Google Chrome is one of the most popular web browsers among computer users for a number of reasons. Not only is it highly customizable in terms of interface preferences, but it also has a slew of ...

Google has been tweaking how it scans files using the Chrome browser to detect malware before downloading. By automating the process as much as is possible, Google is looking to protect users from ...

Downloads of files like images may be banned if they use HTTP connections – even if they are available from an HTTPS website. Google Chrome will soon restrict certain files, like PDFs or executables, ...

Just hours after the release of the Google Chrome browser last month, researcher Aviv Raff discovered that he could combine two vulnerabilities -- a flaw in Apple Safari (WebKit) and a Java bug -- to ...

is an editor covering deals and gaming hardware. He joined in 2018, and after a two-year stint at Polygon, he rejoined The Verge in May 2025. Google’s Advanced Protection program aims to protect ...

Every day, tons of files are downloaded from the Internet, from applications, images, videos, and audio files to plain text files. If you get an error message in ...

Chrome will offer more detailed explanations for why a particular download might be suspicious and ask to scan password-protected archives for malware. Chrome will offer more detailed explanations for ...

Chrome OS is set to gain a new “Trash” folder that will make it easy to undelete a file you may have accidentally deleted. Most operating systems have the ability to undelete files by stashing them ...

In the beginning, Chromebooks weren’t really meant to manage files. It’s tough to even remember now, but in the earliest incarnation of Chrome OS, way back in the Paleolithic era of 2010, Chromebooks ...

A security firm said this week that it discovered PDF documents exploiting a what the company called a Google Chrome browser "zero-day." The vulnerability allowed attackers to collect data from users ...