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Chrome Ad Blocker with 10M+ Installs Found with Dormant Script Injection Capability

Island found dormant JavaScript injection paths in Adblock for YouTube, a Chrome extension with 10M+ installs, raising ...
Tech Times

Microsoft Pulls 119 Malicious Edge Extensions Hiding Malware in Images

StegoAd Microsoft Edge extensions malware affected up to 2.6 million users after the company removed 119 add-ons that hid ...

YouTube ad blocker with 11 million installations with possible backdoor

Adblock for YouTube has over 11 million installations. However, it can inject script code into any page uncontrollably.

Chrome's next update will kill your adblocker - and make the web less safe

Chrome's next update will kill your adblocker - and make the web less safe ...
How-To Geek on MSN

I asked Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini to build the same browser extension, and one outperformed the others

I gave ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude the same browser extension project. Their strengths quickly became obvious.
eWeek

GPT-5.5 Instant Gets the Brainy Patch

OpenAI rolled out a major tune-up for GPT-5.5 Instant, the default model behind ChatGPT. The refresh makes the bot far better ...
makeuseof

Why Is Google Chrome Using So Much RAM? Here's How to Fix It

Chrome's reputation for using a lot of RAM is not entirely accurate; other browsers can sometimes use more RAM. However, Chrome still requires a significant amount of RAM due to its speed and the way ...