Google plans to roll out an automatic picture-in-picture mode in Chrome 134. The browser will be released next month. When it does, Chrome may continue to show video content on certain sites when the user scrolls away from the video content. This feature works for the most part identical to that of Mozilla Firefox, which…
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How to remove Google Lens from Chrome’s address bar
If you still use Google Chrome, then you may have noticed that the browser displays a Google Lens entry in the address bar. It is still rolling out I guess, but more and more installations get this. With Google Lens integration, Chrome users may run searches for anything that they see on the page. So,…
Google Chrome 130: fixes 17 security issues
Google released a new stable version of its Chrome browser today. The new version is a security and feature update. As far as security is concerned, users no longer have to worry about 17 security issues, as Google patched them in the new release. Three of the publicly disclosed one are rated high, which comes…
Chrome for Android may move and delete Tabs automatically
Google released Chrome 129 today for Android and desktop systems. The update fixes a few security issues and introduces new features and changes as well. One change in particular affects users of Chrome on Android: the automatic handling of inactive tabs. Once updated to Chrome 129 on Android, the browser will move inactive tabs to…
0.0.0.0 Day: decade-old vulnerability affects all browsers
Security researchers have disclosed a vulnerability that affects all modern browsers. What makes it particularly worrisome is that it has been known for 18 years; that goes back to a time before Google even thought of creating Chrome. The details: In other words: the security issue allows the circumvention of security protections by malicious websites….
Keep on blocking in a free world: how to switch from Chrome to Firefox
Google Chrome users who have extensions installed may soon have some or even all of their installed extensions disabled by Google. While all browser extensions may be impacted, it is ad blockers and privacy extensions that are impacted the most. One example: uBlock Origin, arguably the most loved and powerful content blocker available for browsers,…
Google is testing a compact mode in Chrome
Whenever there is an option to turn on a compact mode, I pick it. The main reason for that is that compact mode removes whitespace so that more content is displayed on the screen at the same time. Google is testing a compact mode for its Chrome web browser. An experimental flag was added in…
Report: Google sneaked in code in Chrome that is favoring Google
A report suggests that Google has sneaked code into Chromium-based browsers that is favoring Google-owned properties. Browsers like Chrome, Brave, and Microsoft Edge appear affected. If true, it would give critics of Google’s dominance in web browsing a mighty powerful argument. Here are the details: Google Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers give *.google.com sites full…
Google Chrome 126 fixes 21 security issues
Google released a new stable version of its Chrome web browser for all supported platforms. Chrome 126 is a security update first and foremost, but it makes non-security changes to the browser as well. The security update is available already. Google rolls out these updates over the course of days and weeks. Most Chrome installations…
Latest Chrome 125 security update fixes 11 unique issues
Chrome 125 Security Update