An anonymous reader quotes Neowin’s report on the newest browser-usage figures from NetMarketShare: Microsoft Edge only commands a market share of 5.65% — which is an increase of only 0.02 percentage points compared to last month… it only grew by…
When security bugs become WONTFIX writeoffs [Chet Chat Podcast 262]
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Google Fixes 30 Vulnerabilities, Five High Severity, in Chrome 59
Google fixed 30 vulnerabilities, including five high severity issues, in the latest version of Chrome, Chrome 59, on Monday.
Chrome For Android Now Lets You Save Web Pages For Reading Later
Today, Google has introduced a series of improvements to Chrome for Android to make it easier to save content for offline access. The improvements will be made to the “Downloads” feature rolled out in December that allows you to save…
Chrome to Mark More HTTP Pages ‘Not Secure’
Starting with Chrome 62, Google will start marking any HTTP page where users may enter data, and any HTTP page visited in incognito mode
Threatpost News Wrap, April 21, 2017
Last Friday’s ShadowBrokers dump, Microsoft ditching passwords, and a new car dongle hack are all discussed.
News in brief: Google ‘plans native adblocker’; Facebook seeks fake news lead; near miss for Earth
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news
Google Fixes Unicode Phishing Vulnerability in Chrome 58, Firefox Standing Pat
Google fixed a vulnerability that could’ve let an attacker carry out phishing attacks with Unicode domains in Chrome but Mozilla is holding off – for now.
Phone Hack Uses Sensors To Steal PINs
University researchers created a browser-based JavaScript that leverages a phone’s smart device sensor data to steal PINs.
Chrome Now Uses Scroll Anchoring To Prevent Those Annoying Page Jumps
Google has updated its Chrome browser to fix the annoying page jumps that occur when pages are loading. While developers want pages to load the actual content of a page before additional ads and images appear, “the problem is that…