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Cybersecurity

Chrome will enable secure connections by default and warn about HTTP sites in 2026

Google plans to enable the “Always use secure connections” setting by default in Chrome 154 in October 2026, so that the browser requests user permission before the first visit to any public site that does not use HTTPS. In April 2026, the company will begin rolling out the setting to Enhanced Safe Browsing users, numbering more than one billion, before extending it to all users.

2025-10-28

Cybersecurity

Google Reveals Phoenix Attacks to Bypass Rowhammer Defenses in DDR5 Memory

Research supported by Google in collaboration with ETH Zurich has shown that customized attack patterns can bypass enhanced TRR defenses in some DDR5 modules, enabling the first privilege-escalation exploit via Rowhammer on a production desktop system equipped with DDR5 memory. The company continues to work on testing platforms and the PRAC standard to strengthen DRAM ecosystem protections.

2025-09-15

Artificial intelligence

NVIDIA Launches Cosmos Predict-2 Model and New Tools for Developing Autonomous Vehicles

NVIDIA has launched the Cosmos Predict-2 world foundation model and developer tools to accelerate synthetic data generation and the training and testing of autonomous driving systems. The announcements include new NIM services and an upcoming integration with the CARLA simulator, along with updates to the NVIDIA Halos safety platform.

2025-06-11