Morningstar

Obscure MCP API in Comet Browser Breaches User Trust, Enabling Full Device Control via AI Browsers

PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- SquareX released critical research exposing a hidden API in Comet that allows extensions in the AI Browser to execute local commands and gain full ...
Ars Technica

Chrome will support the WebGPU API by default—here’s why that’s important

Google announced today that it would enable WebGPU support in its Chrome browser by default starting in version 113, currently in beta. In development since 2017, WebGPU is a next-generation graphics ...
Bleeping Computer

Browser developers push back on Google's “web DRM” WEI API

Google's plans to introduce the Web Environment Integrity (WEI) API on Chrome has been met with fierce backlash from internet software developers, drawing criticism for limiting user freedom and ...
SiliconANGLE

SquareX warns hidden API in Perplexity’s Comet browser enables full device takeover

New research out today from browser security company SquareX Ltd. is warning of a hidden application programming interface in Perplexity AI Inc.’s Comet browser that allows extensions in the ...
Yahoo Finance

Obscure MCP API in Comet Browser Breaches User Trust, Enabling Full Device Control via AI Browsers

"For decades, browser vendors have adhered to strict security controls that prevent browsers, and especially extensions, from directly controlling the underlying device," explains Kabilan Sakthivel, ...