its Self-Serve Ads Program. These new tools allow brands to set up and run advertising for their products and services within the privacy-preserving Brave Ads and Rewards ecosystem.
Brave Wallet is a secure crypto wallet, built right into the Brave privacy browser. No extension required.
As Brave continues to grow, we find many users who haven't heard of us yet, so we try new marketing channels for efficacy, reach, affordability, and privacy.
Brave is announcing an exciting new feature of Brave Search. It's called Discussions, and it’s now available on desktop and mobile.
Brave is committed to maintaining Manifest V2 support, allowing users to keep their favorite extensions functioning beyond the industry-wide deprecation.