MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and LONDON – June 26, 2025 – Google Cloud and Pearson (FTSE: PSON.L), the world’s lifelong learning company, today announced a multi-year strategic collaboration to accelerate new AI-powered products and services that personalize learning for students, empower educators with insights, and help improve educational outcomes.
AI and cloud technologies are rapidly reshaping industries and redefining the skills needed for tomorrow’s workforce. Empowering teachers with the knowledge and resources to integrate AI safely and effectively into everyday learning has the potential to enhance students’ ability to learn and equip them with the skills they need to thrive in an AI-driven world.
Pearson, known for trusted K-12 products and services like Connections Academy virtual schools, GED, school assessments, and courseware, will partner with Google to deliver powerful AI capabilities to learners globally. This collaboration combines Pearson’s expertise in K-12 learning with AI technologies from Google Cloud’s Vertex AI Platform, including Gemini, Google’s advanced family of AI models, infused with LearnLM, Google's family of models fine-tuned for learning, and agentic AI.
The partnership will deliver richer content and more engaging learning experiences for students using Pearson AI products and services, especially in the K-12 space. In addition, Google for Education and Pearson will collaborate on go-to-market activities and explore opportunities for integration across their product suites. 
Pearson and Google will work together in several ways:
"When applied thoughtfully and responsibly, AI has the power to transform K-12 education, moving beyond a one-size-fits-all model to support each student on their unique learning journey,” said Omar Abbosh, Pearson CEO. “By combining Pearson’s deep learning expertise with Google’s technology and AI capabilities, we will deliver a more personalized experience for students and equip K-12 teachers with tools that help them to focus on what matters most: sparking curiosity, developing critical thinking, and fostering a lifelong love of learning.”
"AI and advanced capabilities of agentic AI are set to unlock unprecedented potential within
 education by accelerating personalized learning journeys," said Tara Brady, President, Google Cloud EMEA. “Our collaboration with Pearson is about unlocking this potential. Using Google Cloud's advanced AI models and agentic expertise, students will receive support tailored to their individual pace and needs, and teachers will be equipped with intelligent tools and actionable insights, so they have greater capacity for educators to focus on inspiring curiosity and preparing students to thrive.”
Pearson provides assessments and curriculum-aligned content for K12 education, including state-specific programmes, clinical assessments, and Connections Academy virtual schools in the US along with internationally recognised qualifications such as GCSEs and A levels. Pearson is also the parent company of GED Testing Service, the creator of the official GED test and GED program, which has opened doors to better jobs and college programs for more than 21 million graduates since 1942. Pearson is committed to applying AI responsibly and its use of AI is grounded in learning science, validated by subject matter experts, and built on its trusted library of learning content.
About Google Cloud
Google Cloud is the new way to the cloud, providing AI, infrastructure, developer, data, security, and collaboration tools built for today and tomorrow. Google Cloud offers a powerful, fully integrated and optimized AI stack with its own planet-scale infrastructure, custom-built chips, generative AI models and development platform, as well as AI-powered applications, to help organizations transform. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted technology partner. 
About Pearson
At Pearson (FTSE: PSON.L), our purpose is simple: to help people realize the life they imagine through learning. We believe that every learning opportunity is a chance for a personal breakthrough. That's why our 18,000 Pearson employees are committed to creating vibrant and enriching learning experiences designed for real-life impact. We are the world's leading lifelong learning company, serving customers in nearly 200 countries with digital content, assessments, qualifications, and data. For us, learning isn't just what we do. It's who we are. Visit us at pearsonplc.com
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Google has released a security update for Chrome addressing six vulnerabilities, including one actively exploited flaw that allows attackers to escape the browser’s sandbox protection.
The most critical issue, tracked as CVE-2025-6558, is rated high severity – CVSS score: 8.8 and was discovered by Clément Lecigne and Vlad Stolyarov from Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) on June 23, 2025
The vulnerability stems from insufficient validation of untrusted input in ANGLE and GPU components and affects Chrome versions prior to 138.0.7204.157.
According to the National Vulnerability Database (NVD), this flaw could allow a remote attacker to escape Chrome’s sandbox via a specially crafted HTML page.
ANGLE (Almost Native Graphics Layer Engine) is a key component used by Chrome to translate OpenGL ES API calls for various graphics backends like Direct3D, Metal, Vulkan, and OpenGL. Since ANGLE processes GPU commands from untrusted sources such as WebGL, flaws here pose significant security risks.
For most users, this means that simply visiting a malicious website could lead to a compromise, particularly in targeted attacks where no additional user interaction is required.
This vulnerability enables remote attackers to execute arbitrary code within Chrome’s GPU process. Google has withheld technical details to protect users while updates are rolled out, stating:
While Google has not provided details on how the vulnerability is being exploited, its acknowledgment that “an exploit exists in the wild” suggests the involvement of sophisticated attackers, potentially nation-state actors.
The Chrome sandbox is a critical defense that isolates browser processes from the operating system, preventing malware from compromising devices.
Other fixes included in this update:
CVE-2025-7656: High-severity flaw in the V8 JavaScript engine
Integer overflow in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 138.0.7204.157 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
CVE-2025-7657: Use-after-free issue in WebRTC
Use after free in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 138.0.7204.157 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
None of these are currently known to be under active exploitation.
CVE-2025-6558 is the fifth actively exploited Chrome vulnerability fixed this year.
Earlier cases, all of which are rated High security severity include:
March: CVE-2025-2783, a sandbox escape exploited in espionage attacks targeting Russian government agencies and media, patched after discovery by Kaspersky. Incorrect handle provided in unspecified circumstances in Mojo in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 134.0.6998.177 allowed a remote attacker to perform a sandbox escape via a malicious file.
May: CVE-2025-4664, a zero-day allowing account hijacking. Insufficient policy enforcement in Loader in Google Chrome prior to 136.0.7103.113 allowed a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page.
June: CVE-2025-5419, a severe out-of-bounds read/write bug in V8, reported by Google TAG. Out of bounds read and write in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 137.0.7151.68 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
July: CVE-2025-6554, another V8 engine flaw, also discovered by TAG researchers. Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 138.0.7204.96 allowed a remote attacker to perform arbitrary read/write via a crafted HTML page.
Due to the high risk and confirmed exploitation, users are strongly urged to update Chrome immediately to version 138.0.7204.157/.158 on Windows and macOS, and 138.0.7204.157 on Linux.
To check for updates: go to More > Help > About Google Chrome, then relaunch the browser.
Other Chromium-based browsers — such as Microsoft Edge, Brave, Opera, and Vivaldi — are also affected and users should apply updates when they become available.
Although vulnerabilities like this may not always dominate headlines, they frequently reappear in exploit chains or targeted attacks. Chrome users and security professionals should remain vigilant for issues involving GPU sandbox escapes, shader bugs, WebGL vulnerabilities, privilege boundary bypasses, and rendering-related memory corruption.

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It´s time to perform a major Chrome update
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The days when I just used Pine my fav txt based browser :)
Building highly custom AI-powered agile systems to meet your needs, ensuring the ability to scale and future-proof your success
Isn’t it time that Chrome be completely rewritten in Rust… not that that will solve every security threat, but it surely would address some major underpinnings that are a constant attack vector!
Information Technology Security and ISMS at CCM Customer Communication Management
Be honest, who trust chrome and firefox which introduce vulnerabilty patch every other day? Nothing comes for free.

Timely reminder of how fast the digital threat landscape can shift. Staying ahead of vulnerabilities requires more than just updates—it calls for a proactive mindset across teams. Encouraging regular #training, building cyber-aware #leadership, and supporting staff to #upskill are all part of strengthening resilience. It’s also where smart #techinnovation plays a key role in keeping systems secure and agile.
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