Chrome 62 Released: What’s New?

Improved Network Information API, support for OpenType variable fonts, new ways to capture media, and Payment Request API support on iOS. - https://goo.gl/3FXGWc

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Here’s How Google Chrome’s New Ad Blocker Works

Google Chrome will soon begin to block ads on some sites by default. Here’s a closer look at how it will work. - https://goo.gl/rdiSoT

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What’s New with V8 v6.6

Due to be released with Chrome 66 in a few weeks, the latest version of the V8 JavaScript engine changes the behavior of Function.prototype.toString(), adds trimStart() and trimEnd() methods to strings, has improved code caching, major async and array performance improvements, and more. - https://goo.gl/YJ6qaX

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12 Chrome DevTools Tips and Tricks

The DevTools gain new features all the time, so it’s always worth keeping an eye on ways to use it. Here’s a collection of quick tips that may prove handy. - https://goo.gl/YiFA72

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A Milestone for Chrome Security: Marking HTTP As “Not Secure”

Chrome 68, released this week (more on that below), shows a “Not secure” message in the location bar when accessing a site over unencrypted HTTP. The march to ‘HTTPS everywhere’ continues. - http://bit.ly/2M3tOZk

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Chrome 68 Released: What’s New For Developers?

Other than the ‘Not Secure’ marker (above), Chrome 68 provides the Page Lifecycle API for you to detect when your tab has been suspended or restored, the Payment Handler API, and lots of neat DevTools improvements. - http://bit.ly/2Os8yhF

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Creating a Chrome Extension in 2018: The Good, the Bad and the Meh

Talks through the development lifecycle of creating an extension and lists some of the architectural gotchas. - http://bit.ly/2ww54mW

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What’s New in Chrome 70's DevTools

The latest dev channel release of Chrome has several DevTools improvements including being able to create ‘live expressions’ (real-time monitoring, essentially) and the highlighting of DOM elements while still typing an expression. - http://bit.ly/2xnmjX0

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An Inside Look at a Modern Web Browser (Chrome, Specifically)

A fantastically illustrated four part series digging into Chrome’s architecture and how it ultimately renders code into functional sites - http://bit.ly/2xC2fkM

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Chrome 70 Beta and the Shape Detection API

The Shape Detection API consists of three other APIs, the Face Detection API, Barcode Detection API and Text Detection API, all designed to make a device’s shape detection capabilities available to Web developers. - http://bit.ly/2Q9T0ix

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