A developer built a Chrome extension called ChatGPT Counter that displays real-time token usage directly on ChatGPT pages. The extension intercepts ChatGPT's internal SSE API responses to track token …
Google Chrome is deploying on-device machine learning warnings on Android to flag deceptive or spammy notifications, displaying the sending site, a warning message, and options to unsubscribe or allow…
Chrome 138 ships with a free, on-device AI model called Gemini Nano accessible through the new Prompt API, requiring no API keys or cloud round-trips. Developer Maneshwar built a single-file HTML play…
DuckDuckGo reported that visits to its "No AI" search page more than tripled after Google's May 19th I/O announcements, which introduced an AI-reimagined search box with features like AI suggestions a…
Shrijith Venkatramana built Gemini Nano Book Lab, a Chrome extension that uses the browser's built-in Prompt API to answer questions about a 1.25-million-character memoir entirely on-device. The exper…
A new Chrome extension called Tab Council allows users to turn their existing AI browser tabs into a structured model council for cross-checking important prompts. The tool orchestrates independent an…
A blog and wiki site operator is blocking high-volume crawlers using old browser user agents, particularly Chrome versions, due to a surge in data collection for LLM training as of early 2025. The blo…
Rabbitholes, a new Chrome extension, provides inline Wikipedia-style explanations for any highlighted text without opening a new tab or breaking the user's focus. The tool uses Claude Haiku 4.5 direct…
A developer built ForSocials as a Chrome extension to embed AI tools directly into the browser workflow, eliminating the need for context switching. The project aims to reduce friction by keeping user…
A 1971 protocol called Finger, which predates the World Wide Web, allows users to share personal status updates and files through a terminal without a graphical interface or JavaScript. The protocol, …
Patchright, a patched version of Playwright, removes automation flags like `navigator.webdriver` to help scrapers avoid detection by anti-bot systems. In a test against a protected e-commerce page, Pa…
Google announced at I/O 2026 that developers can now build AI-powered features directly into web applications using Chrome's built-in AI APIs, eliminating cloud costs and keeping user data on-device. …
Google shipped the Prompt API in Chrome 148 on May 5, 2026, giving every website the ability to run local AI inference via Gemini Nano, a 4GB model now bundled with the browser without user opt-in. Mo…
Start Page HQ launched a $2-per-month browser dashboard that consolidates notes, tasks, feeds, and developer tools into a single new tab page, replacing the need for multiple apps and tabs. The servic…
The Chrome team has proposed a new web platform feature called "Declarative Partial Updates," consisting of two sets of APIs designed to allow HTML to be delivered and inserted out of order, breaking …
Here is a 2-3 sentence factual summary of the article: At Google I/O 2026, Google announced WebMCP (Web Model Context Protocol), a new standard developed jointly with Microsoft that allows websites t…
This article explains how the Chrome extension EntryCheck avoids common patterns of using external APIs or local user storage by bundling a static dataset of visa requirements for over 190 countries d…
Typly is a lightweight Chrome extension that allows users to customize typography on any website by adjusting font size, line spacing, and contrast per HTML tag in real-time without breaking page layo…
The article announces the launch of PolySweeper, a macOS disk cleaner designed for developers to locate and safely remove large, unnecessary files such as node_modules, Unity caches, and Xcode artifac…
The CSS `:has()` selector, now supported in all major browsers, allows developers to style a parent element based on whether it contains a specific child element, effectively turning CSS into a condit…