Why the x402 protocol didn’t fade after the PING hype, and what’s driving the second wave

How x402 enables USDC pay-per-use, why adoption outlived PING, how Coinbase and Cloudflare are standardizing it and how to ...
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Chrome to Make HTTPS-Only Browsing Default Starting Next Fall

Starting in October 2026, Google Chrome version 154 is set to have “Always Use Secure Connections” turned on by default. This ...

Chrome will finally make secure URLs the default—in a year

Websites still serve their pages via vulnerable redirects. Google has now set a deadline to disallow that happening ...
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Why Sam Altman Really Wants You to Use OpenAI’s New Browser

Each of these browsers has a different take on what it means to integrate — or build a browser around — generative AI, but a ...