Beta Release of Redesigned Brave Desktop Browser is Available Today for Download and Testing
Sep 27, 2018
Today we’re releasing the first beta version of our upcoming Brave 1.0 browser for testing on our new Brave Beta Channel.
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Brave Launches 100K BAT “Best of the Brave” Video Contest for Online Creators and Publishers
Sep 26, 2018
Anyone who is a Brave Verified Publisher can participate. Videos should be uploaded to YouTube by Friday, October 12th, 2018, and should be 2 to 5 minutes in length.
Civic to Offer Secure Identity Verification Services on the Brave Publisher Platform
Sep 21, 2018
Civic, the global digital identity leader, and Brave, an innovative privacy browser combined with a blockchain-based digital advertising platform, will collaborate to provide Civic’s identity verification services to Brave’s verified publishers.
Fast and Private Brave Browser Chooses Qwant as its Default Search Engine in France and Germany
Sep 13, 2018
Brave, which combines an innovative privacy browser with a blockchain-based digital advertising platform, and Qwant, the European search engine that respects the privacy of its users, announced today that they are partnering to boost privacy on the Web by integrating Qwant as the default search engine in the Brave browser in France and Germany.
Regulatory complaint concerning massive, web-wide data breach by Google and other “ad tech” companies under Europe’s GDPR
Sep 12, 2018
Simultaneous complaints have been filed with European data protection authorities against Google and other ad tech firms under the GDPR
AMA with Johnny Ryan
Sep 6, 2018
The most recent AMA took place on September 5th with Dr. Johnny Ryan, Brave’s Chief Policy and Industry Relations Officer.
Critical data protection problems in the IAB’s new OpenRTB 3.0 Spec
Sep 4, 2018
Today, Brave writes to the IAB (an ad tech trade body) in response to IAB TechLab’s request for feedback on the beta version of OpenRTB 3.0.
Few Realize “Private Mode” Is Not Really Private
Aug 29, 2018
Private browsing is a privacy-enhancing tool, where the web browser does not record users’ private browsing activities on the local device.
AMA with Brendan Eich
Aug 17, 2018
On August 16th, BAT Community hosted the first in an upcoming series of AMAs (Ask Me Anything!) with Brendan Eich in the r/BATProject subreddit.
Understanding Redirection-Based Tracking
Aug 10, 2018
In this post we aimed to share some interesting and promising, albeit preliminary, results we’ve had for measuring redirection-based tracking online.
Brave Browser iOS App Now Offers DuckDuckGo Search in Private Tabs
Aug 3, 2018
We recently partnered with DuckDuckGo to improve privacy on the web by integrating a new DuckDuckGo search feature within Private Tabs in Brave’s desktop browser.
Into the Blockchain: Brave with MetaMask
Jul 26, 2018
Following the October 2017 ETHWaterloo Hackathon, Brave became the first desktop web browser to suggest MetaMask upon visiting any Web3 site.
The Mounting Cost of Stale Ad Blocking Rules
Jul 18, 2018
We are constantly looking to improve and automate the accuracy and speed of ad blocking built into Brave, and our previous post outlined a machine learning approach to ad blocking.
Brave Writes to All 28 EU Member States, Defending ePrivacy Regulation’s “Privacy By Design and By Default”
Jul 16, 2018
17 July 2018: Brave wrote to the governments of each of the twenty eight Member States of the European Union yesterday and today to express its concern about privacy.
Europe’s top court signals new risk for marketers from ad tech
Jul 15, 2018
16 July 2018: A ruling of the European Court of Justice last month exposes marketers to severe legal risk from programmatic advertising.
Brave Passes 3 Million Monthly Active Users and Makes Top 10 List in the Play Store in 21 Countries
Jul 12, 2018
Brave now has over 3 million monthly active users (over 3.1 million as of July 1st) and is currently growing at a pace to pass the 5 million mark before the end of 2018.
Brave Introduces Beta of Private Tabs with Tor for Enhanced Privacy while Browsing
Jun 28, 2018
This new functionality, currently in beta, integrates Tor into the browser and gives users a new browsing mode that helps protect their privacy not only on device but over the network.
Brave Welcomes Dr. Johnny Ryan to its Leadership Team as Chief Policy and Industry Relations Officer
Jun 20, 2018
Brave is pleased to announce that Dr. Johnny Ryan is joining the company as Chief Policy & Industry Relations Officer.
Brave Launches User Trials for Opt-In Ads That Reward Viewers
Jun 19, 2018
We’ve been busy building our new Basic Attention Token (BAT) platform, which includes a new consent-based digital advertising model that benefits users, publishers, and advertisers.
