Google is testing adding an AI Mode shortcut right in Chrome’s toolbar
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google is testing an AI Mode button for the Chrome toolbar. When the button is clicked, it will open a side panel alongside the…
Google denies plans to make AI Mode Chrome’s default search
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR A recent Chrome Canary release introduced a flag to change address bar search behavior to AI Mode. Google VP Rajan Patel now denies that…
How to delete Chrome’s weights.bin file and disable Gemini Nano
Google Chrome’s “weights.bin” file has been gathering a lot of attention, particularly for its forced, inexplicable, and inescapable nature. This file is responsible for on-device Gemini Nano features and is…
Chrome’s AI can block threats and swap bad passwords. Hooray?
AI is the hot buzzword in tech. We’re hearing it repeatedly from major tech companies, as they integrate AI models into their products. The latest company to trumpet the inclusion:…
Chrome’s Incognito mode no longer saves copied stuff to clipboard history
It’s been a few years since Microsoft started making changes to Chromium, the open-source engine that powers most web browsers today, including Chrome and Edge. One of the more recent…
Boost your laptop battery life with Chrome’s new performance tools
A new version of Google’s Chrome browser has recently been released, and one of the new features is the program’s performance tools. In particular, they are designed to reduce energy…
Chrome’s new features will get memory-hogging tabs under control
Chrome is the most popular browser on the planet, but even its most ardent fans will admit that this thing gobbles up memory like an Olympic swimmer chomping down protein…
Google is killing one of Chrome’s biggest ad blockers
Most people on the internet use the Chrome browser, and most Americans are using ad blockers. And even though advertising puts food on my table, I can’t blame them —…
Chrome’s password manager recently swallowed over 15 million passwords
It hasn’t been a good year for Google. Last week, there was a glitch in Google Chrome that caused over 15 million passwords to simply disappear, forcing the global tech…
I got sick of Chrome’s BS and switched to Vivaldi. Here’s what happened
I honestly can’t remember exactly when I switched from Firefox to Chrome. I definitely let Google’s “new” browser stew for a year or two after it came out in 2008,…