Google and Parallels bring Windows apps to Chromebooks
Google is partnering with Parallels to provide the enterprise version of Chrome OS with Windows apps. Until now, Chromebooks did not have the capability to run traditional computer software.
The new feature to run Windows applications on Chromebooks is probably a variation of Parallels Remote Ap...
Google rolls out update to fix critical Chrome vulnerability
With the rollout of Chrome 81.0.4044.113, a critical vulnerability in Google's browser should be fixed, as the tech giant states on its website.
The vulnerability is comprised of a feature where part of the memory is reserved for a certain process and returned to the OS after use. However, shoul...
Google tests automatically hiding extension logos in Chrome
No longer have to manually hide the logos of browser extensions, but have them by default under a drop-down menu. Google is currently experimenting with such a change in the browser UI, giving users a clearer overview of which extensions are installed and to which data they have access.
Under th...
Microsoft Edge overtakes Firefox in user percentage
For the first time since the introduction of Microsoft Edge, the browser's popularity has passed Mozilla Firefox by. The number of users of Microsoft's browser increased just enough in March to end up higher than the declining percentage of Firefox users.
At the top of the list of most used brow...
Google reverses samesite cookies feature on Chrome
Due to the outbreak of the corona virus, Google will immediately reverse the recently added privacy feature regarding samesite cookies. This is to prevent that certain websites are suddenly no longer accessible to users.
At the beginning of this year, Google introduced the feature for a number o...
Chrome 80 blocks popular data-stealing malware AZORult
Buying login data through the Genesis Store was, for a long time, largely possible through a malware strain called AZORult. Ninety percent of acquired credentials would be captured using that specific malware, after which Google took action: with Chrome 80, the malware will no longer work.
Resea...
Google launches Chrome 80: silent popups and same-site cookies
Once again, a major update of Google for web browser Chrome has been rolled out. With version 80 a quieter notification of popups is introduced, as well as allowing first-party cookies by default unless website owners indicate that third-party cookies are sent over a secure connection.
Google al...
Are browser extensions still safe to use?
Browser extensions have been around for years now, both Chrome, Firefox and Safari support browser extensions. Since a few weeks, Microsoft Edge joined as they switched to Chromium, the same browser engine as Google Chrome. The number of security issues, fraud reports and privacy risks with browser...
Criticism towards Google after changes around advertised links
Instead of a clearly separated 'ad' in a box, Google Search has been displaying advertised links in search results with a different indication since the beginning of this month. An indication that, according to critics, makes it much harder to clearly see that it concerns a result for which money w...
Google wants to get rid of third-party Chrome cookies in two years
With the aim of improving the privacy of internet users, Google announced a new initiative at the end of 2019: Privacy Sandbox. One of the aspects addressed in this initiative, which will be given priority in the coming years, is ending support for cookies from external parties.
Google is not th...
Google Chrome will block pop-ups for web notifications by default
Google is following the example of Mozilla Firefox and will make the website notification system from Chrome 80, which appears next month, a lot less cumbersome for users.
The possibility of push notifications for websites may once have seemed a good idea, and it certainly has its usefulness in ...
Extension for management of crypto-keys steals data
According to researchers, an extension for Google Chrome that should make it easier for owners of multiple crypto-wallets to manage them, turns out to run off with those keys.
In a twitter post, Harry Denley, security director at MyCrypto, states that an app called Shitcoin Wallet can be dangero...