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It turns out that Google Chrome comes pre-installed with a hidden API that only Google can access, and the same goes for Chromium-based browsers such as Edge and Brave.

Luca Casonato, developer of JavaScript Registry (JSR) and Deno, has pointed out that Google's official web browser, Google Chrome, comes pre-installed with an API that only Google-related websites can ...

Google Chrome Pushes Critical Security Update for 3B Users

Google patched high-severity CVE-2026-0628 in Chrome 143 and added Push API rate limits to curb notification spam, with ...
9to5google

Chrome not proceeding with Web Integrity API deemed by many to be DRM

Back in July, Google’s work on a Web Integrity API emerged, and many equated it to DRM. While prototyped, it was only at the proposal stage, and the company announced today it’s not going ahead with ...
GIGAZINE

Google Chrome 89 stable release, with API that allows you to connect to external hardware from your browser

Version 89.0.4389.72, the latest stable version of the web browser ' Google Chrome', has been released. In addition to an API that allows you to access external hardware such as Joy-Con of Nintendo ...
Cybernews

Chrome hits scammers with rate limiting for push notifications

Google Chrome is implementing a new rate limit of 1,000 push notifications per minute for sites with low user engagement to ...
TechRadar

Google wants devs to promise they won't abuse new Chrome ad API

Google will soon be launching a new API for Chrome, designed to provide ads tailored to users' preferences within the web browser. However, since the revelation that a fingerprinting attack on the API ...