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Why is Chrome So Slow? How to Speed Up Your Chrome Browser
Why is Chrome so slow? We understand your pain because we asked ourselves this question in the past. The good news is that there are things you can do to speed up Chrome. Slow Chrome performance can happen for many reasons. This guide discusses common issues such as overloaded cache, outdated Chrome settings, and too many extensions. By the end…
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Why the DOJ Wants Google to Sell Chrome (and How It Might Affect You)
Earlier this August, United States courts ruled that Google is an illegal monopoly, but stopped short of instituting any penalties. Now, the Department of Justice is outlining some pretty ambitious goals, the most demanding of which would require Google to sell off Chrome. The drama all stems back to Google search and the company’s decision to pay billions to Apple…
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DoJ demands Google sells Chrome — and potentially Android too
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has formally called for Google to sell Chrome. Confirming reports earlier this week, the DoJ lists in a court filing a series of remedies in response to an anti-competition ruling in August, in which Google was found to have violated antitrust laws through its online search business. In particular, regulators focused on the use…
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DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search monopoly
The Department of Justice says that Google must divest the Chrome web browser to restore competition to the online search market, and it left the door open to requiring the company to spin out Android, too. The filing includes a broad range of requirements the DOJ hopes the court will impose on Google — from restricting the company from entering…
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Google slams reported forced Chrome sell-off, says “radical” move would harm businesses
US Department of Justice (DOJ) antitrust officials will ask a judge to force a Google Chrome sell-off, Bloomberg has revealed. According to people familiar with the plans, the DOJ will ask the judge to require measures related to AI and its Android smartphone operating system. Antitrust officials also plan to recommend that federal judge Amit Mehta impose data licensing requirements,…
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Try Out the Two New Exciting AI Features in Chrome
Key Takeaways Real-time malware protection is now available on Chrome, which uses AI to protect against malicious websites. AI-powered browsing history search on Chrome allows users to find websites using everyday language. To enable these new features, turn on Enhanced Protection and AI-powered history search in Chrome’s Settings. Google has released a couple of AI features for Chrome this year,…
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Five Ways to Speed up Chrome
Having spent the better part of a decade being infamous for its RAM usage, Chrome is now on a bit of an apology tour. Recently, the browser has added many performance features to help curb its memory usage, but Google’s efforts to improve Chrome’s performance go beyond that. Some features are there purely to save RAM usage and increase speed,…
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Google says “Enhanced protection” feature in Chrome now uses AI
Google has quietly updated the description of one of Chrome’s security features, “Enchaned protection,” to confirm that it will be powered by AI in a future release. It’s unclear what has changed, but as spotted by Leo on X, Google is updating its Enhanced protection mode in Chrome’s Safe Browsing feature to include AI-powered protection. This feature now uses AI to…
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OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Search Chrome extension feels like a search hijacker
OpenAI’s new “ChatGPT search” Chrome extension feels like nothing more than a typical search hijacker, changing Chrome’s settings so your address bar searches go through ChatGPT Search instead. Yesterday, OpenAI launched its new AI search product “ChatGPT Search,” which provides real-time answers to conversational searches on the platform. “ChatGPT can now search the web in a much better way than before,”…
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How to completely uninstall Chrome on Windows 11, 10
To uninstall Google Chrome from Windows 11, open Settings > Apps > Installed apps, and click the “Uninstall” option for the browser. On Windows 10, open Settings > Apps > Apps & features, and click the “Uninstall” button for the browser. After following those steps, from the %LOCALAPPDATA% path, inside the “Google” folder, delete the “Chrome” folder to delete the…
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