Chrome Browser

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  Will Google Be Forced To Sell Chrome? US Judge Amit Mehta To Decide

  Top Justice Department antitrust officials have decided to ask a judge to force Alphabet Inc.'s Google to sell off its Chrome browser in what would be a historic crackdown on one of the world's biggest tech companies.

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  Google Chrome for iOS Receives Shopping Insights, Other New Features

  Google Chrome for iOS has rolled out several new features that aim to make finding information and completing tasks easier. The web browser now lets iPhone users add text queries to visual searches via Google Lens for more helpful and relevant results. It also introduces new ways to save space on iPhone, find better deals while shopping online, and...

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  Google Reportedly Published Jarvis AI on Chrome Web Store By Accident Revealing Key Details

  Google may have accidentally published the internal preview of Jarvis AI on the Chrome Web Store on Wednesday, as per a report. An earlier report highlighted that the Mountain View-based tech giant was working on Project Jarvis, an AI system that can control users’ web browsers and execute complex tasks. As per a new report, Jarvis was spotted by...

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  Google Chrome Rolls Out New Memory Saver Modes, Other Performance Control Features

  Google Chrome has rolled out new features for better control of desktop resources used by the web browser. The Memory Saver feature now has three new modes, each of which tweaks the browser’s performance differently based on browsing habits and system needs. It also introduces a new Performance Detection tool which is claimed to identify the pote...

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  Mozilla Hit With Privacy Complaint Over Firefox User Tracking

  Mozilla's Firefox browser has been accused of tracking user behaviour on websites without consent. Vienna-based advocacy group NOYB has filed a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority.

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  Google Chrome Is Getting Three New AI-Powered Features to Make Accessing Tabs Easier

  Google Chrome is getting three new artificial intelligence (AI) features that will help users with managing tabs. On Tuesday, the Mountain View-based tech giant announced a new feature for Chrome for iOS and two features across devices. The company stated that these features are all powered by Google AI. Interestingly, these arrive just a week afte...

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  Google Must Face Class Action Lawsuit Over Chrome's Data Collection: US Court

  A U.S. appeals court said Google must face a revived lawsuit by Google Chrome users who said the company collected their personal information without permission, after they chose not to synchronize their browsers with their Google accounts.

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  Apple Podcasts Web App Now Available on Desktop With Up Next, Saved Library and More Features

  Apple Podcasts web app is now available to users on desktop browsers such as Safari, Chrome and Edge. Previously, the desktop experience was only available on macOS but with this change, iPhone users can also listen to their podcasts on Windows-based desktops too, with features such as Up Next queue, list of saved shows and more.

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  Apple, Google to Reportedly Fix a Major Security Flaw in Safari and Chrome Browsers

  Apple, Google, and Mozilla’s browsers reportedly have a major security vulnerability which has existed for years. The zero-day vulnerability is related to the IP address 0.0.0.0 which is private to the user’s device. The exploit can allow bad actors to send queries through it to breach the system and steal data.

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  Google Chrome Upgraded With Google Lens, Gemini AI-Powered Browser History and More

  Google Chrome is getting three new artificial intelligence (AI) features, the company announced on Thursday. The Chrome browser was already infused with Google’s in-house AI model Gemini earlier this year, but those features are only available to paying Workspace subscribers. But now, the tech giant is adding AI features that all users will be ab...

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  Google Chrome for Desktop Is Getting Circle to Search-Like Visual Lookup Functionality via Lens

  Google Chrome may be getting a new search feature that works similarly to ‘Circle to Search, according to a report. The feature, dubbed drag-to-search, is said to be integrated into Google Lens and can be accessed via a beta version of Google Chrome on desktops and Chromebooks.

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  Google Plans to Prioritise User Choice Instead of Deprecating Third-Party Cookies on Chrome

  Google Chrome announced a new approach to handling third-party cookies on Monday. With this move, it no longer has plans to deprecate them. Instead, Google says it will allow users to make an “informed choice” which can be adjusted at any time while browsing on the web. It will also offer additional privacy controls to users, starting with “I...

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  Google Scraps Plan To Remove Cookies From Chrome

  Google is planning to keep third-party cookies in its Chrome browser, it said on Monday, after years of pledging to phase out the tiny packets of code meant to track users on the internet.

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  Google Chrome for Android May Soon Read Webpages for You Even When Minimised: Report

  Google Chrome for Android recently introduced a feature that will enable the browser to read any text-heavy webpage aloud. Now, a recent report suggests that this feature may be further enhanced with an option for background text playback. Google Chrome for Android app is reported to have a flag called “Read Aloud Background Playback”.

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  Google Chrome for Android Gets a ‘Listen to This Page’ Text-to-Speech Feature: How to Use

  Google Chrome for Android is getting a new feature dubbed Listen to this page, which will let the browser read any text-heavy webpage aloud. The text-to-speech (TTS) feature is being integrated into the Android app, and users will be able to access it from the three-dotted menu icon. The feature opens a miniplayer that comes with play/pause, a prog...