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Browser Extensions Can Steal Everything

Do you know a browser extension can basically steal everything going on in your browser? Honestly, most of us just click “Allow” when the permission popup shows up. We want the tool to work. But with the right (or wrong) permissions, a malicious extension can do a lot more than it claims. It can read every page you visit in real time. Banking sites, email, documents, whatever’s open. It can grab your session cookies — those little tokens that keep you logged in — so the attacker gets in as you without needing your password. It can log every keystroke you type. It can inject code into pages you’re already on, change what you see, or drop a fake payment field on a checkout page. It can even route your traffic through someone else’s server or quietly record conversations you have with AI chatbots. This isn’t theoretical. In April 2026 researchers found 108 malicious Chrome extensions. Telegram tools, video helpers, productivity add-ons — about 20,000 downloads total, all sending dat...
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Arthritis Pill Now Helps Regrow Hair in Alopecia

Here's a drug repurposing story that actually has real numbers behind it. Upadacitinib , a pill already prescribed for rheumatoid arthritis, just showed it can help regrow hair in people with alopecia areata, the autoimmune condition that causes round, sudden bald patches. The drug works by blocking JAK enzymes, which are part of the signaling pathways that drive immune responses. That's the same mechanism that calms joint inflammation in arthritis, and it turns out it also seems to calm whatever's attacking the hair follicles in alopecia. Two Phase III trials, nearly 1,400 people total, looked at how many patients regrew enough hair to cover at least 80% of their scalp after 24 weeks. On the 15 mg dose, close to half got there. On the 30 mg dose, it was over 54%. The placebo group? Only about 2%. That's not a small gap, that's the kind of separation that makes a drug worth watching. What stood out to me is the timeline, people started seeing improvement as e...
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AYA Neo Slide progress update (handheld gaming PC with slide-out keyboard and Ryzen 7 6800U)

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  Handheld gaming PC maker AYA’s roadmap for 2022 and 2023 is pretty crowded . But one of the most interesting devices the company is working on is the AYA Neo Slide, which will be AYA’s first computer to feature a keyboard. First revealed in May, the AYA Neo Slide features an AMD Ryzen 7 6800U processor, RDNA 2 graphics, and a 6 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel touchscreen display that slides upward to reveal a backlit keyboard with physical keys. The company showed off the latest working prototype as well as some new rendered images over the weekend. While there aren’t many new details about specs or pricing, the new pictures give us a better look at the sliding mechanism, the keyboard, joysticks, and what the handheld PC looks like with a white case featuring orange highlights (previously we’ve only seen mockups and rendered images of an AYA Neo Slide with a black case). The Slide has a USB-C port, headphone jack, and microSD card reader along the bottom, and another USB-C port on the to...
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