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When you tell Chrome to wipe private data about you, it spares two websites from the purge: Google.com, YouTube

UpdatedIs this another case of one rule for the Chocolate Factory and one for everyone else?

19 Oct 2020

Google Chrome calculates your autoplay settings so you don't have to - others disagree

We'll just let muted videos autoplay on Chrome for Android because publishers can't be stopped

08 Sep 2020

Darknet market's peacemaker sentenced to 11 years in prison

In BriefSealed with an XSS: Flaw in Go lang library could cause app issues

07 Sep 2020

Google Chrome 85 to block ads that hog power, CPUs, network: Web ads giant will black-hole 0.3% of web ads

So brave... but not so Brave

01 Sep 2020

Chromium devs want the browser to talk to devices, computers directly via TCP, UDP. Obviously, nothing can go wrong

Web security? We've got that totally under control

22 Aug 2020

Chrome Web Store slammed again after 295 ad-injecting, spammy extensions downloaded 80 million times

Not exactly the first time this has happened, by a very long chalk

07 Aug 2020

We're suing Google for harvesting our personal info even though we opted out of Chrome sync – netizens

Browser quitters say they'll return if web goliath lives up to privacy promises

28 Jul 2020

My life as a criminal cookie clearer: Register vulture writes Chrome extension, realizes it probably breaks US law

Code diveCould paywall-dodging browser aid fall foul of DMCA rules? We ask the experts

21 Jul 2020

Chrome extensions are 'the new rootkit' say researchers linking surveillance campaign to Israeli registrar Galcomm

UpdatedGalcomm retorts: 'The report is at least irresponsible, if not worse'

18 Jun 2020

Top tip, devs – your Chrome extension doesn't have to suck: 'A few hours can result in big improvements for millions of users'

Coder urges peers to spend more time tuning plugins for performance

16 Jun 2020

FYI: There are thousands of Chrome extensions with so, so many fake installations to trick you into using them

Unethical developers drum up bogus user counts to gain trust

28 May 2020

Google rolls out pro-privacy DNS-over-HTTPS support in Chrome 83... with a handy kill switch for corporate IT

Plus: Web giant hears developers' extension concerns, ignores them

20 May 2020

Podcast Addict banned from Google Play Store because heaven forbid app somehow references COVID-19

Meanwhile, Pushbullet pushes back after Chrome extension pulled

18 May 2020

Google says it'll pick up the tab – and stick it in a lovely colour-coded Chrome group

A desktop browser spring clean can do the soul a power of good

14 May 2020

Fake crypto-wallet extensions appear in Chrome Web Store once again, siphoning off victims' passwords

'Seriously sometimes seems Google's moderators are only optimized to respond to social media outrage'

06 May 2020

Google pre-pandemic: User-Agent strings are so 1990s. Time for a total makeover. Google mid-pandemic: Ah, we'll reschedule to 2021

Web disruption delayed due to coronavirus lockdown challenges

20 Apr 2020

Google calls a halt on Chrome 82, but the version 83 beta has arrived early – so it's coding and bug finding time ahead

Plus some interesting new side-channel attack possibilities for crims to play with

17 Apr 2020

Oh ... Fudge This Pandemic! Google walks back on decision to switch off FTP in Chrome 81

Deprecation of venerable protocol postponed 'in light of the current crisis'

15 Apr 2020

Articles about Chrome

When you tell Chrome to wipe private data about you, it spares two websites from the purge: Google.com, YouTube

Google Chrome calculates your autoplay settings so you don't have to - others disagree

Darknet market's peacemaker sentenced to 11 years in prison

Google Chrome 85 to block ads that hog power, CPUs, network: Web ads giant will black-hole 0.3% of web ads

Chromium devs want the browser to talk to devices, computers directly via TCP, UDP. Obviously, nothing can go wrong

Chrome Web Store slammed again after 295 ad-injecting, spammy extensions downloaded 80 million times

We're suing Google for harvesting our personal info even though we opted out of Chrome sync – netizens

My life as a criminal cookie clearer: Register vulture writes Chrome extension, realizes it probably breaks US law

Chrome extensions are 'the new rootkit' say researchers linking surveillance campaign to Israeli registrar Galcomm

Top tip, devs – your Chrome extension doesn't have to suck: 'A few hours can result in big improvements for millions of users'

FYI: There are thousands of Chrome extensions with so, so many fake installations to trick you into using them

Google rolls out pro-privacy DNS-over-HTTPS support in Chrome 83... with a handy kill switch for corporate IT

Podcast Addict banned from Google Play Store because heaven forbid app somehow references COVID-19

Google says it'll pick up the tab – and stick it in a lovely colour-coded Chrome group

Fake crypto-wallet extensions appear in Chrome Web Store once again, siphoning off victims' passwords

Google pre-pandemic: User-Agent strings are so 1990s. Time for a total makeover. Google mid-pandemic: Ah, we'll reschedule to 2021

Google calls a halt on Chrome 82, but the version 83 beta has arrived early – so it's coding and bug finding time ahead

Oh ... Fudge This Pandemic! Google walks back on decision to switch off FTP in Chrome 81

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NSA: We've learned our lesson after foreign spies used one of our crypto backdoors – but we can't say how exactly

Flash haters, rejoice! Microsoft releases tool to let you nuke Adobe's security horror before support ends

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