Based on the same engine that drives Google’s Chrome browser, Microsoft’s new Edge browser is now available for Windows and MacOS. A year in the making, the new Microsoft Edge browser will work with websites and not deal with the compatibility issues that browsers with a smaller share of the market can face. More specifically, Microsoft …
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Microsoft has triggered anger by announcing that an upcoming version of Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus will change Chrome users’ default search engine to the company’s own Bing. The change — which in less generous terms is called “search hijacking” — will start reaching Chrome users in February and will eventually show up in the Firefox browser, too. The change is …
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Virtual private networks can be as confusing to understand as the threats they aim to protect us from. The average online denizen is often already mentally maxed-out trying to navigate the ever-shifting cyber-wilds while protecting their bank password in a digital minefield of skyrocketing malware attacks, suspicious public Wi-Fi and corpo-governmental mass surveillance. If that’s you, I’ve got your straightforward …
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Chromebooks released this year will get eight years of software support and automatic updates compared to the previous average of six years, Google said Tuesday. The company said the move is intended to extend the lifespan of 40 million devices used by students and teachers — and at the same time it has increased the list price of the Chrome …
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We’ve all been there — you’ve got 20 tabs open, and one of them seems to be playing music or rolling a video. You’re driving yourself crazy clicking around to find out which one it is, and now you’re starting to get mad. Fortunately, Google’s got a new button for the Chrome desktop browser that lets you pause (and play) …
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Microsoft spent the last year giving its Edge software a browser brain transplant, and now the company is convinced it’s smart enough to help everyone who uses it. Microsoft stripped the beta label from the browser on Wednesday, and you can now download it from Microsoft’s Edge website. Introduced in 2015, Edge was part of a modernization effort that stripped …
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Google’s Chrome team, advancing its web privacy effort, later this year will begin testing the “privacy sandbox” proposals it unveiled in 2019. The Chrome tests, which Google announced Tuesday, are part of an effort to make it harder for publishers, advertisers and data brokers to harvest your personal data without your permission and to track you online. Other browsers, including …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. You’re going to see more laptops in 2020 that give you an experience more like using your phone thanks to Intel’s Project Athena program. It’s not limited to Windows 10 PCs anymore, either, with Intel announcing at CES that Google has …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Samsung has certainly made its share of premium Chromebooks over the years, but nothing quite as swanky as its upcoming Galaxy Chromebook. Built from aluminum and only 0.4 inch (9.9mm) thick, the $1,000 13.3-inch two-in-one weighs just 2.2 pounds (1 kg) …
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Happy New Year! If your list of 2020 resolutions includes finally using a password manager to keep track of your login credentials and passwords online, then good for you. If you use Google Chrome, like two-thirds of the world, you get a built-in password manager at your fingertips. Like all password managers, the one in your Chrome browser can store the login information …
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