Google, uBlock and Kill off

Popular Google Chrome Extensions Killed Off
Google is killing uBlock Origin. Here are your options.
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uBlock Origin dead for many as Google purges Manifest v2 extensions
Chrome ad blocker stopped working? Time to look elsewhere Google's purge of Manifest v2-based extensions from its Chrome browser is underway, as many users over the past few days may have noticed.… Popular content-blocking add-on (v2-based) uBlock Origin is now automatically disabled for many in the ubiquitous browser as it continues the V3 rollout.
Google’s Chrome Upgrade—Change Your Browser To Stop Being Tracked
If you’re a Chrome user you’re being tracked. We hoped it would be less invasive by now with the death of tracking cookies. But it isn’t. In fact it’s worse with the surprise revival of digital fingerprinting,
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Google Chrome briefly tests AI-powered History feature outside the US on Windows 11
It looks like Google is preparing to roll out Chrome's AI-powered history search feature outside the United States.
Don't click this — malicious ads impersonating Google Chrome spreading dangerous malware
Called SecTopRAT, the malware hides inside a malicious ad that purports to be an installer for Google Chrome. However, anyone who clicks on the ad is instead funneled to a fake Google website designed to cleverly mimic the legitimate page.
Google Chrome is adding a Circle to Search-like feature for iPhones
Google is rolling out new search gestures that allow iPhone users to highlight anything on their screen to quickly search for it. The Lens screen-searching feature is available on iOS in both the Google app and Chrome browser and provides a similar experience to Android’s Circle to Search, which isn’t supported on iPhones.
Google Chrome disables uBlock Origin for some in Manifest v3 rollout
Google continues its rollout of gradually disabling uBlock Origin and other Manifest V2-based extensions in the Chrome web browser as part of its efforts to push users to Manifest V3-based extensions.

Perplexity, AI and Comet

Perplexity takes On Google Chrome with its AI web browser, Comet
Perplexity AI teases a new browser 'for agentic search'
Perplexity AI ventures beyond search with ‘Comet’ agentic browser to rival Google Chrome
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As Chrome Finally Finishes Off Tracking Cookies, Google Rules Are Amended to Bring Back Device Fingerprinting
Google's long-running project to eliminate cookies from Chrome is about to wind up, but it has come with a reversal of course that now allows device fingerprinting. The new Google rules were quietly announced in December of last year but seemed to slip beneath the radar.
Google Chrome's AI-powered security feature rolls out to everyone
Google Chrome has updated the existing "Enhanced protection" feature with AI to offer "real-time" protection against dangerous websites, downloads and extensions.
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Google Brings Circle to Search-Like Feature to the iPhone in Its Google and Chrome Apps
The AI-powered feature, which lets you quickly search for whatever's on your screen, is rolling out to iOS users this week.