LinkedIn secretely scans for 6,000+ Chrome extensions, collects data

A new report dubbed "BrowserGate" warns that Microsoft's LinkedIn is using hidden JavaScript scripts on its website to scan ...
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Local-first browser data gets real

Wasm, PGlite, OPFS, and other new tech bring robust data storage to the browser, Electrobun brings Bun to desktop apps, ...

This smartphone browser might finally kill Chrome on your Windows laptop (and it's not what you think)

Unlike Google Chrome, the Samsung browser offers a built-in ad blocker. It asks whether you want to enable the ad blocker ...

Google Chrome’s secret loading feature could speed up browsing for you

Lazy loading takes a smarter approach. Instead of pulling in everything up front, the browser waits and loads content only when you are about to see it. So if a video or image sits further down the ...

A popular coding tool was hijacked to deliver malware.

A hacker took over an account belonging to the lead maintainer of the JavaScript library, Axios, which is used to handle HTTP requests, as reported by Cybernews. Security researchers found that ...