Chrome is removing the last workaround keeping Manifest V2 ad blockers alive

Chrome 150, due June 30, removes the last developer flag keeping Manifest V2 ad blockers like uBlock Origin alive.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox ...

105K Chrome Installs Linked to Adware and Fake Google Traffic

Socket researchers linked 152 Chrome wallpaper extensions to hidden data logging, fake Google search traffic, and ad ...

Google Vids' AI Avatars Are Now Available for Free to Make Your Slides Less Boring

Google Vids is removing its paid subscription requirement, allowing personal account holders to use AI avatars and Veo video ...

This Is Why Your Ad Blocker No Longer Works on Chrome

Google has been phasing out popular ad blocking extensions on its Chrome browser for several years, and they might finally be ...
Android

Google's latest Pixel Feature Drop unleashes Bubbles for every app

Google has officially started rolling out Android 17 to compatible devices, and this means a new Pixel Feature Drop is available for compatible Pixel devices on the same day. Updates will begin on ...
techtimes

Google Ships Chrome Prompt API Over Objections From Mozilla, Apple, W3C, and Microsoft

Google shipped its Prompt API in Chrome 148 on May 5, 2026, embedding a JavaScript interface to its Gemini Nano AI model directly into the browser — and doing so after Mozilla, Apple's WebKit team, ...
Futurism

Fury Erupts After Google Chrome Sneakily Installs 4 GB AI Model On Users’ PCs

Add Futurism (opens in a new tab) More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. As of ...
Snopes.com

Google Chrome may have silently installed 4GB AI model on your computer. Here's how to check

Reporting from May 2026 accurately claimed that Google Chrome silently installed a 4-gigabyte artificial intelligence model on users' devices without consent, and that the model reinstalls itself if ...
Gizmodo

Google Chrome Is Downloading a 4GB AI Model Onto Your Device Without Consent, Researcher Warns

Even if you aren’t using Google Gemini, it might be using your device. Security researcher Alexander Hanff, also known as “That Privacy Guy,” recently reported ...
9to5google

Google Chrome takes up 4GB of storage on your computer for AI, if you have space

The ongoing march of AI features continues to go on, whether you want it to or not, and a recent update to Google Chrome probably installed a few gigabytes of local ...
TechSpot

Google Chrome has been silently pushing a 4GB AI model to your device without asking

Ripple effect: Google started turning Chrome, the world's most popular web browser, into an AI browser last year in response to threats from popular AI-native rivals such as OpenAI. Recent reports ...
Neowin

Google Chrome 141 (offline installer)

Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier. Google Chrome is one of the best solutions for Internet browsing The ...