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Google Chrome on Windows prior to version 148.0.7778.96 is affected by CVE-2026-7973, a medium-severity Chromium vulnerability in Dawn that may allow a remote attacker to escape the browser sandbox through a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability arrived in public trackers on May 6, 2026, as part...

Google Chrome users on Windows can block the browser’s automatic download of a roughly 4GB local AI model by setting the GenAILocalFoundationalModelSettings enterprise policy to Disallowed, a registry-based control documented for Chromium-derived browsers and surfaced this week after reports of...

CVE-2026-7360 is a high-severity Chromium compositing flaw fixed in Google Chrome 147.0.7727.137/138 on April 28, 2026, affecting desktop Chrome before 147.0.7727.138 and allowing an attacker who already compromised the renderer process to bypass site isolation using a crafted HTML page. The...

Google Chrome is finally getting vertical tabs, and that makes this week’s browser wars feel a lot more like a long-delayed parity update than a dramatic leap forward. Google says the feature is rolling out now, with tabs moved to the side of the window through a right-click option labeled “Show...

Google Chrome’s latest productivity update is more than a cosmetic tweak. With the broad rollout of vertical tabs and a new full-page Reading Mode, Google is signaling that Chrome is being shaped for heavier multitasking, deeper focus, and a more desktop-like workflow. The rollout is landing...

Microsoft Defender Antivirus can be paused quickly for a single task or disabled persistently for an entire deployment — but how you do it, and why you do it, matter far more today than they did a few years ago. This feature guide and analysis walks through safe, supported temporary disables...