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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device Two weeks ago I wrote about Anthropic silently registering a Native Messaging bridge in seven Chromium-based browsers on every machine where Claude Desktop was installed [1]. The pattern was: install on user launch of product A, write configuration into the user’s installs of …
AI startup Perplexity has offered to buy Google’s Chrome browser for $34.5 billion. The company said venture investors have proposed funding the deal. The Department of Justice proposed Google divest Chrome as part of the antitrust suit the company lost last year. Artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI has made an unsolicited $34.5 billion bid for …
🇺🇸GOOGLE BROKE THE RULES — NOW THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO TAKE CHROME AWAY Google’s been found guilty of running a search monopoly. That part’s done. Now comes the punishment — and the U.S. government wants it to hurt. Top of the list? Force Google to sell Chrome, the world’s #1… https://t.co/kfLbNYI4XB pic.twitter.com/O49STJ3D0v — Mario Nawfal …
The DOJ has decided it will ask a federal judge to force Google to sell off its Chrome web browser as a result of the government’s successful antitrust case against the internet giant’s monopolistic actions in its search business according to a new report by Bloomberg. Bloomberg reports that top antitrust officials at the U.S. …
by TonyLiberty BEWARE — Google Chrome extensions can steal your passwords. ONLY install extensions from trusted developers (You can check the developer’s website and read reviews from other users to get a sense of their trustworthiness) Be careful about the permissions that you give to extensions. Only give extensions the permissions that they need to …