Google has issued an emergency update warning for 3.5 billion Chrome browser users across Windows, macOS, Linux and Android platforms. What to know and do.

Google has announced Privacy Sandbox, which removed tracking cookies in Chrome, is being discontinued in a major update.

The company tacitly admits that browser notifications, as designed, might have been a bad idea, saying that its own data shows users receive a high volume of notifications but rarely interact with them.

CNBC’s MacKenzie Sigalos reports on OpenAI’s new browser launch — a generative AI-powered alternative to Chrome and Comet that’s designed to surf the web, complete tasks, and follow users across every page.

Google has also provided Chrome for Android 141.0.7390.122, which fixes the same vulnerabilities as in the desktop versions. The Extended Stable Channel for Windows and macOS still contains Chromium version 140.0.7339.249. Google plans to release Chrome 142 on October 28th. A small group of users will receive the new version this evening.