LinkedIn is facing two lawsuits over its practice of scanning users’ browsers to determine which extensions they’re running.

LinkedIn says it scans extensions to prevent invasive web scraping and calls the California lawsuits 'a house of cards built ...

Seemingly out of nowhere, the “Save image as Type” Chrome extension was marked for removal, with Google warning users that the extension contains malware. The extension had at least one million users.

Chrome extensions can make coding easier. They help developers inspect websites, find errors, and test features quickly. The right tools can save time. Many extensions help with debugging, design ...

Scraping Bubble: Companies specializing in scraping or otherwise harvesting publicly available content to train AI models are becoming increasingly common. In particular, some firms are targeting ...

What if extracting data from PDFs, images, or websites could be as fast as snapping your fingers? Prompt Engineering explores how the Gemini web scraper is transforming data extraction with ...

A new malware-as-a-service (MaaS) called 'Stanley' promises malicious Chrome extensions that can clear Google's review process and publish them to the Chrome Web Store. Researchers at end-to-end data ...

PCWorld reports on a Chrome extension called “Microsoft to Microslop” that renames Microsoft references in browsers as a protest against the company’s aggressive AI integration. The extension reflects ...

Two Chrome extensions in the Web Store named 'Phantom Shuttle' are posing as plugins for a proxy service to hijack user traffic and steal sensitive data. Both extensions are still present in Chrome's ...

Dec 19 (Reuters) - Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab on Friday sued a Texas company that "scrapes" data from online search results, alleging it uses hundreds of millions of fake Google search requests ...

A bombshell was dropped on the AI industry when an August 2025 USENIX study found that AI browsers violate user privacy by collecting customer browsing data. Conducted by researchers at the University ...