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Buried deep in Chrome are 12 hidden settings you’ll actually want to use

You can use the Subframe Process Reuse Thresholds flag to limit how often Chrome spawns new processes for iframes, cutting memory bloat and reducing crashes. You can use the Memory Purge on Freeze ...

What is DNS? A computer engineer explains this foundational piece of the web – and why it’s the internet’s Achilles’ heel

The Domain Name System, like most pieces of the internet, was designed to be distributed across many computers. Concentration ...

Google says Search AI Mode will know everything about you

Google wants 'AI mode' on Search to be as personal as possible, and it'll soon tap into services like Gmail or Drive to know ...
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Chrome to Make HTTPS-Only Browsing Default Starting Next Fall

Starting in October 2026, Google Chrome version 154 is set to have “Always Use Secure Connections” turned on by default. This ...

Google is making HTTPS the default in Chrome in a very smart way

For over a decade, Google has been on a mission to make the web a safer place by pushing for the adoption of HTTPS. This week ...

From static classifiers to reasoning engines: OpenAI’s new model rethinks content moderation

“Traditional classifiers can have high performance, with low latency and operating cost," OpenAI said. "But gathering a ...