13 Apr Google reenables FTP support in Chrome due to pandemic After disabling FTP support in Google Chrome 81, Google has decided to reenable it again to prevent outages and difficulties in accessing information during the Coronavirus pandemic. […]
13 Apr Cloudflare drops Google’s reCAPTCHA due to privacy concerns Cloudflare announced that it has moved from Google’s reCAPTCHA to hCaptcha, an independent alternative CAPTCHA provider focused on user privacy. […]
10 Apr YouTube borked when users enable Firefox anti-fingerprinting Firefox users have recently started to notice that YouTube does not display videos properly when they enable the browser’s anti-fingerprinting technology for better privacy. […]
07 Apr Microsoft and Google postpone insecure authentication removal Microsoft says that Basic Authentication’s removal from Exchange Online is being postponed until the second half of 2021 due to the current situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
07 Apr Chrome 81 Released With 32 Security Fixes and Web NFC API Google has released Chrome 81 today, April 7th, 2020, to the Stable desktop channel for the Windows, macOS, and Linux with bug fixes, new features, and 32 security fixes. […]
27 Mar Google Advises Against Disabling Sites During the Pandemic Google warns businesses against disabling their websites during the COVID-19 and, instead, recommends limiting their functionality to avoid being penalized in Google Search results. […]
26 Mar Google Warned Users of 40,000 State-Sponsored Attacks in 2019 Google says that it delivered almost 40,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or malware hacking attempts to its users during 2019, with a 25% drop when compared to the previous year. […]
25 Mar Google Chrome Adding Option to Always Show Full URLs Google is working on providing Chrome users with an option to set the browser to always show full URLs for all websites they visit. […]
23 Mar Google to Abandon Chrome 82 Development Due to Release Delays Due to the change in Google Chrome’s release schedule because of the Coronavirus pandemic, Google has announced that they are no longer developing Chrome 82 and will skip to Chrome 83 instead. […]
18 Mar Google Prioritizes Security Updates After Halting Chrome Releases Google has announced today that the release of future Chrome and Chrome OS versions is temporarily paused because of adjusted work schedules caused by employees having to work from home due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. […]