Brave, the maker of a popular ad blocking browser, opened on Tuesday a public beta of its privacy-focused search engine, a first step in creating a product that could compete with market titan Google. From a report: Unlike other new search engines, which generally repackage results from Google and Microsoft’s Bing, Brave is building an independent index of the web. (Brave Search will rely on Bing in some areas, like images, where its own results aren’t yet good enough.) Initially, Brave Search won’t show ads — the chief way that Google monetizes its search results. Later, it’ll offer free, ad-supported search and a paid option with no ads.

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