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Google shipped an emergency Chrome fix for its seventh zero-day of the year, already used in real attacks

Google has pushed out an emergency update for Chrome after confirming that hackers were already exploiting a previously ...
ZDNet

Chrome JavaScript timer throttling: Google’s tests show it saves up to 2 hours’ battery life

Google looks set for Chrome 86 to slash how much battery life the browser consumes. It’s already experimenting with blocking unruly ads that drain battery life and jam up networks and now it is ...
VentureBeat

Chrome 61 arrives with JavaScript modules and WebUSB support

Google has launched Chrome 61 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Additions in this release include JavaScript modules and WebUSB support, among other developer features ...
CNET

Google project promotes Chrome, JavaScript

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...
XDA Developers

Google Chrome tests throttling background JavaScript timers to improve battery life

I chanced upon the XDA Forums while looking for a way to update the original Motorola Defy to Android 4.0 ICS. Now I help people find answers to similar questions while covering the latest ...

Google warns of new Chrome zero-day flaw exploited in attacks

Google has updated the Chrome browser to address an actively exploited high-severity zero-day flaw in the V8 engine and 11 ...
ZDNet

Bugs in Chrome's JavaScript engine can lead to powerful exploits. This project aims to stop them

A new project hopes to beef up the security of V8, a part of the Chrome browser that most users aren't aware of but that hackers increasingly see as a juicy target. Chrome has over two billion users, ...