Chromium
Cursor, Windsurf IDEs riddled with 94+ n-day Chromium vulnerabilities
The latest releases of Cursor and Windsurf integrated development environments are vulnerable to more than 94 known and patched security issues in the Chromium browser and the V8 JavaScript engine. An estimated 1.8 million developers, the userbase for the two IDEs, are exposed to the risks. Ox Security researchers explain that both development environments are built on old software […]
Opera wants you to pay $19.90 per month for its new AI browser
Opera Neon is a new browser that puts AI in control of your tabs and browsing activities, but it’ll cost $19.90 per month. The AI wave is shifting from chatbots to agentic experiences, and browsers are the first to adapt to this change. Whether you want it or not, your favorite browser will have agents […]
OpenAI prepares Chromium-based AI browser to take on Google
OpenAI is testing an AI-powered browser that uses Chromium as its underlying engine, and it could debut on macOS first. My sources tell me that OpenAI has already started updating ChatGPT to power the Chrome rival. OpenAI is building an AI-powered tab selection, a new tab page, and a feature that allows the browser to […]
Leak: OpenAI’s browser will use ChatGPT Agent to control the browser
OpenAI is building an agentic future with its upcoming Chromium-based browser and a new leak confirms GPT Agent integration. ChatGPT already comes with Agent mode, which uses a virtual machine to browse the web. The vrtual machine is powered by Linux and it works in a cloud environment (Azure). While Agent mode can do everything for […]
OpenAI’s ChatGPT-powered browser is codenamed ‘Aura’
OpenAI is following Perplexity and is working on its own AI-powered browser codenamed “Aura.” X user Tibor found references to “Aura,” which is probably the codename for the new OpenAI browser. There are already mentions of “is Aura” (“mini-root,” which is similar to checks for Android, iOS, or Electron/ChatGPT Windows desktop app), “is Aura Sidebar,” and “in […]
Grafana releases critical security update for Image Renderer plugin
Grafana Labs has addressed four Chromium vulnerabilities in critical security updates for the Grafana Image Renderer plugin and Synthetic Monitoring Agent. Although the issues impact Chromium and were fixed by the open-source project two weeks ago, Grafana received a bug bounty submission from security researcher Alex Chapman proving their exploitability in the Grafana components. Grafana […]
Microsoft says Edge browser is now 9% faster after optimizations
Microsoft claims its Chromium-based Microsoft Edge has seen up to 9% performance improvements following the release of version 134. In a blog post, Microsoft noted that it truly cares about delivering better performance with Edge and recently made several changes to the underlying engine in the browser. Thanks to these changes, Edge 134 is now up […]
Microsoft improves text contrast for all Windows Chromium browsers
Microsoft says it improved the contrast of text rendered in all Chromium-based web browsers on Windows, making it more readable on some displays. This was done by bringing the company’s enhanced text contrast and gamma correction in the Chromium open-source project, making enhanced font rendering available for all Windows Chromium-based browsers, including Google Chrome version […]
Google Chrome bug breaks drag and drop from Downloads bubble
A recent Google Chrome update has broken the drag-and-drop feature in the Downloads bubble that previously allowed you to drag and drop downloaded files onto any website or tab in the browser. Google Chrome’s downloads menu originally appeared in a bar at the bottom of the browser, but this changed last year when it was replaced […]