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Chrome is a web browser covered through updates, features, and security reports. Hitechreports collects news and analyses regarding its tools, artificial intelligence integration, and comparisons with other browsers.
Google Chrome users are getting hijacked—not by malware in the traditional sense, but by extensions that rewrite search engines, redirect new tabs, and reinstall themselves after removal.
Apple is urging Mac users to switch from Chrome to Safari, citing up to five extra hours of video streaming battery life, faster page loads on select sites, and stronger default privacy protections—all measured on M5 MacBook Airs.
Google is rolling out Chrome 155 for Googlebooks, letting users turn any regular website into a standalone windowed desktop app with full support for accounts and browser extensions.
Google has raised Chrome’s bug-bounty payouts—some by as much as 300%—with top rewards now hitting $20,000 for high-impact memory-write vulnerabilities.
Gemini is now built into Chrome for desktop — not as a separate tab, not as a sidebar you toggle on and off, but as Ask Gemini: a persistent, context-aware assistant that lives at the top of your browser window.
A Pixel owner’s hands-on account shows how ditching Google’s core apps — Chrome, Gboard, YouTube Music, Maps — frees up hundreds of megabytes, cuts background telemetry, and improves responsiveness. No root. No custom ROM. Just uninstalling.
TextExpander has introduced a free tier that syncs five active snippets across Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows and Chrome, giving casual users a way to try the tool before paying for its subscription plans.
Gemini is now inside Chrome for Android in India — free for all users. The AI can summarise pages, answer questions about what’s on screen, and connect with Calendar or Keep without tab-hopping. That part requires no subscription. But the new auto-browse feature — where Gemini navigates websites, fills forms, books parking, or adds grocery items to cart — is locked behind Google AI Pro ($19.99/m
Google is extending its Email Verification origin trial to Chrome on Android, beginning with Chrome 154.