Google Chrome gets memory- and power-saving modes
Google is set to make available two new features for its popular Chrome browser — one that reduces memory use and an energy-saving mode.
Google is set to make available two new features for its popular Chrome browser — one that reduces memory use and an energy-saving mode.
The latest update for the Chrome browser on the Mac is an important one: According to Google, it includes a critical security fix for an exploit that exists in the wild.
Version 100 of Chrome, Firefox, and Edge could cause websites to break.
Users will now get updates for the two browsers every four weeks, though companies can opt for a slower cadence.
The move, which was unveiled last August, 'didn't move relevant security metrics,' according to a Google staff software engineer on the Chrome team.
Google plans to accelerate Chrome's release schedule to match rival Firefox's every-four-week cadence.
Google plans to revoke others' Chromium-based browsers' access to a long list of APIs that power such services as bookmark and settings.
Apple’s built-in Safari browser may be the most popular among Mac users, but Google’s nearly ubiquitous Chrome is not far behind.
The goal is to make it harder for phishing attacks to succeed by hiding much of a site's URL. The change will roll out to some users in October via Chrome 86.
Google has rescinded several deadlines set earlier this year on ending Chrome apps, giving the format until mid-2022 before pulling all support.
The Chromium-based browser was supposed to roll out to users earlier this year. Microsoft now expects that to take place over the next few weeks.
Google is pushing warnings and alerts aimed at Microsoft Edge users who navigate to several of its services' websites.
Microsoft today backed away from its heavily criticized plan to force Google's Chrome to use the Bing search engine.
The advisory will be updated when Microsoft releases a new version of Edge that includes publicly disclosed security updates from the Chromium project.
IT admins can block the the search engine change using either a group policy or by configuring Office 365 with Intune or Configuration Manager.
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