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Chrome

An AI hater’s guide to keeping LLMs as far from your workflow as possible in 2026

A freelance gaming journalist’s offers tips on ditching Chrome, Office, Gmail, Photoshop, and other AI-infested tools in favor of alternatives that just do the normal stuff. Read More

Why Microsoft embraced Chromium, and what the new Edge says about the state of web browsers

As of today, Microsoft’s default web browser is officially shifting to an open-source engine best known for powering a rival… Read More

Microsoft confirms Chromium is the future of its browser, and Edge is coming to Windows 7 and 8

Microsoft is giving its Edge to Chromium. On Thursday, Microsoft announced that it will adopt the Chromium open source project… Read More

TLDR: Play Impossible’s deals with Apple & NFLPA, Chrome extension for Craigslist scams, U.S. immigration policy & tech

Today’s featured stories Smart gameball startup Play Impossible inks retail deal with Apple, partners with NFL players, raises cash Seattle… Read More

Cluck

Seattle engineer creates Cluck, a Chrome extension to identify scams in Craigslist apartment listings

After spending a couple years working at Zillow as a software development engineer, Joyce Wu thought she had a grasp… Read More

Report: Maybe Google won’t use Chrome to destroy web advertising

Anonymous sources told Bloomberg Friday that Google plans to release an ad filter for an upcoming version of its Chrome… Read More

What Google’s ad blocking feature could mean for online advertisers and digital publishers

Google is on the verge of what could be a major shift to the business model of online advertising. The Wall Street Journal… Read More

Asus launches Chromebit, an $85 ‘candy-bar-sized’ device that turns a TV into a computer

Google and Asus officially unveiled the Chromebit on Tuesday, an $85 HDMI stick that delivers the full Chrome OS experience… Read More

Google blocks all Chrome extensions from outside its store on Windows

Google announced today that extensions for its Chrome browser not available in the Chrome Web Store have been blocked for… Read More

Microsoft’s new Windows 10 web browser will be called ‘Microsoft Edge’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH1D31YHsgY&feature=youtu.be Microsoft’s new web browser for Windows 10 will be called “Microsoft Edge,” the company announced this morning. The new… Read More

Google releases Password Alert to warn of phishing in Chrome

Google wants to stop successful password phishing attempts where many begin: In your web browser. Today, it released a free,… Read More

Chrome adds support for push notifications from Facebook, eBay and other websites

The newest version of Google’s Chrome browser aims to allow websites to act more like native mobile apps by supporting… Read More

Microsoft’s new ‘Skype for Web’ brings support for IE, Chrome, Safari, and Firefox

Microsoft this morning unveiled a way to use Skype on “just about any screen you can lay your hands on.”… Read More

Google Now notifications coming to Chrome

Users of Google Chrome’s beta version will now have access to notifications from Google Now on their desktops. Google announced… Read More

Start your engines: New Google tools port Chrome apps to Android and iOS

A new set of tools announced by Google today will help developers port their apps from the Chrome desktop browser to Android and… Read More

Google disables popular Chrome extensions following adware complaints

For users of a pair of Chrome extensions, their ad-filled nightmare has finally come to an end. Google has blocked… Read More

Google to support Chrome browser on Windows XP for an extra year

Microsoft is ending all support for Windows XP in April 2014, and doing its best to move users to newer… Read More

Adult app store MiKandi builds workaround to launch the first third-party Chrome app store

Adult app company MiKandi has worked around Google developer restrictions — again. The Seattle-based startup made headlines this past summer after releasing the… Read More

Google revamps Maps for iOS, updates Chrome

It’s the week for new features for Google’s iOS apps. The Mountain View-based search titan released key updates to Google… Read More

Is Internet Explorer up or down? Microsoft and research firm in stat spat

Web analytics firm StatCounter, which has been reporting a steady decline in Internet Explorer market share, has issued an extensive… Read More

Google preps Chrome for Windows 8, with a dig at Microsoft

Google is preparing to release a test version of its Chrome browser for Microsoft’s Windows 8, and company this afternoon… Read More

Chrome passes Internet Explorer, but can the stats be believed?

Google’s Chrome has surpassed Microsoft’s Internet Explorer as the world’s most widely used browser, according to the latest numbers from… Read More

Microsoft in Android patent licensing deal with Pegatron

Microsoft just announced another patent licensing agreement with a maker of Android and Chrome devices, Pegatron Corp., making more headway… Read More

Microsoft plans true auto updates for Internet Explorer

Microsoft plans to streamline the way Internet Explorer is upgraded through its Windows Update process, aiming to move more PC… Read More

Microsoft offers holiday freebies to boost IE9 usage

Microsoft has rolled out a new holiday promotional campaign that aims, in part, to get people on Windows 7 to… Read More

Microsoft signs Quanta deal, ninth Android patent pact in 18 months

Microsoft just announced another Android  patent licensing deal, this one with Quanta Computer — saying that the agreement “provides broad… Read More

Microsoft issues fix after security tool mistakenly removes Google Chrome as malware

Uh, whoops? Microsoft this morning scrambled to release a fix after reports surfaced that its Security Essentials software was mistakenly… Read More

Stats: Chrome, Safari gain on Internet Explorer and Firefox

Overall usage of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox fell slightly in July, while Google Chrome and Apple Safari both… Read More

The Internet Explorer IQ test: Come on, we’re not that dumb

A study released this past week by AptiQuant, a Vancouver, B.C., “psychometric consulting” company, found that Internet Explorer users, on average,… Read More

Microsoft announces another Android patent deal and signals claims vs. Chrome

Microsoft today announced that another Android hardware maker, Wistron Corp., has agreed to pay royalties to Microsoft for its use… Read More

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