Just hours after the release of the Google Chrome browser last month, researcher Aviv Raff discovered that he could combine two vulnerabilities -- a flaw in Apple Safari (WebKit) and a Java bug -- to ...

Downloads of files like images may be banned if they use HTTP connections – even if they are available from an HTTPS website. Google Chrome will soon restrict certain files, like PDFs or executables, ...

Users noticed Google Chrome silently downloading a 4GB file called “weights.bin” in the background, sparking privacy concerns. This file actually helps run Gemini Nano on-device, improving privacy by ...

Just when you thought Google Chrome couldn't get more resource-intensive and invasive, it has quietly downloaded a massive AI-related file on systems running the browser. This includes both Windows ...

Again, simply deleting the weights.bin file won’t work, as Chrome will automatically reinstall the missing file. But you can remove the 4GB download another way: by changing a single Chrome setting.

Chrome downloads can fail due to various reasons. When you click on the download link, Chrome sends a request to the server hosting the file, and the server responds with the file, and your download ...

Google has been tweaking how it scans files using the Chrome browser to detect malware before downloading. By automating the process as much as is possible, Google is looking to protect users from ...

You may see EXE file is dangerous, so Chrome has blocked it while installing an application that Chrome thinks is malicious. If you know for sure that it is safe and ...

Google Chrome has reportedly been downloading a hidden 4GB artificial intelligence (AI) model file on some users’ devices without clearly informing them. The file, called weights.bin, is linked to ...

If you're on a computer for much of the day, downloading files is likely to be a regular part of your workflow. That could be from an email attachment, a messaging app, or through a web browser.