Google is finally banning Chrome extensions that let you jailbreak chatbots

Google is tightening Chrome extension rules with stricter privacy requirements, AI safeguards, and new bans on prediction market tools.
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 ...

I enabled every Gemini extension to see which ones are actually worth keeping

I didn't plan to jump on the Gemini or ChatGPT bandwagon when they launched. I waited several months before I was forced to ...
The Verge

Apple is using AI to fix Safari’s extension problem

Safari will invite users to ‘vibe-code’ their own extensions. Safari will invite users to ‘vibe-code’ their own extensions. is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, ...
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Discover 35+ dangerous Chrome extensions users should remove now

Tech pro ThioJoe warns about 35+ dangerous Chrome extensions that users should consider removing immediately for safety. Watch what happens when a 5,000kg orca hits a boat – it doesn’t end well What ...
The Fader

Ableton is letting users build their own tools

Ableton is opening up Live in a new way. On June 2, the Berlin software company launched the public beta of its Extensions SDK, a free JavaScript toolkit that lets users build custom add-ons for ...
TweakTown

DuckDuckGo launches no-AI search extensions after users reject Google's AI-first Search

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Google rolled out its largest Search update in 25 years at its I/O developer conference last month, swapping traditional link-based results for ...
Wired

The Best Browser Extensions to Get More Out of YouTube

From wedding speeches to music videos, from DIY tutorials to movie clips, from celebrity interviews to remote wilderness adventures, it's all on YouTube. Per YouTube's official figures, more than 20 ...
SiliconANGLE

GitHub confirms breach of 3,800 internal repos after employee installs poisoned VS Code extension

Hackers exfiltrated roughly 3,800 of GitHub Inc.’s internal code repositories after one of its employees installed a poisoned Visual Studio Code extension, the Microsoft Corp.-owned developer platform ...
techtimes

LinkedIn Scans Every Chrome User’s Browser Extensions and Ties the Inventory to Their Professional Identity

Every time a professional opens LinkedIn in a Chrome-based browser today, hidden JavaScript silently probes their device for up to 6,278 installed browser extensions, encrypts the results, and ...
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Malicious Chrome extensions prompt urgent user warning

Tech pro ThioJoe alerts users to malicious Chrome extensions that are prompting urgent warnings from security researchers. The Social Security math just got worse for future retirees Residents on ...
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Widely Used Browser Extensions Selling User Data

Dozens of widely used browser extensions have been collecting and selling user data with explicit disclosure in their privacy policies, a LayerX Security study has found. The browser security firm has ...