Chrome's next update will kill your adblocker - and make the web less safe

Under-the-hood changes in Google's browser - aimed at improving privacy, security, and performance - will reduce the control ...
Forbes

New Google Chrome 149 Update Patches Exploited Zero-Day

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. A week after the Google Chrome web browser was patched alongside a confirmation of the most ...
Android

Chrome 149 Lands to Fight an Active, In-the-Wild Security Threat: Update Right Now

Google has launched Chrome version 149 to address more than 70 security vulnerabilities, prominently featuring a high-severity zero-day exploit tracked as CVE-2026-11645. Discovered by an independent ...
CNET

Google Search Is Becoming Something Fundamentally Different. Here's What That Looks Like

From a reimagined search box to AI agents that hunt for apartments on your behalf, Google Search is being rebuilt with AI at its core. Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing ...
MacRumors

Google Appeals Antitrust Ruling, Says Apple Chose Its Search Engine 'Fair and Square'

Apple and Google's search engine deal could have been addressed in the remedies applied to Google, but the court did not prevent Google from making search agreements. While Google is barred from ...
PC World

Google Search is turning into an AI assistant—and it doesn’t want you to leave

Google is transforming its search engine into an AI-powered assistant called Spark, featuring conversational interactions and a personalized ‘daily brief’ for task management. PCWorld reports the ...
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, ...
TechCrunch

Everything Google announced at its Android Show, from Googlebooks to vibe-coded widgets

At Google’s virtual Android Show: I/O Edition event on Tuesday, the tech giant announced a series of upcoming updates and features, including improved Gemini Intelligence features; new hardware called ...
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 ...