Google Chrome 75 Released for Linux, Windows, and Mac with 42 Security Fixes

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Google Chrome 75 Released for Linux, Windows, and Mac with 42 Security Fixes 

 

Google has released today the Google Chrome 75 web browser for all supported platforms, including Linux, Windows, and Mac, a release that fixes security issues and adds various improvements.

 

Google Chrome 75 has been promoted today to the stable channel as version 75.0.3770.80, a minor release that introduces several new features and enhancements for desktop users and web developers. Among these, we can mention a new option in "Privacy and security" setting to manage security keys, as well as support for Scroll Snap Stop to improve gesture navigation.

The Web Share API has been updated to support file sharing in Web Apps, which now can invoke the same native share dialog box like normal apps. Numeric literals were made more readable by adding support for underscores (_, U+005F), and there's now a low-latency alternative to the deprecated NaCl/PPAPI solution. Web RTC and animation improvements are also present.42 security issues fixedBesides adding the various improvements mentioned above, the Google Chrome 75 release also includes 42 security fixes, as detailed in the release announcement. On top of that, it fully enforces Site Isolation for all desktop users by default to mitigate the well-known Spectre security vulnerabilities in Intel CPUs by rendering content for each page in a separate process.

Google Chrome 75 is now rolling out via OTA (Over-the-Air) updates to Windows and Mac users. You can also download Google Chrome 75 for Linux, macOS, and Windowsright now from our free software portal if you're having trouble with the OTA updates or you prefer to reinstall. We recommend updating your Google Chrome web browser as soon as possible to enjoy a more secure, stable, and safe browsing experience.
 

 

 You can now manager security keys

 

 

 

 

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Google Chrome 75 released with secret Reader Mode

Chrome 75 comes with a hidden Reader Mode, bug fixes, and nothing much.

 

 

Google has released today version 75 of its Chrome browser, available for Android, Chrome OS, Linux, Mac, and Windows.

 

The vast majority of the new features and changes in Chrome 75 are centered around adding new internal APIs and updating existing features.

 

But while Chrome 75 is lacking in terms of user-facing features compared to previous versions, today's release isn't a complete wasteland.

 

The big feature included with Chrome 75 is the addition of a hidden Reader Mode, similar to the one included with Firefox.

 

This new Reader Mode is not active by default and must be turned on using one of Google Chrome's experimental flags -- which until recently has only been available in the Chrome Canary distribution.

 

To enable and test Chrome's new Reader Mode, users must visit the chrome://flags/#enable-reader-mode section, and enable the Reader Mode option, as in the screenshot below.

 

Image: ZDNet

 

Once the Reader Mode flag is set to "Enabled," a restart will be required before users can enter a page's Reader Mode.

 

While Reader Mode can be used on any page, it works better with news stories and large text-based content. To use it, users must click the top-right Chrome dropdown menu and select the "Distill page" option.

 

Image: ZDNet

Once enabled, a "distilled" page looks like the image below:

 

Image: ZDNet

 

Besides the addition of a hidden Reader Mode, Google engineers have also fixed a security bug known as the 'evil cursor' bug, which had been abused by tech support scam sites last year.

 

Users who'd like to learn more about the other new features added in the Chrome 75 release can check out the following links:

• Chrome security updates are detailed here.
• Chromium open-source browser changes are detailed here.
• Google engineers detail some of the most important developer-centric changes here.
• All the Chrome 75 developer-centric deprecations and feature removals are here.
• Chrome for Android updates are detailed here. [not yet public]
• Changes to Chrome V8 JavaScript engine are available here.

 

 

 

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