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Chrome ad-blocker crackdown preview due late July. Here’s a half-dozen reasons why add-on devs are still upset • The Register 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- June 22, 2019
Analysis An early version of Manifest v3 – Google’s controversial revision of Chrome’s extensions system that will affect ad and content blockers – should appear in about a month. Add-on developers remain concerned the internet advertising giant will remove too much utility from their extensions in the name of performance, privacy, and security. “Manifest V3
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Chrome on Android can be duped to display fake addresses 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- April 30, 2019
Developer likens the exploit to the movie Inception MALICIOUS WEBSITES could exploit Chrome on Android to display a fake address bar to trick users into thinking they’re on a different site to the one they’re actually accessing. Developer Jim Fisher found the exploit and revealed how, with little more than a few web design tweaks, one
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Alphabet’s new Chrome extension lets you strip out the worst internet comments 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- March 17, 2019
Goodbye trolls, hello peace and quiet JIGSAW, ALPHABET’S INCUBATOR for interesting new ideas, has come up with its latest release: a browser plug in for its sister firm’s Chrome browser. While some of Alphabet’s more wacky experiments involve spreading the internet via balloon, or burritos via drone, this latest project just tries to rid the
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After outrage over Chrome ad-block block plan, Google backs away from crippling web advert, content filters • The Register 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- February 17, 2019
Revised proposals attempt to address worries over Manifest v3 API changes Peace and love … Give us some peace and love, says Google Google has proposed changes to its Chrome Extension renovation plan that answer some but not all of the concerns its Manifest v3 technical specification. The initial changes, announced in October last year,
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Chrome devs are working on a ‘Never Slow’ mode to curb CPU, RAM hogging 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- February 6, 2019
CHROME DEVELOPERS are working on a ‘never-slow’ mode for its market-leading Chrome web browser. Despite having a 67 per cent market share, according to January’s Netmarketshare figures, Chrome is often criticised for being gluttonous with its use of your precious CPU and RAM. Now it seems that engineers have got the message and are looking to limit resource
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Google aims to boost Chrome OS with Instant Tethering 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- February 6, 2019
Google has announced that it is extending its Instant Tethering feature, which makes it easier to use a Chromebook away from a Wi-Fi connection, to more devices, in an effort to boost sales of the laptops to those with third-party Android handsets. Announced nearly a decade ago, Google’s Chrome OS combines the Linux kernel with
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