Tag: chrome

Chrome 75 Released With Web Share API File Support, Numeric Separators and Secret Reader Mode

An anonymous reader writes: Google this week released Chrome 75 for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS. The release includes hint for low latency canvas contexts, files supported in the Web Share API, numeric separators, and more developer features. […] Next, files are now supported by the Web Share API. For years, Google has been working to bring native sharing capabilities…

Google To Restrict Modern Ad Blocking Chrome Extensions To Enterprise Users

Earlier this year, Google proposed changes to the open-source Chromium browser that would break content-blocking extensions, including various ad blockers. Despite the overwhelming negative feedback to the move, Google appears to be standing firm on the changes, sharing that current ad blocking capabilities will be restricted to enterprise users. 9to5Google reports: Manifest V3 comprises a major change to Chrome’s extensions system,…

Google Forces Microsoft Edge Preview Users To Use Chrome For Modern YouTube Experience

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Thurrott: Microsoft started testing a new Microsoft Edge browser based on Chromium a little while ago. The company has been releasing new canary and dev builds for the browser over the last few weeks, and the preview is actually really great. But if you watch YouTube quite a lot, you will face a new…

Mobile Chrome, Safari and Firefox Failed To Show Phishing Warnings For More Than a Year

An anonymous reader writes: For more than a year, mobile browsers like Google Chrome, Firefox, and Safari failed to show any phishing warnings to users, according to a research paper published this week. “We identified a gaping hole in the protection of top mobile web browsers,” the research team said. “Shockingly, mobile Chrome, Safari, and Firefox failed to show any blacklist…

Is It Finally the Year of ‘Linux on the Desktop’ ?

“2019 is truly, finally shaping up to be the year of Linux on the desktop,” writes PC World’s senior editor, adding “Laptops, too!” But most people won’t know it. That’s because the bones of the open-source operating system kernel will soon be baked into Windows 10 and Chrome OS, as Microsoft and Google revealed at their respective developer conferences this week……

Kiwi Browser update for Android introduces Chrome Extensions support

Kiwi Browser, a mobile web browser for Android that is based on Chromium, introduced support for Chrome browser extensions in its latest update. Chromium is the source for many browsers on Android […]
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