Chrome

Smartphone

Google Chrome 101 security warning for 3.2 billion users–update now

May 11 Update: This post was originally published on May 10 I spoke too soon when I reported yesterday that Google had confirmed a relatively rare update just for Android users of the Chrome browser. Windows, Linux, and Mac users can no longer breathe easy and instead should now also be checking that their Chrome […]

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Laptop

How to make Google Chrome less of a battery hog on your laptop

I have a love/hate relationship with Google Chrome. It’s a great browser, but it’s also a massive memory hog that can bring the most powerful of systems to their knees. Recently I discovered an extension — called Auto Tab Discard — that does a really good job of taming the amount of system resources that […]

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Technology

Chrome tries new ad-targeting technology after privacy backlash

A Google Chrome sticker on a Google Pixel Chromebook Stephen Shankland/CNET Google unveiled on Tuesday a new technology called Topics that’s designed to protect user privacy without putting an end to web advertising. The approach, which Google plans to start testing in coming weeks, replaces an earlier project that riled up privacy advocates. The Topics interface […]

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