Web & Internet

"ShieldFont" Feeds AI Scrapers False Text: The Mechanism Protecting Web Articles

AI Responses Are "Own Content": Germany Brings Google and Perplexity Under Regulatory Scope

Germany's ZAK issued its first administrative order targeting AI search, covering Google and Perplexity. Generated responses are treated as the operator's own content, while citation links are treated as separate media intermediary functions with distinct responsibilities.

Google Images Moves Toward Discovery "Before You Search," Bringing a Personalized Gallery to US Desktop

Google is introducing a personalized gallery to desktop Google Images in the US that updates based on user interests. AI Overviews also gains image generation powered by Nano Banana 2 Lite.

Firefox to Move to Biweekly Major Updates Starting in September: Experiment Begins with 155

In September 2026, Mozilla will experiment with biweekly major updates for Firefox Desktop and Android. Here's a breakdown of how this differs from weekly minor updates and ESR, and what it means for enterprise deployments.

Google's EU Submission Came Three Months After Its Court Defeat—The Shared-IP Risk Spanning 42 Million Domains

On June 25, 2026, Google submitted comments to the EU Copyright Directive review opposing DNS, IP, and VPN blocking. We examine the timing—just three months after losing in a French appellate court—and the parallel dynamics of regulatory expansion and judicial pushback unfolding simultaneously in the EU and the US.

EU Issues Preliminary Finding Against Facebook and Instagram, Demands Infinite Scroll Be Removed as Default

The European Commission has issued a preliminary view that designs such as infinite scroll on Meta's social networks violate the DSA, arguing they encourage user dependency and fail to properly assess or mitigate health risks. The Commission is demanding changes such as disabling autoplay by default, pressing Meta to correct the structure of its services themselves.

Bringing the Same Model to Browsers and Mobile: Google's Goals and Constraints with "LiteRT.js"

Google has announced LiteRT.js, a new runtime for running machine learning models in the browser. By bringing mobile model formats to the Web, it aims to reduce conversion overhead and make it easier to share models across devices, while also targeting WebGPU and future NPU utilization.

Discord Postpones Global Rollout of Age Verification System to Late 2026: The Misunderstanding of "Mandatory Facial Recognition" and the Privacy Protection Dilemma

Discord, which started as a communication tool for gamers and has since grown into a massive online platform used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide, has officially announced that it will postpone the global rollout of its age verification system until the second half of 2026. […]

FCC May Unleash Outdoor Wi-Fi 6GHz Use: New "GVP" Category Set to Transform Outdoor Wi-Fi and AR/VR

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is poised to make an extremely important decision that will shape the next generation of wireless communication environments. At a vote scheduled for January 29, 2026, the FCC is expected to […]

Is the New 'Purchases' Tab a Shopping Revolution? The Full Story Behind Google's Email E-Commerce Strategy

In an era where online shopping has become part of everyday life, our inboxes are overflowing with order confirmations, shipping notifications, and endless sale promotions. As the holiday season approaches, this chaos reaches its peak, making it a real chore just to keep track of which items are arriving when […]