A security warning is a nasty surprise, especially when the add-on in question claims it exists to protect your privacy. Researchers at Koi Security say Urban VPN Proxy, a VPN extension for Google ...

Chrome app on iPhone — for now. Apple warns iPhone users to stop using Google Chrome, to use its own Safari browser instead. “Unlike Chrome,” it says, “Safari truly helps protect your privacy.” This ...

Chrome Canary now routes Google Lens into the same interface used by AI Mode. This turns the side panel into a unified assistant. Google is testing another part of the AI Mode experience in Chrome ...

Sometimes, the best tech features are the ones you don’t even actively think about — they’re just there when you need ’em, quietly working on your behalf, without any fanfare or intensive effort ...

Update December 12, 18:43 EST: This vulnerability is now tracked as CVE-2025-14174 and has also been patched by Apple in iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and visionOS. Google has released emergency ...

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The Trump Administration announced it is ending the IRS’s free tax filing program, Direct File, even though independent groups deemed it a success and users across the political spectrum rated their ...

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Chrome tests a Tab Strip Position option in Appearance settings in Canary to let users switch between top and side layouts for vertical tabs. Google is adding a dedicated setting inside Chrome’s ...

I built 10 simple, secure Chrome extensions to fix everyday browsing gaps, from quick notes and site shortcuts to clean copy, per-site tasks, highlights, temp snippets, dummy passwords, quick IDs, and ...

chrome-devtools-mcp lets your coding agent (such as Gemini, Claude, Cursor or Copilot) control and inspect a live Chrome browser. It acts as a Model-Context-Protocol (MCP) server, giving your AI ...

When looking at the most basic of power tools, it becomes clear just how easy they are to pick up and use. For example, with an impact driver, the bare bones of what you need to know are what the ...