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| | | Google Sets New Privacy Standards for Chrome Extensions, but Will They Be Enforced? | | Android Police | Browser extensions have become a critical attack vector, especially since many of them require access to all sites. Some malicious extensions were able to read passwords as you type them in or mine cryptocurrency in the background before Google removed them. Google has implemented several new changes for extensions over the past few months, and new ones will come into effect this October. | | Meet BetterCloud’s New Chief Customer Officer, Rachel Orston | | BetterCloud Monitor | Our new Chief Customer Officer (CCO) Rachel Orston was one of Atlanta’s early tech pioneers and helped build the thriving tech community there. Her passion for customers and the customer experience is unrivaled. She’s excited to seize the opportunities that lie ahead of BetterCloud, which is what unquestionably makes Rachel the ideal new head of our customer experience organization. Read all about Rachel, her career, and her role in our new post. | | Microsoft Reveals New Windows 10 Start Menu in Accidental Internal Leak | | The Verge | Microsoft has accidentally released an internal-only version of Windows 10 to testers, revealing a new Start menu design. The software giant has distributed Windows 10 build 18947, meant for internal Xbox development, to Windows Insider testers using 32-bit devices. It’s an internal-only build from the company’s canary branch, and yet Microsoft has published it to all Windows 10 testers whether they’re in release preview, fast ring, or even slow ring testing. | | Google Photos Hit a Billion Users in Just Over Four Years | | Engadget | Google has confirmed Google Photos now has more than a billion users. It surpassed the milestone earlier this summer, a little over four years after it unveiled Photos. |
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| | | How to Enable or Disable Multiple File Downloads in Chrome | | How-To Geek | By default, Google Chrome asks for confirmation when a site tries automatically to download files in succession. However, if you want to block all attempts regardless of the site, or maybe you would rather blacklist a specific website, here’s how. | | How to Enable Text Prediction for a Hardware Keyboard on Windows 10 | | How-To Geek | Windows 10 offers predictive text, just like Android and iPhone. Microsoft calls this “text suggestions.” It’s part of Windows 10’s touch keyboard, but you can also enable it for hardware keyboards. Suggestions will appear floating over text as you type. |
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