AI Crackdowns, Mega Mergers, and Security Chaos Define This Week in Tech
AI kept its foot on the gas this week, and the rest of tech mostly tried not to get run...
105K Chrome Installs Linked to Adware and Fake Google Traffic
Security researchers have uncovered a network of 152 Google Chrome extensions posing as live wallpaper and new-tab customization tools that...
Google Adds New Android Controls for WhatsApp Backups, Password Transfers
Google’s June Android updates give users more control over WhatsApp backups, app checks, and saved passwords without requiring a full...
Google fixes the fifth actively exploited Chrome zero-day of 2026
Google fixes the fifth actively exploited Chrome zero-day of 2026 Pierluigi Paganini June 09, 2026 Google fixed a new Chrome...
Malicious WhatsApp, Slack Alerts Could Have Exposed Millions of Android Users
A routine phone notification could have become an attack path for Google Gemini on Android, according to new research from...
Google Patches Actively Exploited Android Flaw Affecting Millions of Devices
Google Patches Actively Exploited Android Flaw Affecting Millions of Devices Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2026 Google fixed 124 Android flaws,...
Google Patches Android Zero-Day Vulnerability in June 2026 Security Update
Google’s June 2026 Android security release addresses dozens of vulnerabilities across the operating system, including one flaw that the company...
Google Chrome’s New Feature Takes Aim at Cookie Theft, Account Hijacking
Google Chrome is making stolen login cookies a lot less useful. Google has begun rolling out Device Bound Session Credentials,...
AGI could be here in three years, says DeepMind CEO
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis believes progress toward artificial general intelligence (AGI) is moving faster than expected and that society...
Google’s $135M Android Privacy Settlement: Who May Be Eligible
Image: Daniel Romero/Unsplash Google’s $135 million Android settlement could pay eligible US users who used Android devices with cellular data...
GlassWorm Malware Takedown Disrupts Developer Supply Chain Attack Infrastructure
Ravie LakshmananMay 27, 2026Malware / Threat Intelligence CrowdStrike, in partnership with Google and the Shadowserver Foundation, has announced the simultaneous...
Mac Users Face New Malware Threat Spoofing Apple, Google, and Microsoft
The latest malware targeting Mac users isn’t built to crack security protections, but to exploit users’ trust in familiar brands....
Google’s Default 15GB Free Storage Is Ending for Some New Accounts
Google’s longtime 15GB free storage perk is no longer automatic for every new account. Under Google’s updated support page, affected...
The First AI-Crafted Zero-Day Was Easy to Spot. The Next One May Not Be
AI-assisted hacking has crossed from theory into a documented incident. On May 11, Google’s Threat Intelligence Group reported the first...
Here’s one career emerging from the AI shift: ‘forward-deployed engineers’
Google currently has 1,513 openings for that specific role and OpenAI, which just this week launched an organization called the...
