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Google Chrome after offering improved Cookie Controls UI in regular and incognito modes that block tracking cookies by default, now the latest Canary version allows removing all third-party cookies and site data through an option at Chrome://settings/siteData page. Till now Chrome allows us to “Prevent third-party websites from saving and reading cookie data” when you …
Latest chrome Canary updates Reader mode, now allows the user to increase a web page’s text size, change font and theme.
Google Chrome with ad filter built-in automatically blocks ads on sites that violate Better Ad Standards, now Google is ready to implement a solution in Chrome which unloads ads that consume device’s precious resources. The browser will unload “ad iframes that use an egregious amount of CPU or network bandwidth.” After seeing Firefox and Chromium …
Google sometimes uses space on the Chrome browser’s New Tab Page to advertise its products, for instance, you may have seen NTP in Chrome showing a promo about Wifi Speaker in the past with a message ” Meet Google Home Max. Now in Stock” (without any option to close it). The link takes the user …
Google is bringing simpler controls for third-party cookie blocking in Chrome, here is how to enable them in Canary
Google already enables and uses its experimental protocol “QUIC” on its websites in Chrome browser, today, the company has gone ahead and integrated it along with HTTP/3 into the Canary version. Google obsessed with speed, announced in 2013 that they’re experimenting with QUIC, pronounced as Quick and its full form is Quick UDP internet connections. …
Google has added highly experimental Back-Forward Cache feature to Chrome Canary to speed up the navigations in the web browser
Ever since Microsoft started contributing to Chromium, Google Chrome started gaining new features for accessibility, Caret browsing is an example albeit its not available yet and Chrome allows screen readers to request Google for the image descriptions is another e.g. Recently, the Chromium team has bean work to provide the ability to customize “Captions” on …
If your Chrome browser is giving 401 unauthorized error or redirecting you to password reset page when you try to login to Netgear router, try this fix.
Google Chrome can be started in Incognito mode by appending a command line switch to the Target field, similarly, beginning from version 77, the same browser can also be launched in “Guest browsing mode” via a command-line flag, FYI, this is new and previous Chrome versions not supported this. To browse privately, Chrome offers Guest […]
Latest Chrome Canary experiments with Google Search box in New Tab Page by replacing the fake box with a real one
Recently Google has promised they’ll preview “improved cookie controls” for Chrome later this year. They’re already on it by building on SameSite cookie attribute, meanwhile, Chromium team is also testing a feature in Canary that blocks third-party cookies by default and offers an improved UI to control them in incognito mode. Yesterday, Mozilla has shipped …