Installing a Chrome extension might feel seemingly harmless, but it could give someone else a peek at everything you search for online. You might be taking a detour you never signed up for. That’s what security researchers at Socket have uncovered — 319 Chrome extensions with a collective 13.4 million installations that push people’s searches through hidden servers before landing on Bing or Yahoo. Nothing looks alarming, which is why they stay under the radar.

Chrome is constantly eating up at least 2GB of my computer's memory, and that's when I'm not doing anything particularly demanding.

One of the major Chrome alternatives is close to going away. The Browser Company has confirmed that the Arc browser will shut down on December 22, 2026 as its successor Dia nears.