GoKawiil
Tech News
Tuck is a free browser extension that lets users temporarily close tabs and have them reopen automatically at a chosen later time, similar to snoozing an email in Gmail. It works across Chrome, Safari, Edge, Firefox, Brave, Arc, Vivaldi and other major browsers without requiring an account. The tool also auto-closes idle tabs after a set period and stores them so users can reopen them later.
Google has expanded Gemini in Chrome so it can process video and audio content from websites outside YouTube, letting users get key takeaways and ask questions about that media. Unlike YouTube, where Gemini reads transcripts instantly, non-YouTube content must be played through fully before Gemini can analyze it. Google also added quiz generation from notes, webpages, or YouTube videos, plus a feature that preserves scroll position and partially filled forms when tabs are sent between devices.
Google is updating Chrome so that tabs sent between devices now retain the exact scroll position and any partially filled forms, letting users resume reading or complete forms seamlessly across desktop and mobile. Gemini in Chrome is also expanding its ability to analyze, summarize, and quiz users on podcasts and non-YouTube videos, in addition to documents and webpages it already supports.
A discussion between Igalia developers highlighted cases where major browsers implement identical behaviour that differs from what the official web specification states, and the fix applied is often to change the specification rather than the browsers. The piece traces this back to the Web's origins, noting Tim Berners-Lee developed HTML, HTTP and the first browser simultaneously in 1989-1990, so specs and implementations evolved together rather than one preceding the other.
The UK Competition and Markets Authority has proposed requiring Google and Android device makers to present search-engine choice screens when phones or Chrome are first set up, followed by annual prompts. The plan also calls for offering users a choice of AI assistants that meet certain security standards, and for requiring search providers to clearly attribute publisher content shown in results. The proposals build on measures introduced earlier in 2026, including a June 3rd rule letting publishers opt out of AI results.
Google has officially unveiled Googlebook, a new laptop platform built on Android and Chrome OS foundations, previously known internally as Aluminium OS. Acer, Asus, Dell, HP and Lenovo have all announced flagship Googlebook laptops starting at $899, with US sales beginning October 4 and pre-orders already open at the Google Store, Best Buy, and select retailers.
A software utility lets users replace their browser's default new tab page with a personalized dashboard for organizing bookmarks and frequently visited sites. The tool works across most major browsers, not just Chrome, giving users a consistent launchpad experience regardless of which browser they use.
Major tech firms including Microsoft, Oracle and Google reported unprecedented numbers of security patches this year, with Microsoft issuing 974 CVE fixes this month alone and Oracle shipping 1,448 patches in July compared to 309 a year earlier. Analysts tracking cve.icu counted 66,401 confirmed vulnerabilities as of this week, nearly double last September's tally, a jump attributed largely to AI tools now used for automated bug discovery.
Security researcher Gal Weizman of Forever Security found that a single malicious browser extension could take over AI assistants embedded in Chrome, Edge, Opera Neon, Perplexity Comet and Claude in Chrome, using Chromium's declarativeNetRequest feature to manipulate trusted network traffic without any user interaction. The technique, called BragJack, earned Weizman over $20,000 in bug bounties across the five vendors and generated two CVEs, with Google and Microsoft having already patched the issues.
Snapdrop is a browser-based tool that lets people send files directly between nearby devices without creating an account or installing software. The service works via local network connections, and on Chrome it may briefly request microphone access to help detect nearby devices, though no audio is recorded or transmitted.
A developer flagged two recurring GitHub interface bugs: one that overcounts pull requests in the repository tab, especially after merges, even though the correct count appears elsewhere on the same page, and another affecting a pop-up window for org membership selection that fails to properly paginate, blocking access to org pages beyond the first. The user worked around the pagination issue by using JavaScript to force navigation within the pop-up, since Chrome wouldn't allow manual editing of its address bar.
Elastic Security Labs uncovered a malware toolkit called KREMLIN, active since mid-2025, that tricks victims into opening fake invoice or receipt files to install malicious Chrome and Edge extensions without any user approval. The toolkit recreates Chromium's cryptographic integrity checks so the browser treats the rogue extension as legitimate, then harvests login credentials, session tokens and other sensitive data. Elastic ties the operation to a Brazilian group that has run at least seven campaigns impersonating 12 banks since May.