Inside XBOW's 6-day Chrome full chain, and the 3 patches to check this week
On Oct 13, XBOW published a write-up of how it built a full Chrome exploit chain on Windows in six days, with AI agents doing much of the legwork. H…
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Spending fewer LLM calls in an ad-hiding Chrome extension: from 7.6 to 2.2 checks per page
Disclosure: this article was written by an AI assistant on behalf of AdShy's developer, Kaprojennoe, at his request, from his release notes and test…
How to Build a Chrome Extension in 2026 (Manifest V3 Guide)
Originally published on the MatrixInn Solutions blog . Chrome extensions give you superpowers over the browser — blocking ads, automating tasks, inj…
I built a Chrome extension because Kick's VOD chat can't keep up with 1.5x
I watch most streams as VODs, and I watch them at 1.5x. On Kick that has one annoying side effect: the chat replay falls behind. Someone scores, the…
Translated captions in a Chrome extension: tab audio in MV3, and one stream instead of two services
I build a Chrome extension on my own that shows translated captions over a Meet, Zoom or Teams call running in a browser tab. No bot joins the call;…
I built a free Chrome extension that drops your saved prompts into any text box with //
I found myself typing the same prompts into ChatGPT and Claude over and over. Rewording them slightly each time. Losing track of which version worke…
I built a Chrome extension after a screen-share disaster reminded me how fragile browsing is
A founder was sharing her screen during a work call with a CEO. He asked her to check a lead's website. She searched the domain, clicked it, and an…
I Compared 5 Weather Extensions for Chrome — Here’s How They Actually Differ
I Compared 5 Weather Extensions for Chrome — Here’s How They Actually Differ I recently spent some time comparing Chrome weather extensions while th…
What Is SeenDisJob? A New Chrome Extension for Job Seekers
Wisdom Ekwugha is the developer and creator of SeenDisJob. SeenDisJob is a Chrome extension built for job seekers. Its purpose is focused and specif…
4 groups caught using the same Chrome and Windows exploit kit
A patch gap and the hastened pace of AI-based vulnerability discovery are likely contributors.
5 Pitfalls I Hit Rendering Markdown Tables to PNG with Headless Chrome
Liquid syntax error: Variable '{{ border-collapse:separate; border-spacing:0; width:{width}' was not properly terminated with regexp: /\}\}/
Inbundly – Google Inbox-style bundles for Gmail
Inbundly brings Google Inbox-style bundles back to Gmail: emails sharing a label are grouped into collapsible bundles so you can skim, prioritize, a…
What it really takes to publish a browser extension
Every tutorial sells you the same fantasy. A weekend, a manifest.json, a popup — and you publish a Chrome extension with a neat little "published" b…
19 Chrome DevTools Tricks Every Developer Should Know
Most developers use Chrome DevTools every day. But most of us only use a small part of what it can actually do. Chrome DevTools has lots of hidden f…
I Built a Chrome Extension to Track AI Token Usage — Here's How It Works
Six weeks ago I got cut off mid-debugging session by Claude's rate limit with no warning. Two hours of context gone. I started looking for a tool th…
What I Learned Shipping My First Chrome Extension to the Web Store
I spent the last few months building and shipping a Chrome extension called Promo Drop, a free tool that finds verified promo codes and cashback for…
GoFullPage got pulled. Here is how to take a full-page screenshot without any extension.
On 11 August the GoFullPage extension disappeared from the Chrome Web Store and got disabled in Chromium browsers. Eleven million users, one Tuesday…
Chrome may get faster updates with no restart required
The last two versions of Chrome have included more patches than the previous 23 combined.
How to Build a Profitable Chrome Extension in 2025
How to Build a Profitable Chrome Extension in 2025 tags: javascript, chrome, extension, money tags: javascript, chrome, extension, money How to Buil…
Reverse image search breaks on Instagram. Here's the fallback ladder that fixes it.
Every one-click reverse image search extension works the same way, and it is not the way you'd guess. It doesn't upload anything. It builds a URL: c…
I Built a Chrome Extension to Replace Notion's Broken Web Clipper
Notion's official Web Clipper has a 3.4★ rating on the Chrome Web Store. The reviews tell the same story for years: "go online to save" errors while…
How I Built a Free Image Downloader & Collector Extension for Designers & Graphic Apparel Creators
As a developer and creator involved in graphic apparel design at Tshirts I Want , I constantly find myself browsing visual inspiration across platfo…
Your YouTube screenshot is black because you screenshotted the wrong layer
You hit PrintScreen on a video, paste, and get a black rectangle where the picture was. The window frame is there. The controls are there. The video…
Why the most-installed "PDF dark mode" Chrome extensions do nothing on a web PDF
Chrome still ships no dark mode for its built-in PDF viewer. Open a white paper at 1am and you get a flashbang. So you go to the Web Store, install…
Building a Local-Only Chrome Extension That Autofills Job Application Forms
If you've ever filled out a dozen job application forms in a row, you know the special kind of tedium involved. This post is part of my ongoing "aut…
I got tired of running 4 browser extensions, so I built one
I had a website blocker, a Pomodoro timer, a tab suspender, and a time tracker installed at the same time — four separate extensions, four separate…
My AI QA agent said "all features working." The canvas was blank. Here's what it was actually seeing.
Back when I first delegated QA to an AI agent, it signed off on a tool with "all features working, pass." I opened the tool myself. The canvas was b…
Automating an app with no DOM: driving Flutter/canvas editors with coordinates only
In my last post I said that for normal HTML pages, element-based automation ( find / read_page ) beats coordinates every time. This post is about th…
Chrome Built-In AI APIs: A Hands-On Guide to Language Detection, Translation, Summarization and Writing Assistance
Introduction Chrome's Built-In AI APIs allow applications to perform selected AI workloads directly within the browser. Unlike traditional AI integr…
Extract Text From Scanned PDFs — Locally, No Upload, No Fees
Extract Text From Scanned PDFs — Locally, No Upload, No Fees Scanned contracts. Old receipts. Medical documents. Bank statements. We all have PDFs t…