MirageC/Getty Images Panepistabomania isn’t yet listed in psychiatry’s comprehensive mental health classifications, the DSM-5 and ICD-11. Even so, many of us, including me — and if you’re reading this — probably you, suffer from it. Derived from the Greek “παν” (pan, meaning “all”), “επιστήμη” (epistēmē, meaning “knowledge”), “tab” (meaning, you know, tabs), and “μανία” (the … Read more
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First off, the Google Search box on Chrome will now display suggested queries based on your previous searches before you’ve started typing. In Google’s example, a user who had previously searched for the Korean noodle dish japchae would see images of similar Korean dishes beside the search box under the heading “People also search for.” … Read more
CVE-2024-1553 and CVE-2024-1557 are memory-safety bugs rated as having a high severity. “Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code,” Mozilla researchers said. Zoom Video conferencing giant Zoom has issued fixes for seven flaws in its … Read more
John Lamb/Getty Images Google Chrome holds 64.4% of the global market share for web browsers. The next most popular browser is Safari at 18.82%. That’s a huge gap. There are many reasons for Chrome’s domination, including Android’s global market share still hovering around 70% globally and Chrome being the default browser on Google’s OS. Also: Update … Read more
Google Using the Chrome browser is about to get a little easier and a little more efficient thanks to the addition of three new AI-assisted features set to roll out soon. First up is something Google calls “tab groups,” which lets users organize a large collection of tabs. With this feature, Chrome will automatically suggest … Read more
Google is updating the warning on Chrome’s Incognito mode to make it clear that Google and websites run by other companies can still collect your data in the web browser’s semiprivate mode. The change is being made as Google prepares to settle a class-action lawsuit that accuses the firm of privacy violations related to Chrome’s … Read more
One week ago today, Google disabled tracking cookies for 30 million Chrome users, amounting to just 1% of the 3 billion people who use the internet’s most popular browser. By the end of the year, Google will block these cookies entirely and replace them with a new tracking system that’s a bit more private called … Read more
Today marks the first of many upcoming moments of silence in Google’s years-long plan to kill cookies. As of this morning, the Chrome web browser disabled cookies for 1% of its users, about 30 million people. By the end of the year, cookies will be gone in Chrome forever—sort of. No Google AI Search, I … Read more
In 2020, Google was hit with a lawsuit that accused it of tracking Chrome users’ activities even when they were using Incognito mode. Now, after a failed attempt to get it dismissed, the company has agreed to settle the complaint that originally sought $5 billion in damages. According to Reuters and The Washington Post, neither … Read more
SOPA Images/Contributor/Getty Images Google Chrome users looking for the latest in safety and performance will want to update the desktop browser to its newest version. In a blog post published Thursday, Google highlighted a couple of new features designed to notify you of malicious activity and help free up the browser’s memory use. Also: Google … Read more