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

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Google is downloading a 4GB file to the PCs of many Chrome users. The file is harmless and is used for the Gemini Nano on-device LLM. You'll see it if you've opted into the on-device AI setting in ...

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 ...

Thinking Machines Lab Inc. will expand its use of Google LLC’s cloud platform as part of a partnership the companies announced this morning. TechCrunch cited a source as saying that the deal is valued ...

Former OpenAI executive Mira Murati’s startup, Thinking Machines Lab, has signed a new multibillion-dollar agreement to expand its use of Google Cloud’s AI infrastructure, including systems powered by ...

Google has removed a whole section from its JavaScript SEO documentation because it was outdated and Google says loading content with JavaScript does not make it hard for Google Search. Google wrote ...

Google removed outdated JavaScript and accessibility guidance from its documentation. Google Search has rendered JavaScript well for years. It's the latest in a series of JS documentation updates.

Google's just begun opening up access to an AI model I can actually get behind. This one lets you generate a virtual world of any kind and travel through it with a vehicle or character like in a video ...