Jack Wallen/ZDNET Google has released a critical security update for the Chrome web browser. The zero-day flaw, CVE-2024-4671, is a "use-after-free" vulnerability in Chrome's Visuals component.

That said, the browser will likely look and feel fairly familiar, as it's reportedly built on Chromium, which is the same codebase that powers Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Opera, and others.

OpenAI has reportedly considered working on a web browser to compete with Chrome. The company went so far as to hire ex-Google developers Ben Goodger and Darin Fisher, who worked on the original ...

Pushing Google to sell Chrome, according to Justice Department officials, will split the company's browser from its search engine and create more competition in the online search market.

Google’s Chrome is the company’s proprietary browser, the most popular one in the world used by an estimated 66% of people globally as of March, according to Statcounter.