Tag Archives: Chrome

Google Chrome, reigning undisputed as the king of internet browsers for the last decade, has more-or-less cornered the market with billions of users around the world. Chrome’s rivals, including Apple’s AAPL Safari, Microsoft’s MSFT Edge, and Mozilla’s Firefox have so far failed to convince users to move away from Google but a growing desire for greater privacy has recently proven tempting for millions. A new Chrome challenger—the cryptocurrency-powered,… Source link

Sonatype security researchers found malicious code in an npm package, which is designed to steal sensitive files from Google Chrome, Brave, Opera, Yandex browsers and Discord application. Sonatype is a security company that offers developer security operations (DevSecOps) services, so it also monitors public package repositories. The company said discord.dll has been downloaded for more than 100 times since it was published over five months… Source link

Modern web browsers are the primary medium through which we access the internet. However, the internal technical code and external user interface has not changed for decades, while user purposes have. Once primarily for work, web browsers have to handle more data-intensive activities such as streaming, watching Youtube videos, and loading multimedia pages. On top of that, many users have open a myriad of tabs at anytime. Today’s browser struggles to handle our endless consumption for… Source link

Life is in constant flux, but experiencing change during the extremely uncertain time we’re all going through is especially maddening. Luckily, you can still eke out some semblance of control in your web browser — this new Chrome extension created by designer Claudio Postinghel lets you replace Google’s newly redesigned but confusingly similar icons for the old ones (via Gizmodo). When it was announced in early October, we described Google’s big rebrand of G Suite as a way to set… Source link

GlobeNewswire Stingray Renews and Expands Distribution Agreement with TELUS Long-Term Agreement Covers Multi-Product Offering Including the Qello Concerts by Stingray TV App for Optik TV SubscribersMONTREAL, Nov. 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Stingray Group Inc. (TSX: RAY.A; RAY.B), a leading music, media, and technology company, today announced that it has reached a long-term agreement with TELUS that continues to advance the companies’ long-standing partnership. As part of the deal, Optik TV… Source link

The updates come on the heels of news of attacks exploiting another zero-day in Chrome in tandem with a previously-unknown Windows flaw Two weeks after patching an actively-exploited vulnerability affecting Chrome for desktop, Google is squashing another zero-day bug in the browser’s version for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Within hours, Google also pushed out an update… Source link

Microsoft’s Edge has just announced a brilliant new feature that beats Google Chrome. Microsoft’s Edge has just announced a brilliant new feature that beats Google Chrome. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Microsoft’s Edge browser has been releasing new features like crazy as it tries to beat market leader Google Chrome. Now, Microsoft has just announced a brilliant new feature that beats Google Chrome—Vertical Tabs, which moves the tab bar… Source link

In addition to patching the actively exploited bug, the update also brings fixes for another four security loopholes Google has rolled out an update to its Chrome web browser that fixes five security flaws, including a vulnerability that is known to be actively exploited by attackers. “Google is aware of reports that an exploit for CVE-2020-15999 exists in the wild,” Source link

If you ask Chrome to delete all cookies and site data whenever you quit the browser, it’s reasonable to expect that this policy applies to all websites. Recently, though, a bug in the browser meant data wasn’t being removed for two sites in particular: Google and YouTube. This problem was first documented by iOS developer Jeff Johnson on his blog. Johnson found that in Chrome version 86.0.4240.75, “local storage” data for Google.com and YouTube.com stuck around even after… Source link

The Justice Department and state prosecutors are reportedly investigating Google for antitrust violations. And Politico reports that Google might be required to sell off its Chrome browser, among other parts of its business. Which got us wondering: What would Google be without Chrome? Google created Chrome in 2008, back when most people used Microsoft Internet Explorer as their browser. “Google’s real deep concern there was that Microsoft could cut them off,”… Source link