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Google's Been Quietly Using Your Hard Drive for AI. Here's What to Do About It (cnet.com)

2026-06-07 | by See Full Bio | get Secure External Hard Drive → | tags: chrome, device, gemini

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How I created personalized Spotify playlist covers to spruce up my library (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-29 | get Custom Spotify Playlist Cover Art → | tags: spotify, gemini nano banana, discover weekly

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How to Tell if Google Chrome Secretly Downloaded a 4GB AI Model to Your Device (cnet.com)

2026-05-29 | by See Full Bio | get Chrome Privacy Scanner → | tags: google chrome, gemini nano, ai model

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If You Use Google Chrome, Your Device May Have Secretly Downloaded a 4GB AI Model (cnet.com)

2026-05-21 | by See Full Bio | get AI Model USB Drive → | tags: google chrome, gemini nano, google

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Did Chrome Just Install a Massive AI Model on Your Device Without Telling You? Yes, Probably (cnet.com)

2026-05-15 | by See Full Bio | get Google Chrome AI Extension → | tags: chrome, google, gemini nano

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How to Delete the 4GB File That Chrome May Have (Secretly) Installed on Your Device (cnet.com)

2026-05-13 | by See Full Bio | get USB Flash Drive Data Recovery → | tags: google chrome, gemini nano, ai model

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Chrome's AI features may be hogging 4GB of your computer storage (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-10 | by Jess Weatherbed | get Chrome Cleanup Tool → | tags: google chrome, gemini nano, weights.bin

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Here’s how I finally got Google’s uninvited 4GB AI model off my Mac (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-09 | get Google AI Model Removal Tool → | tags: google chrome, gemini nano, macbook air

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Hackable Robot Lawn Mower Unlocks a New Nightmare (wired.com)

2026-05-09 | by Maddy Varner | get Smart Robot Lawn Mower → | tags: canvas, shinyhunters, google chrome

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Fury Erupts After Google Chrome Sneakily Installs 4 GB AI Model On Users’ PCs (futurism.com)

2026-05-09 | by Victor Tangermann | get Chrome Privacy Extension → | tags: google chrome, google gemini nano, ai model

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Chrome's 4GB AI model isn't new, but you're not wrong for being confused (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-08 | get AI Model Storage Upgrade → | tags: chrome, google, gemini nano

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How to remove Gemini Nano from Chrome (and free up 4GB of storage) (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-08 | get Chrome Cleanup Tool → | tags: chrome, google, gemini nano

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Google Chrome May Have Quietly Installed a 4GB AI Model Onto Your Device (cnet.com)

2026-05-08 | by See Full Bio | get AI Model Storage Upgrade → | tags: google chrome, gemini nano, google

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How to Disable Google's Gemini in Chrome (wired.com)

2026-05-07 | by Lily Hay Newman | tags: google, chrome, gemini nano

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Google Chrome Might Have Installed an AI Model Onto Your Device Without You Knowing (cnet.com)

2026-05-06 | by See Full Bio | get Chrome AI Security Extension → | tags: google chrome, gemini nano, pixel

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Google weighs in on Chrome’s weights.bin controversy (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-06 | get Chrome Browser Extension → | tags: chrome, weights.bin, google

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Why Chrome may have quietly downloaded a 4GB file to your PC - and how to get rid of it (zdnet.com)

2026-05-06 | by Lance Whitney | get Chrome Cleanup Tool → | tags: google, chrome, gemini nano

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Chrome downloads a 4GB AI file without user consent, researcher alleges (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-06 | by Nathan Ingraham | get Chrome Data Privacy Extension → | tags: chrome, google, gemini nano

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Chrome downloads a 4GB AI file without user consent, researcher alleges (engadget.com)

2026-05-06 | by Nathan Ingraham | get USB Data Blocker → | tags: google, chrome, gemini nano

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Is Chrome’s 4GB ‘weights.bin’ file spyware? Google clarifies (Updated) (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-06 | get Chrome Cleanup Tool → | tags: google chrome, weights.bin, gemini nano

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Is Chrome’s 4GB “weights.bin” file spyware? The truth behind the viral warnings (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-06 | get Chrome Cleanup Tool → | tags: google chrome, weights.bin, gemini nano

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Chrome’s AI features may be hogging 4GB of your computer storage (theverge.com)

2026-05-06 | by Jess Weatherbed | get Chrome AI Storage Extension → | tags: google chrome, gemini nano, ai features

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Google Chrome has been silently pushing a 4GB AI model to your device without asking (techspot.com)

2026-05-05 | get Chrome AI Model Download → | tags: google chrome, google, gemini nano

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Google just dropped a new ‘experimental AI assistant’ app exclusively for Android (Updated) (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-01 | get Google Pixel Buds Pro → | tags: google, cosmo, gemini nano

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The Prompt API (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-27 | get OpenAI API Documentation → | tags: prompt api, gemini nano, chrome extension

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I used Gemini Nano Banana 2 to create sketchnotes - here's what it got right (and hilariously wrong) (zdnet.com)

2026-03-04 | by David Gewirtz | get Sketchnote generator → | tags: gemini nano banana 2, sketchnoting, redditors