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Brave’s latest browser release offers Containers for better and easier workflow

Jul 2, 2026

Today's Brave browser release (v1.92) adds built-in Containers on desktop, letting you isolate tabs so cookies and storage aren't sharedmaking it easy to manage multiple accounts or separate work and personal browsing, with no extension required.

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Brave Rewards Partner Program 2026 update: more ways to use BAT in gaming, shopping, and beyond

Jun 15, 2026

This month's Brave Rewards Partner Program update introduces six new partners and shares milestones from existing ones, expanding how users can earn, spend, and use BAT across gaming, shopping, research, and more.

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Indirect Prompt Injection remains a fundamental security challenge for AI

Jun 8, 2026

Instructions hidden in webpages and documents can hijack AI agents mid-task. Research shows indirect prompt injection hits cloud and on-device LLMs alikelocal deployment doesn't eliminate the risk.

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New Brave Origin premium experience offers users a minimalist version of the Brave browser

Jun 4, 2026

Meet Brave Origin, the minimalist browser Brave users asked for: industry-leading privacy and ad+tracker blocking, none of the extras, and a one-time purchase that works across all your devices (free on Linux).

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AgentStop: Terminating Local AI Agents Early to Save Energy in Consumer Devices

May 28, 2026

AgentStop is a lightweight efficiency supervisor that monitors local AI agents in real time, predicts when they are heading toward wasted computation, and terminates unpromising runs early to save battery on consumer devices.

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Brave’s unique Shred button now available for Android, letting users enhance their privacy by easily discarding tracking site data

Apr 22, 2026

Starting with version 1.89, Brave for Android brings Shred from iOS, so you can clear one site's data without logging out of others, with optional Auto Shred on tab or browser close.

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Brave Search API approaches 700,000 OpenClaw users, highlighting the surge in machine-first search

Apr 1, 2026

Nearly 700,000 OpenClaw users have signed up for the Brave Search API, cementing Brave as the preferred independent search provider powering the leading open-source AI agent platform.

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Brave Wallet now supports NEAR Intents

Mar 11, 2026

Brave Wallet now supports NEAR Intents, enabling seamless cross-chain swaps across Bitcoin, Solana, Zcash, Cardano, and EVM chainsno bridges or manual gas handling required.

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Why Brave is opposing Google’s Android developer registry

Mar 6, 2026

Brave joins the EFF, the Tor Project, and others in calling on Google to withdraw its plan to require government ID from all Android developers, regardless of how they distribute their apps.

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Privacy risks of agentic oversharing on the Web

Mar 5, 2026

Agents working on your behalf spill your data. Research finds it's common, asking them to be private isn't enoughand tightening privacy can actually improve results.

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Brave Search API now features Place Search,a new endpoint for map applications

Feb 26, 2026

The Brave Search API now offers Place Searcha fast, granular endpoint for discovering businesses, landmarks, and more across over 200 million points of interest.

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The Brave Search API shows exponential growth, emerging as the best search tool to power AI apps

Feb 24, 2026

The Brave Search API has seen exponential growth, emerging as the only independent, commercially available search API at scaleand the best option for powering AI apps.

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zkLogin: when ZKP is not enough

Feb 13, 2026

Zero-knowledge proofs can't fix what they can't see. Our security analysis of zkLogin reveals that real-world ZK authorization systems are only as secure as the authentication infrastructure they're built on.

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Brave launches most powerful search API for AI to date

Feb 12, 2026

Brave launches the LLM Context API, the most powerful search API for AI to date. With Brave's grounding data, cheaper open-weight models beat ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Mode.

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The Brave Search APIs integration into Snowflake enables agentic web search for enterprise customers

Feb 3, 2026

Brave Search API is now integrated into Snowflake, enabling agentic web search for enterprise AI tools like Cortex Code and Cortex Agents.

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Brave Games: A reality-style heist built for the open Web

Jan 27, 2026

Brave Games is a multi-week, community-powered vault heist competition launching in February 2026, built in partnership with Fanon, Midnight Network, and Mythical Games.

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Brave is the only search API offering true Zero Data Retention, unlocking growth and privacy compliance for AI companies

Jan 26, 2026

The only search API offering true Zero Data Retention. While competitors funnel queries to Google or Bing, the Brave Search API is built with privacy at its core, and powered by an independent index.

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