Google delays plans to kill off third party cookies
Pushes back execution again
Google's plans to kill off third-party cookies in its Chrome browser have been delayed again until late 2024. The move was last scheduled for the end of 2023, a date already pushed back from sometime this year so we can tell that the search engine outfit is really enthusiastic about making this happen.
Google’s Chrome OS Flex arrives
Revives old PC in the way we used to use Linux
Google’s Chrome OS Flex has officially arrived to revive old PCs and Macs, by turning them into Chromebooks.
Chrome is faster on macOS than Safari
Apple’s software genii strike again
Fruity cargo cult Apple’s programming skills have been again called into question as it turned out that its software genii can’t even make Safari fast on its on MacOS.
Market percentages are down but Firefox making a killing
Firefox does not need to be bigger than Chrome
Industry analysts are concerned about Firefox's future even while the big cheeses in the Mozzarella Foundation are reporting good profits.
All roads no longer lead to Chrome
Sales of Chromebooks fall
Users are picking Windows-based devices over those running Chrome, according to beancounters at IDC.
Windows users should stop using Chrome warns Microsoft
Pop-ups push Edge
Microsoft is warning Windows owners to stop using the Google Chrome browser and switch to Edge instead.
Apple’s Safari went with a Chrome idea
And discovered why Google rejected it
Chris Lee, a former staff interaction designer at Google has written a blog where he claimed to have nearly sold the higher-ups on an idea which later appeared in Apple’s Safari.
Google promises to remove third party cookies from Chrome
At least in the UK
The UK’s competition regulator said on Friday it had secured commitments from Google about the tech giant's proposal to remove third party cookies from its Chrome browser.
Microsoft says new Edge will be best Windows browser
Better than Chrome
The next release of Edge will be the "best performing" browser available on Windows 10 when it arrives later this week, Microsoft claimed at its Build 2021 event. It said that version 91 contains new features, specifically "startup boost and sleeping tabs" that will push it ahead of Chrome and all other browsers.
Chrome-based browsers have vulnerability
Proof-of-concept today exploit code published
An Indian security researcher has published proof-of-concept today exploit code for a recently discovered vulnerability impacting Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and other Chromium-based browsers like Opera and Brave.