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Google Chrome Is Blocking a Bunch of Major Sites for Malware, Even YouTube

If you were just cruising around the web today and got hit smack in the face with a Google Chrome malware error, you weren’t the only one. A whole number of sites from such as imgur, DeviantArt, The San Francisco Chronicle, and YouTube were blocked for many users citing malware from us.bernerverein.ch. Reports started bubbling…

Say Hi to The New Google Chrome Beta, It’s Listening

Voice control has been the trend in phones for a while now, but it’s not content to just stay there. The newest Chrome Beta is introducing a Web Speech API, which means a talk-y future is on the horizon, hopefully. So far, Google’s got a demo where you can dictate a little messages for your…

How to Get the Most Out of Google Chrome

Let’s face it, the light-and-fast Google Chrome browser is the only way to surf the web-no question. But whether you’re new to the browser or an old veteran, we’ve got some tricks to improve your mileage. Our Google Chrome Optimization Guide will show you which Google Chrome extensions to download and ways to tweak settings…

New Versions of Google Chrome Will Finally Let You Say You Don’t Want Advertisers Spying On You

If you’re paranoid about ad networks tracking your behavior and compiling a file on your tastes somewhere, there’s good news. Google Chrome’s developer build finally got built-in Do Not Track functionality, meaning Chrome will finally join the club with Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer. Google reluctantly agreed to add the feature back in February, but…

Google Chrome’s URL Search Bar Feature Is Not Working Properly

At least it isn’t just me! TheNextWeb is reporting a problem with Google Chrome’s beloved URL bar search feature. The beauty of Chrome is that you don’t need to open a tab and go to Google in order to search something. It’s already Google! It understands. Usually. For the past few hours I’ve be unable…

Hands On With Chrome for iOS

At day two of I/O, Google repeated pretty much the same keynote, but it also finally announced Chrome for iOS. After a tortuous wait, it’s landed in the App Store this afternoon, and I spent some time using it. And it’s not quite what you’d hope. https://gizmodo.com/chrome-and-google-drive-are-coming-to-ios-5922084 Using It Though Google framed it as being…

Chrome and Google Drive Are Coming to iOS

Google announced at day two of I/O that Chrome is finally coming to the iPhone and iPad. If you’ve been waiting for the browser you’ll be glad to know you can download it this afternoon. It’s the same Chrome you know and love, including tab sharing, password sync, and incognito mode. It works pretty much…

Your Brand New MacBook Is Freaking Out and Here’s How to Fix It

So, you unwrapped your shiny new Macbook and booted it up for the first time, only to be greeted by sluggish performance and occasional forced restarts. What’s going on? We don’t know either, but here’s a potential fix. First, turn off your computer. Then hold down the Option key while turning it back on. You…

Future Versions of Chrome Will Help You Make Better Passwords

Your passwords are horrible. You should do a better job, but keeping track of tons of unique alphanumeric cyphers is a pain, and password managers come with their own inconveniences. Luckily, it looks like future versions of Google Chrome will have built-in features to help you do better. https://gizmodo.com/its-change-your-password-day-5881358 According to documentation on the Chromium…

Google’s Chrome Browser Will Soon be Controlled by Gamepads

A lot of you read Giz using Google Chrome — which means a good percentage of you should be interested in the news that Chrome will soon have plug-and-play gamepad support added. It’ll work on any computer (or Chromebook) running the Chrome browser, and according to Google, will be a seamless experience. That means in…

How to Stop Facebook From Tracking You Across the Internet

If you want to use Facebook, but don’t want Facebook’s tendrils extending all over the internet and following your account, you’ll want this. Facebook Disconnect completely blocks the social network’s ability to track your account around the web. Like buttons, share buttons, Facebook comment threads, Facebook logins—all these now-ubiquitous adornments will be nuked entirely. So…

MuteTab Lets You Know Which Chrome Tab Is Making That Racket

Say you’re just bouncing around on the internet. Suddenly one of your thousand open tabs starts making noise. Now you’re annoyed, but you can’t find the tab. MuteTab helps you find it before you go crazy and hurt yourself. Jared Sohn designed this Chrome extension to give you better control of which webpage you actually…

Samsung’s Chromebook Torn Up by iFixit, Who Discovered It’s Just a “Well-Polished Cr-48”

All of the complaints about the original Chromebook—the battery life, the hardware, the trackpad—have been fixed in Samsung’s model, which iFixit tore apart in true tear-down style. Inside, they discovered the chips don’t require cooling fins as they don’t produce much heat, and that the li-polymer battery lives up to its promise of 8 hours’…

The Laptop of the Future, Version 1.0

Google’s CR-48 Chrome laptop was a rough draft of the kind of computer people will be using eventually—lean, fast, utterly and completely connected—but it had its problems. (Oh lord, the trackpad.) Samsung’s Series 5 Chromebook is like version 1.0. https://gizmodo.com/using-googles-chrome-os-laptop-of-the-future-5710532 It’s not a netbook, Google will tell you. (Vocally.) But your hands will tell you…

Google to Sell Chrome Laptops to Students for $20 Per Month?

Good news if you are a student who wants a Chrome OS laptop and missed out on the free Cr-48. Google may announce a purchase plan that lets you buy a Chrome OS laptop for $20 per month. https://gizmodo.com/heres-the-cr-48-the-first-chrome-os-laptop-you-can-nev-5708670 This small fee includes both the hardware and online services needed for Chrome OS. Later this…

Will Chrome Notebooks Be Available for a Monthly Fee?

We’d heard previously that Google’s going to make its Chrome notebooks widely available this June or July. A little more curious, according to Neowin, is the way in which Google’s bringing Chrome hardware to the masses: as a subscription service, reportedly, tied to Gmail. https://gizmodo.com/all-laptops-should-be-like-googles-stark-naked-notebook-5711720 It’s not clear whether that means any Gmail user can…

Google Fixes Chrome Cr-48 Trackpad Issues With Update

Users of Google’s Cr-48 laptop (developers; competition winners…even those who bothered sitting through a conference) can now have full satisfaction with their trackpad, as the Chrome OS update 0.10.156.46 has been pushed through. It fixes a bunch of other issues as well, including: 3G modem activation fixes 3G connection to the carrier fixes Wi-Fi connectivity/Out…

Last Call For Chrome’s URL Bar?

One of the Chrome browser’s most prominent features may also be one of its most short-lived: according to Conceivably Tech, the search giant is looking into four different layouts, each with its own type of navigation. One of the lead contenders, the Compact style, ditches the URL bar in favor of just one line to…

What Data of Mine Does Chrome Send to Google?

Dear Lifehacker, I dig Chrome for its speed and its many small but handy features. But I’m also wondering how much privacy I’m trading for the convenience and quickness. What, exactly, does Chrome know about me, and what does it share with its corporate creator? Sincerely, Concerned Chrome Convert Dear Concerned, We know how you…