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How to enable the new Google Chrome 83 features now

Google released Chrome 83 yesterday, and with it came numerous features such as a new Incognito cookie control, a Security check feature, new Security settings page, the Tabs Group feature, a new extensions menu, and redesigned cookie controls. […]

18 May

Google Chrome to tidy up tabs with Tab Groups Collapse feature

In Google Chrome 75, Google is planning to improve Tab Groups with a new option to collapse grouped tabs. To enable the new collapse option for Tab Groups in Chrome Canary, follow the steps outlined here. […]

02 May

Opening 100 tabs in Google Chrome Mobile gets you a smiley face

Today I learned something new; Google Chrome Mobile has an Easter egg that turns the tab count into a smiley face when you have over 100 tabs. […]

28 Apr

Hacking group used Google Play Store to push spyware for years

A malicious campaign dubbed PhantomLance has been targeting users of Android devices with spyware payloads embedded in applications delivered via multiple platforms including Google’s Play Store and the alternative Android app store APKpure. […]

22 Apr

State-backed phishing targets govt employees with fast food lures

More than a dozen state-backed hacking groups are actively targeting U.S. Government employees and healthcare organizations in phishing campaigns that use lures designed to take advantage of the fears surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

22 Apr

Window 10 update weakened Google Chrome’s security

A Windows 10 kernel bug made it possible to escape Google Chrome’s sandbox, a security researcher with Google Project Zero found. The vulnerability was introduced with version 1903 of the operating system on May 21, 2019. […]

16 Apr

Gmail blocked 18M COVID-19-themed phishing emails in a week

Google says that the malware scanners built within the Gmail free email service blocked around 18 million phishing and malware emails using COVID-19 lures within the last week. […]

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. […]

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