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Google has said that it intercepted 18 million malware and phishing emails related to COVID-19 each day in the past week, representing nearly 20% of…

Google has announced a timetable for phasing out insecure file downloads in the Chrome browser, starting with desktop version 81 due out next month.…

Google Chrome’s ad blocking efforts will soon extend to “intrusive” video ads. The browser will adopt the latest standards for video ads from the…

WASHINGTON: The US government is nearing publication of a rule that would vastly expand its powers to block shipments of foreign-made goods to…

John Mueller of Google said it is okay to whitelist specific IP addresses if you do not want GoogleBot to access that content yet. That is not a…

Google Chrome already blocks some types of “mixed content” on the web. Now, Google announced it’s getting even more serious: Starting in early 2020,…

Spam phone calls have become increasingly problematic in the United States over the course of the last few years, and most people receive multiple…

It looks like Google is not just indexing but also ranking Google News search results pages and landing pages in Google search. This comes shortly…

Ad blocker uBlock Origin “can no longer exist” if a proposed change to Chrome goes through. That’s according to Raymond Hill, the developer of uBlock…

In this week’s Tech 911—the column where we offer reasonable answers and explanations for of your deepest, darkest tech confusions—a Lifehacker reader…