Tag Archives: Chromes

Enlarge / Google’s safe browsing warning is not subtle. Google Google Chrome’s “Safe Browsing” feature—the thing that pops up a giant red screen when you try to visit a malicious website—is getting real-time updates for all users. Google announced the change on the Google Security Blog. Real-time protection naturally means sending URL data to some far-off server, but Google says it will use “privacy-preserving… Source link

Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. Google is launching an AI-powered tab organizer on its Chrome browser starting this week. Google Google is rolling out an AI feature that can organize tabs on its web browser Chrome.  “Sometimes people feel overwhelmed manually” managing tabs, a Chrome product manager said. The tab organizer is one of three new AI features that Google is bringing to its web browser.  Finding that article you looked at weeks ago… Source link

Google is updating the warning on Chrome’s Incognito mode to make it clear that Google and websites run by other companies can still collect your data in the web browser’s semiprivate mode. The change is being made as Google prepares to settle a class-action lawsuit that accuses the firm of privacy violations related to Chrome’s Incognito mode. The expanded warning was recently added to Chrome Canary, a nightly build for developers. The warning appears to directly address one of the lawsuit’s… Source link

Google Chrome’s Incognito mode isn’t necessarily as private as it might sound, but for years, users could be forgiven for thinking otherwise. Ahead of a pending $5 billion class action lawsuit settlement, Google is beginning to clarify its data usage policies to highlight the ways it and others may still monitor your internet activity—even while in Incognito. As first spotted by MSPowerUser earlier this week, Google has quietly updated Incognito’s start page in… Source link

Weeks after agreeing to settle a lawsuit that accused Google of illegally tracking browsing activity even after users activated Chrome’s incognito mode, the company has quietly updated how the browser describes its private browsing feature. The updated text, spotted by MSPowerUser, can be found in the latest Canary build of Google Chrome, version 122.0.6251.0.  Here’s the updated text (emphasis added):  “Others who use this device won’t see your activity, so you can browse more… Source link

Google’s Chrome browser has long been criticized for being a system resource hog, which is why Chromium developers have been busy working on ways to free up memory and keep things running smoothly when users have multiple windows and tabs open. The latest effort in that regard comes in the form of Memory Saver, a new feature that deactivates open tabs you haven’t used in a while so that the tabs you are using offer the smoothest possible experience. With Memory Saver enabled, your inactive… Source link

Google is rolling out access to a feature that lets you lock your Chrome Incognito sessions behind biometric authentication, making it so someone using your phone won’t be able to open your browser and see what you were looking at privately, according to a Thursday blog post. The feature has been available in the iOS version of Chrome for a while now, but now it’s becoming more widely available on Android (read: won’t require activating via a flag). The Lock Incognito tabs when you… Source link

Google Chrome and almost all other web browsers offer an “incognito” mode, or private mode, designed to allow you to browse the web privately. As a result, any websites you visit in incognito mode will not appear in your browsing history, nor will your personal information be remembered. However, when using incognito mode, are you actually browsing completely incognito? CLICK TO GET KURT’S CYBERGUY NEWSLETTER WITH QUICK TIPS, TECH REVIEWS, SECURITY ALERTS AND EASY HOW-TO’S TO MAKE YOU… Source link

Starting with Chrome 110, stable builds will arrive a week early for a small set of users Last year, Google updated its approach to Chrome’s release schedule as it moved from a six-week to a four-week cycle, with the release of Chrome 94. The change has sped up the delivery of new features to users while keeping’s Google’s approach to development channels relatively intact: early, unstable code starts taking shape in the Canary channel, Beta lets features be… Source link

Microsoft isn’t the only one dishing out security updates this week; Google has likewise been busy on that front. As well as fixing its Mojo, Google has also secured its Aura. If that wasn’t enough, it’s done so with a couple of Blinks for good measure. No, I haven’t been on the festive spirits early; I’m talking about the latest Google Chrome security update for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android users. Patch Tuesday extends beyond the Microsoft product universe It’s Patch Tuesday week,… Source link