Tag Archives: Chrome

Google has detailed the efficiency improvements it made with Chrome 89, the latest version of its browser released earlier this month. Depending on whether you’re using the browser on Windows, macOS, or Android, Google says the browser should use less resources, launch quicker, and feel more responsive to use. There’s no mention of any improvements specifically for users on iOS. The exact benefits vary by OS. Across platforms, Google says Chrome is able to reclaim as much as 100MiB… Source link

The latest Google Chrome for Android update brings improved memory management which helps Chrome start 13% faster than before. The so-called “Freeze-dried” tabs aka tabs you’ve left open from your previous browser session will now be saved in a special lightweight version that takes up as much space as a screenshot and still supports scrolling, zooming and tapping on links. Google explains this will help you get a more responsive feel while the webpage actually loads up in the… Source link

Google plans to accelerate Chrome’s release schedule to match rival Firefox’s every-four-week cadence. The Mountain View, Calif. company will also offer a new release channel, dubbed “Extended Stable,” that will be refreshed every eight weeks, aimed at enterprises weary of frequent deployments. “As we have improved our testing and release processes for Chrome and deployed bi-weekly security updates to improve our patch gap, it became clear that we could shorten… Source link

Google parent company Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) Google’s (GOOG, GOOGL) Chrome browser said this week that it won’t deploy other web-tracking tools after phasing out third-party cookies in 2022. But that won’t transform your online experience, or stop you from seeing ads for whiskey if you’ve just looked up how to mix a Manhattan. “You’re 100% still being targeted,” Elizabeth Renieris, an affiliate of Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for… Source link

Google parent company Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) Google’s (GOOG, GOOGL) Chrome browser said this week that it won’t deploy other web-tracking tools after phasing out third-party cookies in 2022. But that won’t transform your online experience, or stop you from seeing ads for whiskey if you’ve just looked up how to mix a Manhattan. “You’re 100% still being targeted,” Elizabeth Renieris, an affiliate of Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for… Source link

Bloomberg Senate Nears Saturday Passage After All-Nighter: Stimulus Update (Bloomberg) — The Senate is on track to pass President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus bill as early as midday Saturday after a compromise reduced added unemployment benefits to $300 a week, one of several ways moderate Democrats shaped the bill to be less generous than the House version.Democrats also fought off a raft of Republican amendments to cut state and local funding, redirect Amtrak funding, end aid to… Source link

Bloomberg Oil Sands Give OPEC a Boost With Half-Million-Barrel Output Cut (Bloomberg) — Major oil sands producers in Western Canada will idle almost half a million barrels a day of production next month, helping tighten global supplies as oil prices surge.Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.’s plans to conduct 30 days of maintenance at its Horizon oil sands upgrader in April will curtail roughly 250,000 barrels a day of light synthetic crude output, company President Tim McKay said in an… Source link

Google today announced that its Chrome browser is moving to a faster release cycle by shipping a new milestone every four weeks instead of the current six-week cycle (with a bi-weekly security patch). That’s one way to hasten the singularity, I guess, but it’s worth noting that Mozilla also moved to a four-week cycle for Firefox last year. “As we have improved our testing and release processes for Chrome, and deployed bi-weekly security updates to improve our patch gap, it became… Source link

LONDON (AP) — Google says it won’t develop new ways to follow individual users across the internet after it phases out existing ad tracking technology from Chrome browsers in an upcoming overhaul aimed at tightening up privacy.  The digital giant has been working on proposals to remove from Chrome so-called third party cookies, which are snippets of code used by a website’s advertisers to record browsing history in order to show users personalized ads. Third-party cookies… Source link

Google says it won’t develop new ways to follow individual users across the internet after it phases out existing ad tracking technology from Chrome browsers in an upcoming overhaul aimed at tightening up privacy.   What You Need To Know Google says it will phase out selling ads based on specific user web browsing in Chrome browsers, the world’s dominant web browser Third-party cookies have been a longstanding source of privacy concerns, so Google proposes instead grouping together… Source link