Google Chrome is quietly downloading a roughly 4 GB AI model to many users’ computers without clear upfront consent.
The file, called weights.bin, is part of Google’s Gemini Nano on-device language model and lands in the browser’s user data folder under OptGuideOnDeviceModel.
It powers built-in AI tools such as “Help me write,” smarter tab suggestions, on-device scam detection, and page summarization. The download triggers automatically for devices meeting minimum hardware requirements, and Chrome often replaces the files if deleted.
While the model processes data locally, installation happens in the background with minimal notification.
The scale is noteworthy. Hundreds of millions or billions of installations add up to thousands of tonnes of carbon emissions globally from data transfer, even though each is a one-time event.
To prevent or remove it, go to chrome://flags, disable the entries for the optimization guide on-device model and Prompt API, restart the browser, and manually delete the folder.
The biggest incentives campaign on Monad in both Daily Rewards Distribution AND APR is also the only one rewarding in stablecoins.
This is generated from revenue (meaning: this is sustainable long term).
Neverland leads the way on real value creation and distribution on Monad.
@dcfgod Option B is rare but does exist. Since launching Neverland 5 months ago, we’ve distributed ~$1M in stablecoins to our token holders (100% of our protocol revenue).
That being said, I do agree with your point and hope we see more accountability and less negligence soon. 💜
The real test of DeFi is not what a protocol generates when markets are easy.
It’s what it generates when trust gets hit and capital flees.
The past few days have been a genuine stress event for DeFi.
And yet, Neverland users are still on track to earn roughly the same revenue this epoch as last week, if not slightly more.
Thank you for choosing Neverland as your safe haven. ✨
Neverland timelocks are now live.
All governance and risk changes are enforced on-chain with mandatory delays, giving users and integrators time to review and the governance an additional layer of validation.
Built for transparency. Designed for safety.
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@N_Heisterhagen Reiche arbeitet nicht an bezahlbarer Energie. Dann würde sie Speicher und Netzausbau fördern, Smart Meter endlich in Masse ausrollen. Sie arbeitet an Gewinnen für RWE und Eon, und an Erlösen für Investoren mit LNG-Assets.
LlamaAI for the win! Thank you @DefiLlama for enabling users to DYOR and make informed decisions with their capital.
It’s lovely to see the spotlight on veDUST as the #1 Stablecoin-Rewarded pool across ALL chains, and a breakdown of the mechanics, risks, stability, etc. Bravo!
Elixir has worked with curators to make available funds to lenders affected by Stream’s open borrow positions on lending markets. Affected lenders can now recover USDC at the following link: https://t.co/7InUWHlbWt
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Okay, firstly I wanna say @Neverland_Money is by far the most unique and best protocol to date in the whole entire “Crypto” mf industry. I don’t care what anyone has to say.
The owners are very friendly and professional and the whole community is absolutely amazing and surprisingly sane considering it’s crypto.
If you aren’t with us, then you are missing out.
Also @monad while I’m on the topic, if you bots don’t give Neverland more recognition for all the hard-work they put in than ima be beefing. They built this on your ecosystem, show more love.
That’s all, thanks for reading my stoner post.
Now, here’s a picture of my current supply and weekly revenue. 😈🤙🏼
“We need Greenland for national security”
“We need Greenland for natural resources”
“Greenland is in our backyard”
“The people of Greenland aren’t governed well”
Now replace “Greenland” with “Crimea” and you have Kremlin talking points about Ukraine.
This is a problem.
while there were still millions of liquidity above 0.9 onchain for USDX, re7 liquidated 0 debt. now lenders can’t get 0.1 back
instead they did some so called communication w/ scammer founder like an underpaid discord mod, and call that risk curation
oh, they take away 10% of your yield for that as well
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