Bleeping Computer

Google Chrome now auto-upgrades to secure connections for all users

Google has taken a significant step towards enhancing Chrome internet security by automatically upgrading insecure HTTP requests to HTTPS requests for 100% of users. This feature is called ...
Searchenginejournal.com

Chrome To Warn Users Before Loading HTTP Sites Starting Next Year

Google Chrome will enable "Always Use Secure Connections" by default in October 2026, warning users before accessing public sites without HTTPS encryption. Google Chrome will enable "Always Use Secure ...
Search Engine Land

Google can keep Chrome, but exclusive search deals must end

Google can keep its Chrome browser, but it can no longer have exclusive search deals and must share its search data with competitors. That’s the ruling from U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in the ...
Bleeping Computer

Google Chrome to warn users before opening insecure HTTP sites

Google announced today that the Chrome web browser will load all public websites via secure HTTPS connections by default and ask for permission before connecting to public, insecure HTTP websites, ...
The Verge

Chrome is about to show even more safety warnings

The browser will enable its ‘Always Use Secure Connections’ option for everyone in October 2026. The browser will enable its ‘Always Use Secure Connections’ option for everyone in October 2026. is a ...

Microsoft Updates Windows ‘To Stop Users From Downloading Google Chrome’

The latest news comes from Windows Report. “If you open the Chrome download page in Microsoft Edge, you may see a new banner ...

6 recent Google Chrome features you probably forget to use

Whatever the case may be, the easiest way to call Gemini for page-specific questioning is to again right-click the tab’s ...
Engadget

Google Chrome will finally default to secure HTTPS connections starting in April

The transition to the more-secure HTTPS web protocol has plateaued, according to Google. As of 2020, 95 to 99 percent of navigations in Chrome use HTTPS. To help make it safer for users to click on ...
Business Insider

The DOJ wants Google to sell its Chrome browser. Here are the winners and losers if that happens.

The DOJ asked the judge in its antitrust case against Google to force the company to sell Chrome. Chrome is a key distribution method for Search, which provides crucial data for Google's ads. A ...
Wired

How to Change the Default Search Engine in Google Chrome

Part of the reason Google decided to start developing its own Chrome browser—all the way back in 2008—was to funnel people toward all of its web apps, from Google Docs to Gmail to Google Maps. And of ...
Computerworld

9 Google Chrome features you really should be using

If you’re like about 70% of computer users worldwide, you use Google’s Chrome browser as your gateway to the web, from conducting research and catching up on news to emailing and interacting with ...