GoKawiil - Latest Tech News & Aggregated Headlines

Claude Code's new tool is all about maximizing ROI in your organization - how to try it

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2026-01-18 06:00:00

Anthropic / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Anthropic has distinguished itself from industry competitors for two major reasons: user privacy and coding capabilities. In particular, it's Claude Code's solution -- which allows users to run the coding assistant directly in their workspace to write or manage code -- that has attracted an exponential number of users. It's now a highly requested feature. Also: Anthropic's Claude dives into financial analysis. Here's what's new On Tuesday, Anthropic la

Topics: anthropic claude code coding dashboard

Shop Amazon

SonicWall SMA devices hacked with OVERSTEP rootkit tied to ransomware

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-19 04:33:15

A threat actor has been deploying a previously unseen malware called OVERSTEP that modifies the boot process of fully-patched but no longer supported SonicWall Secure Mobile Access appliances. The backdoor is a user-mode rootkit that allows hackers to hide malicious components, maintain persistent access on the device, and steal sensitive credentials. Researchers at Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) observed the rootkit in attacks that may have relied on “an unknown, zero-day remote code

Topics: access hackers rootkit threat unc6148

Shop Amazon

Is Chrome OS and Android’s merger just hot air or a new era of personal computing?

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-20 02:16:09

🗣️ This is an open thread. We want to hear from you! Share your thoughts in the comments and vote in the poll below — your take might be featured in a future roundup. [/highlight] Google is set to merge two of its mobile computing platforms into one unified system. According to confirmation by Google’s president of Android ecosystem, Sameer Samat, the company will combine Chrome OS and Android “into a single platform.” No timeline was given, but this nod confirms a report we published in Nove

Topics: android chrome computing os think

Shop Amazon

Google fixes actively exploited sandbox escape zero day in Chrome

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-20 03:47:46

Google has released a security update for Chrome to address half a dozen vulnerabilities, one of them actively exploited by attackers to escape the browser's sandbox protection. The vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-6558 and received a high-severity rating of 8.8. It was discovered by researchers at Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) on June 23. The security issue is described as an insufficient validation of untrusted input in ANGLE and GPU that affects Google Chrome versions before 1

Topics: 2025 browser chrome cve google

Shop Amazon

Pixel Piranhas

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-16 20:08:23

I really hate it when I’m exposed to some horrible news online, and feel powerless. There is nothing I can do, I am not responsible, and yet at the same time I have this feeling “this shouldn’t be happening”. There is a temptation to immediately react – if it was printed, I would crumple up the paper and throw it away – yet, reading pixels on the screen I don’t have the right gesture to express my discontent. So I made this little browser extension. Click on a button, and a horde of cursor

Topics: apart away browser button chrome

Shop Amazon

Chrome for Android users can now choose which end of the screen the address bar is on

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-20 23:20:22

Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR Chrome for Android’s bottom address bar is rolling out widely. Users now have the option to keep the bar at the top of the screen or lower it to the bottom. Google is giving Android Chrome users another way to customize their mobile browsing experience. Announced last month, the Android browser is finally getting a bottom address bar to make navigation a little more mobile-friendly. That update is now rolling out widely. If you’ve been waiting for Chrome

Topics: address android bar chrome option

Shop Amazon

PSA: Google Chrome to soon drop support for macOS Big Sur

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-01-20 23:38:22

If you’re a Chrome user still running macOS Big Sur, you’ll soon have to decide which of the two you’ll want to update, as Google just confirmed it’s dropping support for macOS 11. Here is the timeline. Chrome 139, expected to ship on July 30, won’t run on macOS 11 In its Chrome Platform Status page, Google has confirmed that Chrome 138 will be the last version to support macOS 11, with Chrome 139, scheduled to ship on July 30, requiring macOS 12 or newer. Here’s the full announcement from Go

Topics: 11 139 chrome macos support

Shop Amazon

Our biggest questions about ChromeOS and Android merging

theverge.com Antonio G. Di Benedetto 2026-01-21 14:43:48

is a reviewer covering laptops and the occasional gadget. He spent over 15 years in the photography industry before joining The Verge as a deals writer in 2021. What is the point of merging ChromeOS and Android? Android has an enormous app ecosystem, but many of those apps still struggle on larger screens, like tablets. And Android doesn’t have great multitasking or window management, which are both important on large displays. ChromeOS, on the other hand, does browser stuff and window managem

Topics: android chromebooks chromeos google like

Shop Amazon

ChromeOS Needs More Love and Attention Than a Mobile Makeover With Android

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2026-01-21 18:00:40

After diving into the luxurious Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14, I have ChromeOS on my mind. Apparently, so does Google. In an interview with TechRadar, Android “daddy” Sameer Samat dropped a small bombshell about the future of ChromeOS, though without providing any of the raw details. He said Google plans to combine ChromeOS and Android “into a single platform.” This project seems to be in the early phase of development. Samat said he was analyzing what apps people are using on their PCs or Macs, whi

Topics: chromeos experience google laptop like

Shop Amazon

Lenovo’s Luxurious Chromebook Plus 14 Has More Power Than It Knows What to Do With

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2026-01-22 09:30:00

2025 “Excessive” isn’t a qualifier I would use to demean the Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14. It’s merely a statement of fact. It’s a pretty device with surprisingly good audio and more power under the hood than the previous leading contender, the $700 Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Plus. But is taking the crown as king of ChromeOS enough to justify the $650 asking price? Even with a few exclusive software features, using it is not a distinct experience from using any other $400 or under Chromebook Plus m

Topics: 14 chromebook device lenovo plus

Shop Amazon

Anthropic launches finance-specific Claude with built-in data connectors, higher limits and prompt libraries

venturebeat.com Emilia David 2026-01-23 00:00:00

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now As some regulated enterprises cautiously expand their use of AI, platform and model makers are starting to offer bespoke versions to specific industries. Anthropic is making its first step into that direction with the new Claude for Financial Services, essentially a special version of its Claude for Enterprise tier, that could soothe some

Topics: anthropic claude financial pelosi services

Shop Amazon

I hope Google doesn’t screw up these things when it merges Chrome OS into Android

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-23 00:00:38

Ryan Haines / Android Authority A Google executive confirmed in an interview that the company is combining Chrome OS and Android. This comes a while after we exclusively reported that Chrome OS will effectively be absorbed into Android. It also comes after Google said it would develop Chrome OS on “large portions of the Android stack.” This all sounds very interesting on paper, but I have some reservations about such a merger. Here are the things Google can’t afford to screw up when it combine

Topics: android chrome chromebooks google os

Shop Amazon

OpenAI's ChatGPT-powered browser is codenamed 'Aura'

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-23 00:30:21

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 Aura" in the ChatGPT web app. Reuters previously reported that OpenAI is building a Chromium-based Chrome alternative that will use gen

Topics: aura browser chatgpt chrome openai

Shop Amazon

More and More Christians Say AI Is Demonic

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-23 12:27:14

Like many conservatives, evangelicals have broadly begun to embrace artificial intelligence — but at the same time, a growing subset of the Christian world is claiming that the technology is quite literally demonic. In a recent Medium blog post — yes, people still post on that site — self-proclaimed "biblical Christian author" and regular AI user Zack Duncan suggested that an image generator's cartoonish outputs regarding Satan may be the result of some demonic influence. "I’ve seen a trend of

Topics: ai christian demonic image satan

Shop Amazon

Claude AI now integrates with Canva

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-23 18:18:08

Anthropic's Claude can now create and edit designs with visual studio Canva from within an AI chat. This integration is powered by a Canva server that uses Anthropic's Model Context Protocol, or MCP. Claude can use Canvas's tools to generate a design or search for materials within a user's Canva workspace. This functionality requires a paid subscription to Claude, and access also varies based on the user's Canva plan. Multiple artificial intelligence platforms have started using MCP to connect

Topics: anthropic canva claude connect mcp

Shop Amazon

Google Will Merge Android and ChromeOS, Exec Says. That's Taking a Page Out of the Apple Playbook

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-24 02:41:00

In a move that could make life easier for folks using devices based on its operating systems, Google will eventually unify Android and ChromeOS, according to a high-ranking Google executive. Merging the systems could have positive outcomes for customers using, say, a Chromebook and an Android cellphone, much like Apple users have seamless functioning among MacBooks, iPhones, iPads and Apple Watches. "We're going to be combining ChromeOS and Android into a single platform, and I am very interes

Topics: android chromeos devices google howell

Shop Amazon

Threads users still barely click links

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-24 09:01:39

Two years in, Threads is starting to look more and more like the most viable challenger to X. It passed 350 million monthly users earlier this year and Mark Zuckerberg has predicted it could be Meta's next billion-user app. But Threads still isn't sending much traffic to other websites, which could make the platform less appealing for creators, publishers and others whose businesses depend on non-Meta owned websites. According to Similarweb, a marketing intelligence firm, outbound referral traf

Topics: links million threads traffic users

Shop Amazon

Google quietly confirms ChromeOS-Android merger - here's what it means for you

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2026-01-24 09:26:12

NurPhoto/Getty Images The long-standing rumor of ChromeOS and Android's merger was finally confirmed in the most understated way. TechRadar's Lance Ulanoff recounted his conversation with Sameer Samat, Google's president of the Android ecosystem. Samat noticed that the reporter was wearing an Apple Watch and using a MacBook. He asked Ulanoff why he was using a Mac. Samat confessed that he asked because "we're going to be combining ChromeOS and Android into a single platform, and I am very inte

Topics: android apple chromeos google samat

Shop Amazon

Google Will Merge Android and ChromeOS, Exec Says. That's Taking a Page out of the Apple Playbook

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-24 08:41:00

In a move that could make life easier for folks using devices based on its operating systems, Google will eventually unify Android and ChromeOS, according to a high-ranking Google executive. Merging the systems could have positive outcomes for customers using, say, a Chromebook and an Android cellphone, much like Apple users have seamless functioning among MacBooks, iPhones, iPads and Apple Watches. "We're going to be combining ChromeOS and Android into a single platform, and I am very interes

Topics: android chromeos devices google howell

Shop Amazon

Google is changing Chrome’s new tab page to bring AI Mode front-and-center

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-24 14:32:27

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is testing a new search bar design in Chrome Beta for Android that includes an AI Mode shortcut. This new design, which also repositions voice search and Lens shortcuts, appears in two variants across different devices running the same Chrome Beta version. The integration of an AI Mode shortcut into Chrome aims to increase user awareness and usage of the feature, given Chrome’s significant market share. While Google is still the most dominant s

Topics: ai bar chrome mode search

Shop Amazon

Chrome OS is “combining” with Android, but what does that mean?

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-24 14:28:23

Android and Chrome OS have been developed in parallel for years, but Google is planning to streamline its operating systems. In a recent interview, Android Ecosystem President Sameer Samat stated bluntly that Android and Chrome OS are merging. This shift, a long time in the making, could give Google more room to maneuver as it plans for new mobile computing experiences. In the interview, TechRadar's Lance Ulanoff had other things on his mind, but Samat peppered him with questions about how he u

Topics: android chrome google new os

Shop Amazon

Google exec says the company will unify Android and ChromeOS

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-25 09:00:53

Google is taking another step toward unifying its ecosystem by merging Android and ChromeOS. Sameer Samat, the president of Google’s Android ecosystem, confirmed this shift in an interview with TechRadar . Samat was curious how the publication's Lance Ulanoff manages things across several Apple devices, namely a MacBook, iPhone and Apple Watch. "I asked because we’re going to be combining ChromeOS and Android into a single platform, and I am very interested in how people are using their laptops

Topics: android apple chromeos devices google

Shop Amazon

Concurrent Programming with Harmony

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-21 17:22:12

Appendix H. Peterson's Algorithm In 1981, Gary L. Peterson came up with a beautiful solution to the mutual exclusion problem, now known as ``Peterson's Algorithm'' [37]. Figure 5.6 presents the algorithm. Why does it work? We will focus here on how one might go about proving mutual exclusion for an algorithm such as Peterson's. It turns out that doing so is not trivial. You have to understand a little bit about how the Harmony virtual machine (HVM) works. In Chapter 4 we talked about the concep

Topics: invariant state states step thread

Shop Amazon

Google exec: ‘We’re going to be combining ChromeOS and Android’

theverge.com Dominic Preston 2026-01-25 17:34:55

Google’s head of Android has said that the company plans to combine its mobile operating system with ChromeOS, the software that currently runs across Google’s Chromebook laptops. Sameer Samat, president of Google’s Android ecosystem, told TechRadar that “we’re going to be combining Chrome OS and Android into a single platform.” Samat, who’s responsible for Android’s implementation across mobile, wearables, XR, TV, and auto, added that he’s “interested in how people are using their laptops thes

Topics: android change chromeos google long

Shop Amazon

Google confirms it’s ‘combining’ Chrome OS and Android into a single platform

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-25 20:01:06

We exclusively reported back in November that Google was working to merge Chrome OS into Android . Now, a Google executive has effectively confirmed the company’s intentions to combine the two platforms. Sameer Samat, president of Android ecosystem at Google, asked a TechRadar journalist why they were using an Apple Watch, iPhone, and MacBook: I asked because we’re going to be combining Chrome OS and Android into a single platform, and I am very interested in how people are using their laptops

Topics: android chrome executive google os

Shop Amazon

This $500 Chromebook Plus has better performance than some PCs I've tested

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2026-01-25 10:15:12

ZDNET's key takeaways The Lenovo Flex 5i Chromebook Plus is on sale for $499. It excels as an inexpensive work laptop thanks to its comfortable keyboard and useful features in ChromeOS. Its lower-end touchscreen will limit usability for some. $499.99 at Amazon $499 at Lenovo $379 at Best Buy more buying choices I've been really curious to see how things have changed since my last Chromebook review, which was the Acer Chromebook Plus Enterprise 515 last year. I recently had that opportunity wi

Topics: chromebook flex laptop lenovo zdnet

Shop Amazon

Chrome's hidden X-Browser-Validation header reverse engineered

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-23 00:00:10

Chrome X-Browser-Validation Header Reverse Engineering & Generator Chrome recently added a few new headers: "x-browser-channel": "stable", "x-browser-copyright": "Copyright 2025 Google LLC. All rights reserved.", "x-browser-validation": "6h3XF8YcD8syi2FF2BbuE2KllQo=", "x-browser-year": "2025" Apart from one of them, there isn’t much that’s interesting. They’re just bits of client specific information. However, base64 decoding x-browser-validation yields what appears to be a hash whose purpose

Topics: agent browser chrome header user

Shop Amazon

Reverse proxy deep dive

news.ycombinator.com Mitendra Mahto 2026-01-20 10:49:39

Reverse proxy deep dive mitendra mahto 8 min read · Jun 25, 2025 -- Listen Share This post was originally published on my personal blog. A Deep Dive into Reverse Proxy A reverse proxy is a critical piece of software commonly found in various setups within a distributed system. You may have encountered it as a proxy enabling service mesh, a load balancer distributing the load among different database instances, or an edge proxy hiding the complexity behind a site. Several excellent reverse pr

Topics: connection connections event proxy thread

Shop Amazon

OpenAI to release web browser in challenge to Google Chrome

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-25 09:14:01

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, at the Hope Global Forums annual meeting in Atlanta on Dec. 11, 2023. OpenAI is close to releasing an AI-powered web browser that will challenge Alphabet's market-dominating Google Chrome, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The browser is slated to launch in the coming weeks, three of the people said, and aims to use artificial intelligence to fundamentally change how consumers browse the web. It will give OpenAI more direct access to a cornerstone o

Topics: browser chrome google openai said

Shop Amazon

Tell HN: uBlock Origin on Chrome is finally gone

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-25 10:28:55

The latest version of Chrome (138) removes Manifest v2 and all extensions that rely on it.

Topics: 138 chrome extensions latest manifest

Shop Amazon

Latest Tech News

Claude Code's new tool is all about maximizing ROI in your organization - how to try it

SonicWall SMA devices hacked with OVERSTEP rootkit tied to ransomware

Is Chrome OS and Android’s merger just hot air or a new era of personal computing?

Google fixes actively exploited sandbox escape zero day in Chrome

Pixel Piranhas

Chrome for Android users can now choose which end of the screen the address bar is on

PSA: Google Chrome to soon drop support for macOS Big Sur

Our biggest questions about ChromeOS and Android merging

ChromeOS Needs More Love and Attention Than a Mobile Makeover With Android

Lenovo’s Luxurious Chromebook Plus 14 Has More Power Than It Knows What to Do With

Anthropic launches finance-specific Claude with built-in data connectors, higher limits and prompt libraries

I hope Google doesn’t screw up these things when it merges Chrome OS into Android

OpenAI's ChatGPT-powered browser is codenamed 'Aura'

More and More Christians Say AI Is Demonic

Claude AI now integrates with Canva

Google Will Merge Android and ChromeOS, Exec Says. That's Taking a Page Out of the Apple Playbook

Threads users still barely click links

Google quietly confirms ChromeOS-Android merger - here's what it means for you

Google Will Merge Android and ChromeOS, Exec Says. That's Taking a Page out of the Apple Playbook

Google is changing Chrome’s new tab page to bring AI Mode front-and-center

Chrome OS is “combining” with Android, but what does that mean?

Google exec says the company will unify Android and ChromeOS

Concurrent Programming with Harmony

Google exec: ‘We’re going to be combining ChromeOS and Android’

Google confirms it’s ‘combining’ Chrome OS and Android into a single platform

This $500 Chromebook Plus has better performance than some PCs I've tested

Chrome's hidden X-Browser-Validation header reverse engineered

Reverse proxy deep dive

OpenAI to release web browser in challenge to Google Chrome

Tell HN: uBlock Origin on Chrome is finally gone

About GoKawiil

Privacy

Advertising

Latest Tech News

Trending Topics

Hot Now

Popular

Emerging

About GoKawiil

Privacy

Advertising