Hackers abuse Google ads, Claude.ai chats to push Mac malware

Attackers are abusing Google Ads and legitimate Claude.ai shared chats in an active malvertising campaign. Users searching ...

Google Chrome may have silently installed 4GB AI model on your computer. Here's how to check

On May 4, 2026, Alexander Hanff, a computer scientist and lawyer who runs the website ThatPrivacyGuy.com, posted an article ...

OpenAI's Codex Now Works in Chrome With New Extension

OpenAI today launched Codex for Chrome, a Chrome extension that lets Codex work directly in the browser on Macs and PCs. With ...

macOS ClickFix attacks deliver AppleScript stealers to snarf credentials, wallets

A ClickFix campaign targeting macOS users delivers an AppleScript-based infostealer that collects credentials and live ...
Ars Technica

Google releases new apps for Windows and MacOS

Most people access Google’s search and AI products through a browser, but you’ve got some new options today. Google has been testing a Windows search app for some months, and it’s now officially ...
Engadget

Google's new Windows app is yet another way to access Gemini

Google has introduced a new app for Windows desktops and, unsurprisingly, it puts AI front at center. If you aren't a big fan of Google's Gemini chatbot, then skip on past this download. For those of ...
PC World

Hands on: Google’s new desktop app is just another Gemini portal

PCWorld reviews Google’s new desktop app for Windows, which functions like macOS Spotlight but primarily serves as a portal to Gemini AI. The app excels at screen-sharing AI analysis, outperforming ...
9to5google

‘Google app for desktop’ launches on Windows

After testing got underway in September, the “Google app for desktop” is now launching for “Windows users globally in English.” This app is intended to bring the “best of Google Search right to your ...
Android Authority

Google's new Windows app speeds up search on desktop

There’s a new Google app for Windows. The app lets you search the web and your own files with a handy keyboard shortcut. The app is currently available everywhere, but only in English on Windows 10 ...
BGR

iOS Just Got Another Google App Before Android, And It Could Change The Way You Write

Despite owning its own mobile operating system, Google occasionally releases new apps on iPhone before Android. The latest one is called Google AI Edge Eloquent, which is available as a free download ...
Search Engine Roundtable

Loading Content With JavaScript Does Not Make It Harder For Google Search

Google has removed a whole section from its JavaScript SEO documentation because it was outdated and Google says loading content with JavaScript does not make it hard for Google Search. Google wrote ...
The Verge

Want to link from Google’s app store to your app? That’ll be $2–4 per install

Google says it’s complying with the Epic injunction by erecting new programs and fees. Google says it’s complying with the Epic injunction by erecting new programs and fees. is a senior editor and ...