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Chromebook Plus laptops like Lenovo’s sleek, new 14-incher are getting free Gemini AI features

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. Google announced a handful of new Gemini AI features for Chromebook Plus laptops, including a sleek, new 14-inch flagship device from Lenovo that I got to handle recently. The new AI functions include select to search, which allows you to long press the launcher icon or take a screenshot and do a Google search based on on-screen images

I tried Arc browser’s smarter sibling so you don’t have to — but you might want to

Karandeep Singh / Android Authority No other browser developer is making as much of a buzz in the tech community as The Browser Company, the makers of Arc. While Arc was one of the most offbeat web browsers I’ve used (and stuck to!) in a long time, it didn’t garner the widespread appeal the company had hoped for. That’s why it has now switched gears to Dia — a web browser built from the ground up around generative AI. It integrates deep into your workflow, intelligently talks to your open tabs,

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I recommend this Chromebook over many Windows laptops that cost twice as much

ZDNET's key takeaways The Lenovo Flex 5i Chromebook Plus is on sale for $600. It excels as an inexpensive work laptop thanks to its comfortable keyboard, solid hardware, and useful features in ChromeOS. Its sub-standard touchscreen will limit usability for some. View now at 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 with the Lenovo Flex 5i Chromebook Plus

This new Chrome feature has forever changed the way I shop online

Ryan Haines / Android Authority As an avid runner in the middle of marathon training, I go through a lot of shoes — like, a lot of shoes. When averaging 50 miles per week, I can burn through a pair in a little over a month, and then it’s time to treat myself. That said, I’m not made of money. I can’t just run out and pay full price every time I need fresh foam under my feet. So, I have to be careful about looking for deals and spending wisely. And now, a new Chrome extension has made that easie

Show HN: To-Userscript: Chrome Extension to Userscript Converter

Demo 2x Speed (conversion takes 4s total normal speed, incl. downloading) to-userscript.mp4 Demo but normal speed Screen.Shot.2025-06-20.at.7.59.06.AM.mov A powerful CLI for converting browser extensions into standalone userscripts. What is this? to-userscript bridges the gap between complex, packaged browser extensions and simple, portable userscripts. It takes an extension from the Chrome or Firefox store, a local directory, or a zip/xpi, and creates a single .user.js file that can be run i

Microsoft's Family Safety Feature Is Blocking Chrome: Here's the Workaround

Microsoft's Family Safety feature is designed to block certain types of websites from children. Apparently, it's also been blocking Google's Chrome browser -- but there is a workaround. Chrome, a web browser launched by Google in 2008 -- is not working when users have the Family Safety Feature enabled. The first report of the bug seems to date to June 3, when a user posted on Google's online support board. The user noted that Chrome constantly closed when the person tried to use it. Restarti

Having trouble opening Chrome? It may be Microsoft’s fault

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR A bug is preventing Windows users from opening Google’s Chrome browser. The bug is connected to Microsoft’s Family Safety feature. There are a few workarounds, like renaming Chrome.exe to Chrome1.exe. Microsoft isn’t afraid to deploy tactics to nudge you away from Chrome. For example, earlier this year, Bing users were running into a pop-up that discouraged them from switching browsers. However, the friction between the two isn’t always intentional, w

TechCrunch Mobility: Applied Intuition’s eye-popping valuation, the new age of micromobility, and Waymo’s wild week

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Waymo might be the largest commercial robotaxi operator — offering 250,000 paid rides per week — but it is hardly smooth. The past seven days in Waymo’s world illustrates just how dynamic the burgeoning robotaxi business can be. The company limited service nationwide on June 13 ahead of scheduled “No Kings” protests against Presid

Windows parental controls are blocking Chrome

Stop me if you've heard this one before: Microsoft is making it harder to use Chrome on Windows. The culprit? This time, it's Windows' Family Safety feature. Since early this month, the parental control measure has prevented users from opening Chrome. Strangely, no other apps or browsers appear to be affected. Redditors first reported the issue on June 3 (via The Verge). u/Witty-Discount-2906 posted that Chrome crashed on Windows 11. "Just flashes quickly, unable to open with no error message,"

The startups rolling out of Europe’s early-stage micromobility scene

Early-stage micromobility has shifted over the last few years. The cowboy antics of e-scooter companies causing chaos in a bid to scale has faded along with those fat venture checks that are now flowing to AI startups. Tighter capital combined with an existential need to create sustainable business models has produced a new crop of micromobility startups. This week, I attended Micromobility Europe in Brussels, where I toured the conference’s so-called “Startup Arena” to get a sense of what Eur

Microsoft is blocking Google Chrome through its family safety feature

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Earlier this month, Microsoft’s Family Safety feature, primarily used by parents and schools as a set of parental controls and filters, started randomly blocking Google’s Chrome browser from opening on Windows. The first reports surfaced on June 3rd, with some Chrome users noticing the browser kept closing or wouldn’t open. Microsoft has introduced a bug into Family Safety tha

Google just made it way easier to use Chrome extensions on Android — here’s how

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is developing a new version of Chrome for Android that supports extensions, and recent builds show significant progress. It’s now possible to install Chrome extensions directly from the Chrome Web Store, and they will persist even after restarting the browser. The feature is still experimental and intended for future Android-powered PCs, but anyone can sideload the APK to try it now. While Google Chrome is by far the most popular browser on And

Gemini app rolls out video upload on Android, iPhone, & web

Besides the new navigation drawer and 2.5 Pro going stable, the Gemini app is rolling out video upload and analysis. This lets you add a clip to your prompt. Update 6/19: Google has now rolled out video upload in the Gemini app “for everyone,” including free and paid users. Make sure you’ve updated the Gemini app on iPhone/iPad or the Google app on Android (version 16.24 stable). Afterwards, tap the ‘plus’ menu and find the video in your “Gallery” or “Files.” Related: Gemini app rolling out Sc

Keep accidentally opening Chrome tabs in new groups? There’s an easy fix

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Chrome’s been playing around with menu ordering for opening links in new tabs over the past couple years. If you’re used to opening tabs in groups, you may have a preference for where that selection falls in the list. Chrome now offers a flag that gives users full control over that order. Everyone’s got their own opinions when it comes to browser tabs. Some of us are fastidious, keeping tabs organized, and staying on top of closing unneeded ones. Oth

Voi CEO says he’s open to acquiring Bolt’s micromobility business

Shared micromobility startup Voi is on the hunt for acquisitions. And on CEO Frederik Hjelm’s wishlist is Bolt, the European mobility super-app best known for ride-hailing. Not that Bolt’s micromobility business is necessarily for sale — despite talk of Voi buying the company’s scooter and bike arm. Bolt declined to comment when TechCrunch reached out. “Bolt is a great company, but they are mainly a ride-hailing company,” Hjelm told TechCrunch on stage at the Micromobility Industries roundtabl

Keylogger campaign hitting Outlook Web Access on vulnerable Exchange servers goes global

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust Facepalm: Keylogging malware is a particularly dangerous threat, as it is typically designed to capture login credentials or other sensitive data from users. When you add a compromised Exchange server to the mix, it creates an even nastier situation for any organization. Researchers from Positive Technologies recently unveiled a new study on a keylogger-based campaign targeting organizations worldw

Keylogger campaign hitting Microsoft Exchange servers goes global

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust Facepalm: Keylogging malware is a particularly dangerous threat, as it is typically designed to capture login credentials or other sensitive data from users. When you add a compromised Exchange server to the mix, it creates an even nastier situation for any organization. Researchers from Positive Technologies recently unveiled a new study on a keylogger-based campaign targeting organizations worldw

Scania confirms insurance claim data breach in extortion attempt

Automotive giant Scania confirmed it suffered a cybersecurity incident where threat actors used compromised credentials to breach its Financial Services systems and steal insurance claim documents. Scania told BleepingComputer that the attackers emailed several Scania employees, threatening to leak the data online unless their demands were met. Scania is a major Swedish manufacturer of heavy trucks, buses, and industrial and marine engines and is a member of the Volkswagen Group. The company,

Benzene at 200

In 1825, Michael Faraday discovered one of the most fascinating compounds in chemistry: benzene. While isolating the components of oily residues of illuminating gas, Faraday identified a mysterious liquid, with a peculiar aromatic smell, which would go on to transform the landscape of chemistry. Within the pages of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Faraday described this seemingly simple yet profoundly unique molecule. What set benzene apart, even in its earliest di

How I uncovered a potential ancient Rome wine scam

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Before artificial sweeteners, people satisfied their cravings for sweetness with natural products, including honey or dried fruit. Raisin wines, made by drying grapes before fermentation, were particularly popular. Historical records show these wines, some known as passum, were enjo

The best Chromebooks for students in 2025: Expert tested and reviewed

Let's face it: having a laptop for school is a necessity. But toting around a bulky, slow computer from five years ago is not the vibe. Opting for a Chromebook is a solid choice for students: they're lightweight, fast, and typically cost far less than Windows PCs or Apple MacBooks. Chromebooks run on ChromeOS, a streamlined operating system that integrates with Google Drive, making it easy to navigate to apps like Google Docs, Google Drive, and Gmail so you can stay on task and in touch with te

Here's how to turn off public posting on the Meta AI app

This photo illustration created Jan. 7, 2025, shows an image of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, and an image of the Meta logo. AI generated images of women kissing while mud wrestling and President Donald Trump eating poop are some of the conversations users are unknowingly sharing publicly through Meta's newly launched AI app. The company rolled out the Meta AI app in April, putting it in direct competition with OpenAI's ChatGPT. But the tool has recently garnered some negative publicity and sp

How to turn off Google’s AI Overviews in web searches

Save some time (and energy and water) and Google without the “help” of AI. Google’s AI Overviews do not save me time. For one, I work for a tech blog and am therefore professionally curious as to whether or not the generated answers are correct, so I spend a few ticks figuring that out. (Answer: Sometimes, but not always!) Then things get existential as I contemplate how long a self-cannibalizing system can sustain itself — if the AI gives answers pulled from websites that survive on visits fr

Design Patterns for Securing LLM Agents Against Prompt Injections

Design Patterns for Securing LLM Agents against Prompt Injections This new paper by 11 authors from organizations including IBM, Invariant Labs, ETH Zurich, Google and Microsoft is an excellent addition to the literature on prompt injection and LLM security. In this work, we describe a number of design patterns for LLM agents that significantly mitigate the risk of prompt injections. These design patterns constrain the actions of agents to explicitly prevent them from solving arbitrary tasks.

Trump’s Cuts Threaten Nobel-Winning Observatory That Detected Colliding Black Holes

Nearly 10 years ago, scientists observed ripples in spacetime created by the collision of two black holes that took place 1.3 billion years ago. The first direct detection of gravitational waves opened up an entirely new way of seeing the universe, allowing us to observe a once invisible side of the cosmos. Today, the ability to track the frequencies produced by the most notable events that shape our surrounding cosmos is at risk due to drastic budget cuts targeting a breakthrough observatory.

Top KitchenAid Promo Codes and Coupons

KitchenAid’s strategy is one that maybe we should all live by—if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Remaining nearly unchanged since its introduction in 1914, KitchenAid’s stand mixer has become such a legendary kitchen staple that we called the KitchenAid Artisan 7-Quart Lift Stand Mixer an “everlasting” kitchen must-have and put it on our Buy It For Life guide. KitchenAid’s heralded and beloved kitchen appliances luckily run regular sales so that you can get these great, but pricey, essentials for

After a series of tumors, woman’s odd-looking tongue explains everything

Breast cancer. Colon cancer. An enlarged thyroid gland. A family history of tumors and cancers as well. It wasn't until the woman developed an annoying case of dry mouth that doctors put it all together. By then, she was in her 60s. According to a new case study in JAMA Dermatology, the woman presented to a dermatology clinic in Spain after three months of oral unpleasantness. They noted the cancers in her medical history. When she opened wide, doctors immediately saw the problem: Her tongue wa

Ancient Roman Street Vendors Served Up Songbirds

Ancient Romans in need of a quick bite often chowed down on fried songbirds, new research suggests. A researcher working on the island of Mallorca found bones of song thrushes inside a trash pit near the ruins of an ancient fast food joint. The study, published in May in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, suggests that thrushes were commonly sold and consumed in Roman cities. This challenges the long-held belief that these small, speckled birds were a delicacy reserved for elite ban

The best Chromebook you can buy in 2025

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Whether you’re shopping for a budget-friendly laptop for school or a sleek machine for everyday productivity, the best Chromebooks can offer surprising functionality for the price. Chromebooks have come a long way from their early days as web-only devices. Now, many Chromebook models f

I Review AI Image Generators. This Is How I Write My Prompts to Get the Best Results

In the messy world of AI image generators, there are a lot of things that can go wrong when you're trying to get the image you see in your head to appear on your screen. I've spent the past year testing and reviewing different AI image generators, and I've generated hundreds of images across services like Midjourney and Dall-E. But they haven't all been winners. A bunch of them have been downright horrifying. But it taught me that the best way to avoid creating a wonky AI image is using a good p

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