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Brave Now Has Multi-Account Containers: What They Do and How to Use Them If you manage multiple online identities—work, personal, shopping, or social media—you’ve probably noticed how easily trackers can connect them. Sign into Gmail for work, then browse for shoes later, and suddenly ads for those shoes show up in your work inbox. That’s cross-site tracking in action, and it’s one of the main ways your browsing habits get stitched together. ...

Brave Browser Now Supports Multi-Account Containers: Here’s How to Use Them Keeping different online identities separate is a practical way to avoid tracking, manage work and personal accounts, and reduce cookie clutter. Brave has recently introduced a built-in multi-account container feature that lets you isolate browsing sessions inside the same browser window. If you’ve used Firefox’s Multi-Account Containers add-on, the concept will be familiar. For everyone else, here’s what the feature does and how to start using it. ...

Chrome 148 Is Downloading a 4GB AI Model: Here’s What You Need to Know If you noticed your hard drive space shrink after updating Google Chrome recently, you’re not alone. A number of users discovered that Chrome 148 had quietly downloaded a roughly 4GB AI model without any clear notification or request for permission. Google has since acknowledged the download and explained its purpose. This article walks through what happened, what it means for your privacy and storage, and how to manage it yourself. ...

Chrome Silently Downloaded 4GB of AI Files – Here’s What You Need to Know If you’ve noticed Chrome eating up disk space recently, you’re not alone. Last week, reports surfaced that Google’s browser had quietly downloaded a 4GB AI model in the background, catching many privacy-conscious users off guard. Google has since offered an official explanation. This article walks through what happened, what it means for your privacy, and how to take back control. ...