A 4GB file called weights.bin may be sitting on your hard drive right now, put there by Chrome without your knowledge.

ChromeOS once promised a lightweight future built around the web. Googlebooks replace that vision with Android apps and AI ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

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

Google never really asked or notified users about this, and both Windows and macOS are affected.

Chrome Canary now shows a redesigned multi‑step PWA install flow with desktop shortcuts, taskbar pinning, progress screens, ...

Our '7 Days' weekly tech roundup brings the juiciest announcements. Read about Edge browser handling passwords in plaintext, JDownloader getting hacked, and the TAB key.

The 4GB on-device AI model, supposedly for Gemini Nano, is installed without consent or opt-in, and even re-downloads itself ...

PCWorld highlights 15 essential free apps that can significantly enhance Chromebook functionality, covering photo editing, ...

While this series has focused on alternatives to Windows, there are smaller steps one might take to loosen Microsoft's hold ...

Without notice or consent, Chrome has been downloading the hefty Gemini Nano model to run AI locally on your computer.

I’ve been covering Android since 2023, when I joined Android Police, mostly focusing on AI and everything around Pixel and Galaxy phones. I’ve got a bachelor’s in IT with a major in AI, so I naturally ...