Chrome | PC Perspective https://pcper.com A Leader in PC Hardware Reviews and News Wed, 23 Oct 2024 22:28:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://pcper.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cropped-8a2f-podcast163-mp3-image.png Chrome | PC Perspective https://pcper.com 32 32 Changes Ahead For uBlock Origin And uBlock Origin Lite https://pcper.com/2024/10/changes-ahead-for-ublock-origin-and-ublock-origin-lite/ https://pcper.com/2024/10/changes-ahead-for-ublock-origin-and-ublock-origin-lite/#comments Tue, 22 Oct 2024 17:27:24 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=285187 If you are a fan of using uBlock Origin or uBlock Origin Lite, on sites other than this one, you have to make some choices.  Until now both extensions were available for…]]> https://pcper.com/2024/10/changes-ahead-for-ublock-origin-and-ublock-origin-lite/feed/ 9 Windows Is The Only One Safe From An 18 Year Old Browser Vulnerability https://pcper.com/2024/08/windows-is-the-only-one-safe-from-an-18-year-old-browser-vulnerability/ https://pcper.com/2024/08/windows-is-the-only-one-safe-from-an-18-year-old-browser-vulnerability/#comments Fri, 09 Aug 2024 17:56:25 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=284302 The news from Bleeping Computer about the fact that there is a 18 year old browser vulnerability is rather depressing, though there is a tiny bit of amusement to be gleaned. …]]> https://pcper.com/2024/08/windows-is-the-only-one-safe-from-an-18-year-old-browser-vulnerability/feed/ 2 Quickly Stop Google Chrome’s Blue AI Box Ruining Your Search https://pcper.com/2024/05/quickly-stop-google-chromes-blue-ai-box-ruining-your-search/ https://pcper.com/2024/05/quickly-stop-google-chromes-blue-ai-box-ruining-your-search/#respond Mon, 27 May 2024 17:12:08 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=283593 It has been about two weeks since Google injected AI into the search results of many of their users, in the form of a blue box with AI powered results you need…]]> https://pcper.com/2024/05/quickly-stop-google-chromes-blue-ai-box-ruining-your-search/feed/ 0 How To Check If You Are In Google Chrome’s Cookie Phaseout Test https://pcper.com/2024/02/how-to-check-if-you-are-in-google-chromes-cookie-phaseout-test/ https://pcper.com/2024/02/how-to-check-if-you-are-in-google-chromes-cookie-phaseout-test/#respond Mon, 05 Feb 2024 18:20:24 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=281814 Google Chrome is testing a third-person cookie phaseout, adopting something many other browsers have offered for some time.  Google is implementing it in a different way, which they believe will provide better…]]> https://pcper.com/2024/02/how-to-check-if-you-are-in-google-chromes-cookie-phaseout-test/feed/ 0 Edge Is Taking Over Chrome Yet Again https://pcper.com/2024/01/edge-is-taking-over-chrome-yet-again/ https://pcper.com/2024/01/edge-is-taking-over-chrome-yet-again/#respond Tue, 30 Jan 2024 21:01:49 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=281730 Edge has found a new way to usurp your browser of choice, at least if it is Chrome.  There has been no official documentation of this change, nor did Microsoft respond…]]> https://pcper.com/2024/01/edge-is-taking-over-chrome-yet-again/feed/ 0 Hope You Didn’t Install The “Quick Access to Chat GPT” Extension https://pcper.com/2023/03/hope-you-didnt-install-the-quick-access-to-chat-gpt-extension-2/ https://pcper.com/2023/03/hope-you-didnt-install-the-quick-access-to-chat-gpt-extension-2/#respond Tue, 14 Mar 2023 21:36:23 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=276344 Guardio Labs detected a Chat GPT themed piece of malware pretending to be a Chrome Extension called "Quick access to Chat GPT".  While you are playing with the so called AI, the…]]> https://pcper.com/2023/03/hope-you-didnt-install-the-quick-access-to-chat-gpt-extension-2/feed/ 0 A Solution To Chrome’s RAM Addiction? 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This week is very heavy on product reviews, though we do begin with our traditional Intel Arc news -…]]> https://pcper.com/2022/08/podcast-690/feed/ 0 Chrome Changes It’s Sparkplug And It’s V8 Gets A Speed Boost https://pcper.com/2021/05/chrome-changes-its-sparkplug-and-gets-a-speed-boost/ https://pcper.com/2021/05/chrome-changes-its-sparkplug-and-gets-a-speed-boost/#comments Fri, 28 May 2021 17:47:02 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=263226 Microsoft has given up on trying to align it's Chakra and moved to Alphabet's V8 engine for javascript on Chredge but Chrome will have a speed boost thanks to a change in…]]> https://pcper.com/2021/05/chrome-changes-its-sparkplug-and-gets-a-speed-boost/feed/ 1 Chrome 90 Will Utilize AMD and Intel Hardware Security Features https://pcper.com/2021/05/chrome-90-will-utilize-amd-and-intel-hardware-security-features/ https://pcper.com/2021/05/chrome-90-will-utilize-amd-and-intel-hardware-security-features/#respond Fri, 07 May 2021 16:50:26 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=262571 If you are running a Tiger Lake or Zen 3 processor on a recent version of Windows 10 you now have the option to enable chip level security on Chrome…]]> https://pcper.com/2021/05/chrome-90-will-utilize-amd-and-intel-hardware-security-features/feed/ 0 Closed Captioning Comes To Chrome https://pcper.com/2021/03/closed-captioning-comes-to-chrome/ https://pcper.com/2021/03/closed-captioning-comes-to-chrome/#respond Fri, 19 Mar 2021 16:40:13 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=261159 Alphabet, or Google if you prefer, is expanding the closed captioning support they offer on YouTube, Pixel devices and many Android phones.  As of the Chrome 89 and later, you can enable…]]> https://pcper.com/2021/03/closed-captioning-comes-to-chrome/feed/ 0 Patched Your Chromium Yet? https://pcper.com/2021/02/patched-your-chromium-yet/ https://pcper.com/2021/02/patched-your-chromium-yet/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2021 19:16:48 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=259247 If you happen to have a Chromium based browser on your system, and chances are that Edge is hanging around somewhere even if you haven't installed Chrome, Vivaldi and many others, you…]]> https://pcper.com/2021/02/patched-your-chromium-yet/feed/ 1 Chrome To Start Limiting Background JavaScript Timer Wake Ups https://pcper.com/2020/07/chrome-to-start-limiting-background-javascript-timer-wake-ups/ https://pcper.com/2020/07/chrome-to-start-limiting-background-javascript-timer-wake-ups/#respond Mon, 06 Jul 2020 18:44:28 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=252204 Chrome's love of devouring available RAM is well known and the subject of more than a few internet jokes.  There are a variety of reasons for this immense appetite and today we…]]> https://pcper.com/2020/07/chrome-to-start-limiting-background-javascript-timer-wake-ups/feed/ 0 Chromium Cyber-Condom! Chrome Blocks HTTP File Downloads https://pcper.com/2020/02/chrome-blocks-http-file-downloads/ https://pcper.com/2020/02/chrome-blocks-http-file-downloads/#comments Mon, 10 Feb 2020 19:27:35 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=247716 Are you tired of people downloading random files from the internet, running them and then complaining to you about how it isn't their fault the machine is now infected with something nasty? …]]> https://pcper.com/2020/02/chrome-blocks-http-file-downloads/feed/ 1 AVG/Avast Online Security And SafePrice Lose Their Chrome Finish https://pcper.com/2019/12/avg-avast-online-security-and-safeprice-lose-their-chrome/ https://pcper.com/2019/12/avg-avast-online-security-and-safeprice-lose-their-chrome/#respond Wed, 18 Dec 2019 16:37:58 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=245740 Mozilla and Opera have already removed the four apps in question, two from AVG and two from Avast and now Chrome is following suit, for the same reasons.  The applications in question…]]> https://pcper.com/2019/12/avg-avast-online-security-and-safeprice-lose-their-chrome/feed/ 0 A Friendly Reminder About Password Reuse And Just How Pwned You Are https://pcper.com/2019/08/yes-virginia-there-is-a-bad-password/ https://pcper.com/2019/08/yes-virginia-there-is-a-bad-password/#comments Fri, 16 Aug 2019 18:26:37 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=241869 Password reuse is common, according to this Google study it is a significant problem which affects hundreds of thousands of people and their many different accounts.  There are tools such as…]]> https://pcper.com/2019/08/yes-virginia-there-is-a-bad-password/feed/ 5 The Reaper For Chrome, Sanity At The Sake Of Security https://pcper.com/2019/07/the-reaper-for-chrome-sanity-at-the-sake-of-security/ https://pcper.com/2019/07/the-reaper-for-chrome-sanity-at-the-sake-of-security/#respond Thu, 18 Jul 2019 16:47:53 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=241067 Chrome users are familiar with it's habit of devouring an impressive amount of system resources, generally preferring the taste of RAM but willing to chew up your CPU as well.  David Flater,…]]> https://pcper.com/2019/07/the-reaper-for-chrome-sanity-at-the-sake-of-security/feed/ 0 The browser giveth and the browser taketh away https://pcper.com/2019/04/the-browser-giveth-and-the-browser-taketh-away/ https://pcper.com/2019/04/the-browser-giveth-and-the-browser-taketh-away/#respond Wed, 10 Apr 2019 21:14:29 +0000 http://pcper.pldev.site/news/the-browser-giveth-and-the-browser-taketh-away/ https://pcper.com/2019/04/the-browser-giveth-and-the-browser-taketh-away/feed/ 0 Google Chrome 73 Getting Media Keys Support https://pcper.com/2019/02/google-chrome-73-getting-media-keys-support/ https://pcper.com/2019/02/google-chrome-73-getting-media-keys-support/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2019 06:20:51 +0000 https://pcper.com/news/google-chrome-73-getting-media-keys-support/ https://pcper.com/2019/02/google-chrome-73-getting-media-keys-support/feed/ 2