Most of today’s desktop web browsers come with a ton of built-in AI features, but the good news is that, in most cases, no one is forcing you to use them, and you can at least hide them from view.

A major setback for user privacy. Updated, Oct. 21 with an industry response to Google’s retreat on user privacy. Apple warns iPhone users to stop using Google Chrome, and Microsoft has issued the ...

Microsoft isn’t chasing after Chromebooks anymore, as demand tails off. Microsoft isn’t chasing after Chromebooks anymore, as demand tails off. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been ...

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Google is getting ready to add Microsoft’s PlayReady DRM support to Chrome on Windows 11, helping the browser match Edge in streaming high-quality content like 4K videos. PlayReady DRM, developed by ...

Google is testing an upgrade to Chrome’s video playback on Windows. A new feature, called HardwareSecureDecryptionAv1, aims to improve AV1 video streaming for protected content, leading to smoother 4K ...

Component extensions (or, more simply, components) allow Brave to receive asynchronous updates to core functionality without needing to update Brave itself. Currently, Brave uses components to ...

Google has updated “Enhanced Protection” in Chrome with AI technology to provide real-time protection against malicious websites, downloads, and browser extensions. After three months of testing in ...

Chrome extension management can burden many security teams when employees install them on their computers. To lighten that burden, Google LLC today announced a new curated Chrome Web Store for ...