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Browsers Treat Big Sites Differently (denodell.com)

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#browser #safari #Firefox #chrome #web #webdev #programming


Browsers Treat Big Sites Differently

Safari and Firefox change how big sites render based on the domain. TikTok, Netflix, Instagram… even SeatGuru. Chrome doesn’t. Why is that?
Den Odell
#firefox #programming #web #browser #webdev #chrome #safari

By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google and their love for in-browser AI features (if you don't, this is the story: theverge.com/tech/924933/googl…).

Our team has been inspecting the Chromium code and disabling stuff from the very first version of Vivaldi (we have some posts about this in our blog, such as vivaldi.com/blog/news/alert-no… or vivaldi.com/blog/no-google-viv…).

We've also been very outspoken about our dislike of the built-in AI trend in the browser industry, but in case there's still any doubts: yes, we disable all Gemini-related features, and we've been doing it for a while.

#Ai #Browser #Chrome #Chromium #Google #Gemini


Chrome’s AI features may be hogging 4GB of your computer storage

Chrome users are discovering that Google is installing a 4GB weights.bin file inside their browser directory when certain AI browser features are enabled.
Jess Weatherbed (The Verge)
#ai #Google #browser #chrome #gemini #Chromium


Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane.

Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user deletes it.
Alexander Hanff (That Privacy Guy! — Hanff & Co. AB)
#ai #Google #chrome #anthropic

Chrome lataa nyt tietokoneelle 4 gigatavun paikallisen tekoälymallin - kysymättä lupaa tai ilmoittamatta asiasta

Tiedosto latautuu itsestään kaikille tietokoneille sen kummemmin mitään ilmoittamatta, kunhan tietokone vain täyttää tietyt suorituskykyvaatimukset.

Tekoälymalli-tiedoston poistaminen ei auta mitään, sillä selain lataa sen automaattisesti aina uudestaan.

dawn.fi/uutiset/2026/05/05/chr…

#chrome #tekoäly #ai #google #uutiset #teknologia #selain #tekniikka


Chrome lataa kaikille tietokoneille automaattisesti 4 gigatavun tekoälytiedoston, kysymättä lupaa

Googlen Chrome-selain on ryhtynyt lataamaan automaattisesti, ilman käyttäjän lupaa, jokaiselle ehdot täyttävälle tietokoneelle 4 gigatavun tekoälytiedoston.
Petteri Pyyny (AfterDawn)
#ai #Google #chrome #uutiset #teknologia #tekoaly #tekniikka #selain

Having been part of a project attempting to measure the carbon footprint of serving web pages I can affirm that using the internet is not a trivial cost for the planet.

thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome…

#AI #privacy #ePrivacy #Compliance #GDPR #Google #Chrome #Gemini #ESG #Environment #Sustainability #Climate #law

Screenshot of a web page as per link Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. 4 May 2026 By Alexander Hanff Image in shades of orange, ochre and brown of a dessicated landscape with a creek that might have fire rather than water flowing at its bottom

Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane.

Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user deletes it.
Alexander Hanff (That Privacy Guy! — Hanff & Co. AB)
#Environment #ai #climate #Google #privacy #law #sustainability #gdpr #chrome #gemini #compliance #eprivacy #esg

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