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Google Chrome Browser for Desktop Gains New Performance Controls

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Google Chrome Browser for Desktop Gains New Performance Controls The Memory Saver feature in the Chrome browser for desktop now features three different modes, including Standard, Balanced, and Advanced. Memory Saver is aimed at speeding up browser performance by limiting the memory that inactive tabs are using. Standard mode deactivates tabs based on your computer’s needs, while Balanced mode considers both…

Mac Rumors 721 2024-10-30

Chrome introduces new ‘Performance’ tools to wrangle the tabs gobbling up your memory

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Chrome introduces new ‘Performance’ tools to wrangle the tabs gobbling up your memory Illustration: The VergeGoogle is rolling out some new Chrome memory management features aimed at helping you wrangle out-of-control tabs more easily. The updates include new “Performance issue alerts” and some tweaks to the existing Memory Saver mode, which already tries to free up the resources of inactive tabs in the background. The new alerts…

The Verge 977 2024-10-30

Chrome adds new warnings and cloud scanning for suspicious downloads

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Chrome adds new warnings and cloud scanning for suspicious downloads Image: GoogleGoogle has updated the suspicious file warnings Chrome displays for why it might have blocked a potentially suspicious or dangerous file download to hopefully give users clearer explanations. For people who turn on the anti-phishing Enhanced protection feature, opting in to upload suspicious files for scanning in the cloud, it’s als…

The Verge 713 2024-07-25

Google’s plan to turn off third-party cookies in Chrome is dying

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Google’s plan to turn off third-party cookies in Chrome is dying Illustration: The VergeGoogle is putting the brakes on a change that would have made it more difficult to track users across different websites to serve them targeted ads. After years of testing, planning, and delays, Google has scrapped a plan to turn off third-party cookie tracking by default like Safari and Firefox already do. The change was …

The Verge 1.3k 2024-07-23

Google No Longer Plans to Eliminate Third-Party Cookies in Chrome

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Google No Longer Plans to Eliminate Third-Party Cookies in Chrome Google no longer plans to deprecate third-party cookies in the Chrome browser, marking a notable change to a prior decision to phase out third-party cookies by 2025. Google announced its cookie updates in a blog post shared today, where the company said that it instead plans to focus on user choice. Rather than eliminating third-party cookies e…

Mac Rumors 1.4k 2024-07-23

Chrome Is Dying Because It’ll Kill You

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Chrome Is Dying Because It’ll Kill You Say goodbye to the shiny stuff. Chrome has been synonymous with automotive style and luxury since the early days, and some of the greatest cars of the last 100 years have been adorned with the mirror reflection surface afforded by hexavalent chromium. Stellantis, an automaker that practically has shiny top layer chrome Read more…

Jalopnik 1.2k 2024-06-18

Chrome on Android can read webpages out loud from within the app

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Chrome on Android can read webpages out loud from within the app Illustration: The VergeGoogle is rolling out a new option called “Listen to this page” that can read a webpage out loud to you from within the Android Chrome browser. The feature comes with playback controls similar to those you’d find in music or podcast players, letting you pause, change the reading speed, scrub forward, or skip ahead or back …

The Verge 1.2k 2024-06-17

Is there an app or chrome extension that sorts Facebook posts by number of Likes / Shares / Comments?

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Is there an app or chrome extension that sorts Facebook posts by number of Likes / Shares / Comments? Need to sort other peoples business page posts by engagement (not my own) so the posts with the most Likes or comments display at the top. Preferably a free tool, not something that’s $93863 dollars a month. But open to all suggestions of course. Anything come to mind? submitted by /u/devonthed00d

Reddit Social Media 1.0k 2024-05-31

LPT: CTRL + Shift + T will re-open the last Google Chrome tab that you closed.

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LPT: CTRL + Shift + T will re-open the last Google Chrome tab that you closed. Close out of a Google Chrome tab accidentally and want to get it back quick? Press CTRL + Shift + T and the last tab you closed will reopen. Has saved me multiple times. If you closed the whole Chrome window (i.e. all tabs) then it won’t work. submitted by /u/NameChexsOut

Life Pro Tips 701 2024-05-18

How do you all feel about the new Chrome/Google Shopping Insights?

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How do you all feel about the new Chrome/Google Shopping Insights? https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/14198594 In Chrome on desktop there is an icon in the address bar that opens a side panel that shows price history across the web, and with one click it shows other sites to buy on, which opens a Google search for the product showing all the other sites (your competitors) where the product can be purch…

Reddit ecommerce 1.2k 2024-03-24