Android Authority

Google Chrome director: "Everyone is unsatisfied by URLs. They kind of suck."

Speaking with Wired, various members of the Google Chrome team discuss future plans for the URL. The Google Chrome team agree that the way URLs currently work is not ideal, and they are working on ...

Chrome will finally make secure URLs the default—in a year

Much of the web has switched to secure links—that is, when you type in a site like pcworld.com, it serves its pages over an ...
Slate

Having Trouble Pasting Chrome URLs on a Mac? You’re Not Alone and a Fix Is Coming.

Last week, a group of Slate staffers started commiserating about a strange frustration: They couldn’t copy URLs from Google’s Chrome browser into other programs on their Macs. “This damn URL bug is ...
Business Insider

Google Chrome, the most popular web browser in the world, is considering an idea that would fundamentally change how we all experience the internet

Every time Dave publishes a story, you’ll get an alert straight to your inbox! Enter your email By clicking “Sign up”, you agree to receive emails from Business ...
ZDNet

Chrome 69 kills off www in URLs: Here's why Google's move has made people angry

With the launch of Chrome 69 this week, Google promoted new features and a new look. It gave users months to prepare for Chrome dropping 'Secure' from HTTPS sites and adding 'Not secure' in red to ...
Ars Technica

Google Chrome ends its war on address bar URLs—for now, at least

Chrome is ending its war on address bar URLs—at least for now. About a year ago, Chrome started experimenting with stripping down the URL shown in the address bar ...
Bleeping Computer

Google Chrome Adding Option to Always Show Full URLs

Google is working on providing Chrome users with an option to set the browser to always show full URLs for all websites they visit. At the moment, the option to always show full URLs can only be ...
Android Authority

Google Chrome to warn users of lookalike URLs masquerading as credible websites

Phishing and hoax news are two of the biggest problems facing internet users today, and these nefarious activities often spread via so-called lookalike URLs. But it seems like Google has a solution in ...
9to5google

Google Chrome no longer plans to hide full URLs because it doesn’t help security after all

For the past three years or so, Google has been working on a project behind the scenes with the goal to hide full URLs in the address bar. Now, Google is pulling the plug on its Chrome experiment and ...
The Verge

Google is testing domain-only URLs in Chrome to help foil scams and phishing

James Vincent is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Google is experimenting with showing domain names only in Chrome’s address bar instead of full ...
ZDNet

Google Chrome to get warnings for 'lookalike URLs'

The Google Chrome browser is set to add a feature that will warn users when accessing sites with domain names that look like authentic websites. The feature has been in the works for quite some time ...
Engadget

Google Chrome will warn you of lookalike URLs

We've all had a finger slip and ended up mistyping a URL. According to ZDNet, Google Chrome will soon provide a warning for you when that happens so you don't get fooled by a lookalike site and will ...