Google Chrome includes an integrated ad blocker, but it doesn’t do much of anything. That’s about to change.

BY Paul Thurrott with 22 Comments
Google Chrome includes an integrated ad blocker, but it doesn’t do much of anything. That’s about to change.
BY Mehedi Hassan with 12 Comments
Microsoft's engineers are working to bring one of Edge's tab management features to Chromium, contributing the new "move tabs to another window" feature to Chromium.
BY Paul Thurrott with 8 Comments
Chrome 80---and, presumably, all Chromium-based browsers---will display much less annoying site notifications.
BY Mehedi Hassan with 1 Comment
A Google Chrome for Android bug from last week almost deleted users' data, but Google has now fixed the issue without deleting user data.
BY Mehedi Hassan with 0 Comments
A bug in the latest Google Chrome update for Android is not only causing data loss on the browser itself, but it's also affecting third-party apps. Google has paused the rollout while it evaluates a potential solution.
BY Paul Thurrott with 49 Comments
Web browsers are, by far, the most important applications we use on desktop and mobile. But privacy matters.
BY Paul Thurrott with 1 Comment
The latest version of Google Chrome adds new password and real-time phishing protections, tab freezing, and other new features.
BY Paul Thurrott with 21 Comments
A new web browser extension will allow you to view Thurrott.com---and most of the web---in dark mode. It works with all popular browsers
BY Paul Thurrott with 1 Comment
Google released Chrome 77 almost ten days ago, but today they’re discussing features coming over the next several weeks.
BY Paul Thurrott with 9 Comments
Google announced today that Chrome 77 is now available on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS.
BY Paul Thurrott with 50 Comments
Thanks to the open-source nature of Chromium, Microsoft has had its first major and positive impact on Chrome, Google’s web browser.
BY Paul Thurrott with 2 Comments
Months after releasing it as an extension, Google revealed that it will simply build its Password Checkup into the Chrome browser.
BY Paul Thurrott with 13 Comments
Starting next year, Google will provide Android users with a choice of five search providers to comply with an EU antitrust ruling.
BY Paul Thurrott with 15 Comments
Google has released Chrome 76, the latest version of its web browser, adding a new PWA install experience and other features.
BY Mehedi Hassan with 5 Comments
Google is improving the way it deals with payment methods on Chrome with improved Google Pay integration.
BY Paul Thurrott with 34 Comments
Responding to the controversy around a pending change to Chrome, Google this week said it is not killing ad-blockers.
BY Paul Thurrott with 10 Comments
The next major version of Google Chrome will display an install button when a Progressive Web App (PWA) is available.
BY Paul Thurrott with 10 Comments
I’m plenty-busy here in Seattle for Microsoft Build, but I wanted to at least provide a quick rundown of today’s Google I/O announcements
BY Paul Thurrott with 5 Comments
Those using the Premium version of Grammarly now have a new tool that will catch inconsistencies in spelling, punctuation, and formatting.
BY Paul Thurrott with 5 Comments
A software developer has identified a simple exploit in the mobile version of Google Chrome that can be used for phishing attacks.
BY Paul Thurrott with 17 Comments
The Windows version of Chrome 74 does not include a Dark mode as was originally expected.
BY Paul Thurrott with 23 Comments
An ex-Mozillan has penned a lengthy series of tweets in which he describes Google’s efforts to undercut the Firefox web browser.