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Google says the Chrome Safety Check feature will work in the background to check if passwords saved in the web browser have been compromised. "Safety Check for Chrome on desktop will now run automatically in the background," said Chrome Group Product Manager Sabine Borsay.

Google is introducing a significant change to Chrome's Back/Forward Cache behavior, allowing web pages to be stored in the cache, even if a webmaster specifies not to store a page in the browser's cache. "Bfcache is an in-memory cache that stores a complete snapshot of a page as the user is navigating away," explains Google's web.

Google has rolled out six Chrome security fixes including one emergency patch for a bug for which exploit code is already out there. Google doesn't provide a whole lot of detail about the bug, nor any details about who may be exploiting it and to what nefarious end.

Google has rolled out security updates to fix seven security issues in its Chrome browser, including a zero-day that has come under active exploitation in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2023-6345, the...

Google has fixed the sixth Chrome zero-day vulnerability this year in an emergency security update released today to counter ongoing exploitation in attacks. Google TAG is known for uncovering zero-days, often exploited by state-sponsored hacking groups in spyware campaigns targeting high-profile individuals like journalists and opposition politicians.

Google has fixed the fifth Chrome zero-day vulnerability this year in an emergency security update released today to counter ongoing exploitation in attacks. Google TAG is known for uncovering zero-days, often exploited by state-sponsored hacking groups in spyware campaigns targeting high-profile individuals like journalists and opposition politicians.

You can soon right-click on any YouTube video in Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome and save the frame in the original resolution and PNG format. Following the introduction of an option to "Copy video frame" on YouTube, Google has now implemented an additional feature allowing you to "Save" video frames directly.

Google has taken a significant step towards enhancing Chrome internet security by automatically upgrading insecure HTTP requests to HTTPS requests for 100% of users. A limited rollout of this feature in Google Chrome began in July, but as of October 16th, Google has now rolled it out to all users on the Stable channel.

Google is getting ready to test a new "IP Protection" feature for the Chrome browser that enhances users' privacy by masking their IP addresses using proxy servers. [...]

In a bid to upgrade user experience, the Chrome team is developing an "Organise Tabs" feature, soon to be seen at the top left corner of the browser, adjacent to the tab search function. This new feature may potentially introduce an automatic tab group creation once tabs are systematically categorised.