Google is tightening Chrome extension rules with stricter privacy requirements, AI safeguards, and new bans on prediction market tools.

It sounds counterintuitive, but hear me out. If you’re looking for a new browser extension to try, or you want to download one that has been recommended to you, stop using the Chrome Web Store to look ...

Google updated Chrome Web Store rules, limiting data collection, expanding disclosures, restricting AI bypass extensions, ...

A rare privacy win for Chrome users ...

Once upon a time, OK not so long ago, browsers such as Chrome and Firefox fought for supremacy over browser extensions. That war has seemingly simmered down but the remnants threaten the security of ...

Effective Aug. 27, the restrictions are aimed at ridding the Chrome Web Store of things like copycats and misleading extensions with fake reviews. Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a ...

The age of sideloading extensions is over for Chrome users on Windows PCs. After announcing Chrome would become a walled garden in November, Google followed through with its promise on Tuesday. Chrome ...

The firm announced that it was putting a temporary suspension on paid Chrome Web Store extensions after a surge of fraudulent transactions this month. Free extensions remain safe in the ban. Following ...

A recent study conducted by security experts from Stanford University has uncovered a major security concern for users of the Google Chrome Web Store. The researchers have published their findings on ...

Google is cracking down again on deceptive Chrome extension installation practices. The browser maker listed new rules yesterday that extension developers must follow, or face the possibility of ...