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Windows parental controls are crashing Chrome — here’s the workaround
Windows 11’s Family Safety feature is supposed to block certain websites from children, but apparently it’s also been causing issues with Google’s Chrome browser, a (vastly more popular) competitor to Microsoft’s own Edge. The problem first surfaced on Windows on June 3, per The Verge, when several users started noticing they couldn’t open Chrome or their browser would crash randomly.…
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Chrome extension privacy promises undone by hardcoded secrets, leaky HTTP
From the extensions Guo mentioned, SEMRush Rank and PI Rank transmit users’ full browsing domains in plaintext to rank.trellian.com, effectively exposing their web activity. MSN New Tab/Homepage sends a persistent Machine ID, OS version, and extension version using an unencrypted SendPingDetails request, data that can be used to track users across sessions. Additionally, DualSafe Password Manager, while not leaking passwords,…
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Update Google Chrome ASAP to Fix a Critical Vulnerability
If you use Google Chrome, you need to update your browser right now. Google just released an emergency patch for a three security vulnerabilities, one of which is a zero-day that has been actively exploited. Zero-days are high-severity flaws that are either actively exploited in the wild or publicly disclosed before the developer pushes an update to fix the vulnerability.…
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Google patches new Chrome zero-day bug exploited in attacks
Google has released an emergency security update to fix the third Chrome zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks since the start of the year. “Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2025-5419 exists in the wild,” the company warned in a security advisory published on Monday. This high-severity vulnerability is caused by an out-of-bounds read and write weakness in Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine, reported one week ago by…
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Google Gemini AI comes to Chrome and takes over the desktop on Windows 11
Google integrates its Gemini AI into Chrome, similar to Copilot on Microsoft Edge. Also, the company adds an option to interact with the chatbot AI right from the Windows 11 Taskbar. The feature is still in preview for some users in the US using the latest version from Beta, Dev, or Canary channel. Google’s Gemini AI is now coming to…
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How to disable AI Overviews on Google Search using Chrome and Edge for Windows 11
UPDATED 5/27/2025: Google has officially integrated AI-generated answers (known as AI Overviews) into its search results. While there’s no official way to turn this feature off completely, you can apply a simple workaround to minimize or bypass these results in Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and other browsers on Windows 11, Windows 10, and other platforms (where supported). As part of…
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Trying out Gemini in Chrome leaves me wanting more
I spent my morning with Gemini in Chrome, the new integration that puts the AI-powered assistant right in your browser. Instead of going to the chatbot’s web app, you can click the new Gemini button in Chrome’s top-right corner to start a conversation — but the key difference is that the browser’s built-in assistant can “see” what’s on your screen…
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Gemini is Getting an Agent Mode, Personalization, and Chrome Integration
At the annual developer conference, I/O 2025, Google announced exciting new features for Gemini including an Agent mode and some personalization features. First, the Agent mode in Gemini can live browse the web to perform actions for you. For instance, if you are looking for an apartment, the Agent mode can find the listings that match your criteria, and schedule…
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How to manage your bookmarks in Google Chrome
There’s a lot to look at, watch, and listen to on the web. Fully utilizing the bookmarks feature in Google Chrome can be a real help in staying on top of everything. Chrome is the browser I use most often, and I’ve got a huge number of bookmarked sites inside it: long reads I want to get back to once…
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CISA tags recently patched Chrome bug as actively exploited
On Thursday, CISA warned U.S. federal agencies to secure their systems against ongoing attacks exploiting a high-severity vulnerability in the Chrome web browser. Solidlab security researcher Vsevolod Kokorin discovered the flaw (CVE-2025-4664) and shared technical details online on May 5th. Google released security updates to patch it on Wednesday. As Kokorin explained, the vulnerability is due to insufficient policy enforcement in Google Chrome’s…
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