Google Settles $30 Million Lawsuit Over Children’s Privacy Violations on YouTube
Google has agreed to pay $30M to settle a lawsuit over children’s data collection, though the company denies wrongdoing.
Stay Safe from Malicious Chrome Extensions: What Busy Professionals Need to Know
Despite ongoing efforts by Google to tighten security, malicious browser extensions continue to find their way onto the Chrome Web Store — and into users’ browsers — putting their data and devices at risk. These add-ons can hijack browsing data, steal credentials, or inject unwanted content. LayerX Discovers The “AiFrame” Campaign Researchers at browser security […]
New Threat: How Hackers Exploit Google’s Gemini AI Assistant with Hidden Commands
Security researchers have discovered a stealthy new method to manipulate Google’s Gemini AI assistant by hiding malicious commands in email code that Gemini unknowingly follows. These indirect prompt injection (IPI) methods allow scammers to plant fake alerts inside AI-generated summaries, making them appear as legitimate warnings from Google itself, eventually leading users straight into phishing […]
Google’s €2.95 Billion Antitrust Fine: What It Means for the Digital Ad Landscape
In a thunderous blow to Silicon Valley’s most powerful player, the European Union (EU) has imposed a €2.95 billion ($3.5 billion) antitrust fine on Google for abusing its dominance in the advertising technology industry (‘adtech’). What The EU Found The European Commission, the bloc’s top antitrust regulator, concluded that Google had “distorted competition” by unfairly […]
Google’s Chrome Browser Remains Intact: A Landmark Ruling Explained
A federal judge has ruled that Google does not have to divest its Chrome browser and rejected the Department of Justice’s earlier request. The decision comes more than a year after the same judge found that Google had acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in internet search. Judge Amit Mehta, in a 230-page ruling, said […]
Chrome Hit Again: Google Patches Fourth Zero-Day Exploit in 2025
Google released an emergency security update for Chrome on Monday to address a zeroday actively exploited vulnerability that was affecting Windows and Mac users worldwide. This is the fourth Chrome zero-day fixed since early 2025. The zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-6554, has been described as a high-severity “type confusion” bug vulnerability in Chrome’s V8 JavaScript […]
Google’s data center energy use doubled in 4 years
Google has pledged to use only carbon-free sources of electricity to power its operations, a task made more challenging by its breakneck pace of data center growth.
Google launches Doppl, a fun new app to try on clothes virtually
Google has launched a new app called Doppl. It is an experimental app from Google Labs that lets…
Google Fixes Two High-Severity Bugs in Chrome 137
Google has released an important security update for Chrome that patches three newly discovered vulnerabilities, including two high-severity…
Google Launches Gemini CLI: Free AI Tool for Developers in the Terminal
Google has officially launched Gemini CLI, a powerful open-source AI tool that brings the intelligence of Gemini right…