Chrome is one of the fastest browsers on the market. However, sometimes Chrome seems to act up for no apparent reason. Whether its pages taking longer than usual to load, or lag issues while browsing, there might be a problem with your browser. In this article, we’ll go through seven fixes that you can try to speed up Google Chrome if it's running slow. 1. Test Your Laptop and Internet Connection Firstly, you'll want to make sure there is no problem with your laptop, by running other browsers on your system. If any browsers other than Chrome work fine, the problem is likely with Chrome or your internet connection. To ensure it's not your internet connection making your browsers slow, run other browsers on any other system connected to the same internet connection. You may have a problem with your internet if these browsers in other systems are also slow. If that's the case, try restarting the router to see if it improves the performance. You can always run a speed test to check your connection speed. If all other browsers appear to be usually working on other systems, there is an issue with your Chrome that needs further investigation. 2. Check Default Search Engine in Chrome Google is the default search engine in the address bar of Google Chrome. The search bar also allows you to use other search engines such as Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, and Ecosia. Shifting to these search engines in Chrome’s address bar can sometimes reduce performance. Therefore, before trying any other fix, make sure that Google is set as the default search engine. Follow the below steps to check your default search engine. Click on the three dots in the top-right corner. Head to Settings. Find Search engine on the left-hand side. Click on the Manage search engines. You can edit, remove, or set any search engine as your default here. Make sure Google is set as the default search engine. 3. Close Unused Tabs Usually, researching over the internet or checking out different sources for an assignment requires opening too many tabs simultaneously. Even if you're not using the tab, Chrome consumes the same number of system resources. With too many unnecessary tabs open, you might be wasting resources unknowingly. RELATED: 3 Reasons Why You Should Group Tabs On Google Chrome Open Resource Monitor on Windows devices or Activity Monitor on Macs and close tabs one by one to see if that improves performance. Make a habit of bookmarking pages instead of keeping them open all the time. Even if closing tabs doesn't help Chrome run faster, it may help save some battery life on your device. 4. Clear the Cache and Browsing History Clearing the cache and Chrome history can also be useful solutions. Chrome stores temporary browsing information that piles up after some time. This unused data reduces your browser performance. However, clearing the cache also removes any saved usernames and passwords. To keep this data intact, you can uncheck the password and other sign-in data boxes in the advanced settings of clear browsing history before clearing data. Follow the below steps to clear the browsing data. Click on the three vertical dots in the top-right corner of the Chrome browser. Head to History. Click on Clear browsing data. Set the time range for the data to delete. Check all boxes except for Passwords and other sign-in data and Auto-fill form data. Click on clear data. Once you have cleared your browsing history, restart your browser to see if it improves the performance. 5. Update Chrome In case you keep automatic Chrome updates setting off, ensure you have the latest version of Chrome. Even if updating Chrome has no direct effect on its performance, your browser may be more secure against malware attacks. You'll see a decrease in browser performance if a malicious website loads your browser with malware. So, keep Chrome updated at all times. Here is how to check if Chrome is updated or not. Click on three dots in the top-right corner. Go to Help > About Google Chrome. If Chrome is already updated, you’ll see a message; Google Chrome is up-to-date”. Otherwise, make sure to update Chrome to the latest version. 6. Check Your Extensions Adding extensions to Chrome improves productivity, but overloading them might have the opposite effect. Just like keeping tabs open in Chrome, active extensions use up system resources which can lead to slow performance. Shortlist the extensions according to their daily usage, and remove the ones you rarely use. If performance doesn’t improve after removing the extensions, try turning on and off active extensions one at a time. Disabling a particular extension may speed up Chrome browsing. If that’s the case, make sure to remove that extension permanently (as long as you can live without it). 7. Disable Hardware Acceleration When hardware acceleration is on, high-processing-demanding tasks, such as playing video games, use the graphics processing unit for computation to reduce the workload on the CPU. As a result, the CPU can run basic and essential tasks while the GPU handles the high processing demands. Although it improves CPU performance in most cases, it can also slow down your browsers and drain the battery faster. So, turn it off from the Chrome browser, and you'll likely notice a difference in Chrome browsing performance. Here is how to disable hardware acceleration from Chrome. Click on the three dots in the top-right corner. Go to Settings. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the advanced options. In the advanced options, go to System Settings. Turn off the option "Use hardware acceleration when available". Try These Fixes to Improve the Chrome Performance Try each of the fixes we've looked at to try and improve Google Chrome's performance on your device. In case none of the above fixes work, there might be another issue with your system. Try scanning it for any malware as one final effort. If the slow Chrome browsing issue persists, consider switching to another browser such as Microsoft Edge and Firefox.

Your choice of homepage says a lot about you as a person. Much like your desktop wallpaper, it can give people a lasting impression of your persona. However, unlike a wallpaper or a theme, it also has to retain an element of usefulness. And terms of usefulness, you can't get much better than Google. Sure, you could try something like Reddit or Google News, but Google Search is the ultimate web portal. How do you make Google your homepage? Here's how to do it on the four major web browsers. How to Set Your Homepage on Google Chrome Follow these instructions if Google Chrome is your browser of choice: Open Chrome. Click on the Menu icon in the upper right-hand corner (three vertical dots). Select Settings. Scroll down to On Startup. Mark the checkbox next to Open a specific page or set of pages. Enter www.google.com into the on-screen box. Make sure you also enable the Show home button toggle, which gives you an on-screen way to make Google Search only a single click away. How to Set Your Homepage on Microsoft Edge Microsoft Edge is automatically installed on a Windows system. It's been gaining an increasing amount of popularity in recent years, thanks to its tight integration with the rest of the Windows operating system. Open Edge. Click on the More icon in the upper right-hand corner (three horizontal dots). Select Settings. In the left-hand panel, click On Start-up. Mark the checkbox alongside Open a specific page or pages. Enter www.google.com in the on-screen box. How to Set Your Homepage on Mozilla Firefox Firefox remains one of the fastest web browsers available and is the de facto best-in-class for anyone who wants a browser that's not made by one of the tech giants. Open Firefox. Click on the Menu button (three horizontal lines). Select Settings. In the panel on the left-hand side of the screen, choose Home. Scroll down to New Windows and Tabs. In the dropdown box next to Homepage and new windows, enter Google's URL. How to Set Your Homepage on Safari Safari is Apple's own browser. It is not available on the Windows operating system. Open Safari. Go to Safari > Preferences. In the new window, select the General tab. Scroll down to the Homepage field. Enter www.google.com. Select Change Homepage when prompted. Make sure you set Homepage in the New windows open with section. What About Other Browsers? Of course, these aren't the only worthwhile desktop browsers. If you'd like to try a less common app, check out our best browsers guide. Setting Google as the homepage in any other browser will involve much the same process, just head into your settings. And remember, the instructions we've listed will let you set your homepage to any website, not just Google!

Brave is an open-source browser that is originally based on Chromium. Unlike Google Chrome, it focuses heavily on performance and user privacy. Undoubtedly, Google Chrome is an impressive web browser—but for almost a decade now, it has been the dominant choice for a modern web browser experience. So, to present a different approach to what Google offers, you will find several chrome alternatives available. And Brave is one of the popular ones. Here we'll take a look at some reasons the Brave browser is becoming so popular. 1. Moving Away from Big Tech Services and products by internet giants constantly dominate the web. While they try to provide their best, it is always refreshing to have different choices. The advantage of having competitors like Brave makes sure that big tech does not dictate users' choice. Also, tech giants are often considered to be anti-competitive. But users opting for alternatives such as the Brave browser, encourages healthy competition for them, which is a good thing. 2. Respects Privacy If you are browsing the web, your activity is being tracked in one way or the other. But not everyone wants to give away their information online. Brave practices a better privacy policy by not collecting users' browsing activities. RELATED: Brave Browser For Mobile: Your Privacy & Security Tested Everything you do on the browser stays private on your device and will not be shared with any third-party. Also, Brave encrypts your sync data to seamlessly use the same browser settings and bookmarks on multiple devices. 3. Faster Browsing Experience Chrome is commonly known to eat up system resources, especially if you have many things going on in your web browser. Brave surprisingly offers a faster experience with focus on being more resource efficient. Officially, Brave claims that it needs 33 percent less memory when compared to Chrome and has a lower impact on your system's battery life. This may vary depending on your system configuration, but generally Brave manages to provide a faster experience. 4. Open Source Chrome is a proprietary project originally based on Chromium (which is open source). But Brave is a completely open-source web browser. So, anyone can inspect the source code to verify the claims and assess the security of the browser if needed. There are other benefits of using an open-source software as well, such as community involvement for adding features, and a couple more. 5. Beats Censorship Most of the web is centralized. In other words, the resources you access is usually stored in a central storage location. Brave integrates the IPFS protocol that lets you access the decentralized web. It allows users to utilize a peer-to-peer network where you can access resources using IPFS. This guarantees that no one can control or restrict access to a resource. Hence, with this feature integrated, Brave browser can be an effective tool to beat censorship of the web. RELATED:How To Bypass Internet Censorship? Also, with the help of the IPFS protocol, you can easily distribute resources without worrying about server resources or costs, which makes them more accessible as well. 6. Tracker Blocking There are several types of tracking technologies used to track internet users. Some tracking could help make the web more useful. But other trackers may end up collecting too much data out of your browsing activity. Image Credit: Brave This is where Brave swoops in to offer a built-in privacy protection feature, where you can choose to block trackers. The feature could also drop the need of looking for privacy-focused chrome extensions. 7. Brave Rewards Normally, you support your favorite websites by not blocking the advertisements displayed. And with Brave, you get another way to help the creators of a website, through Brave Rewards. It is completely optional, but with Brave Rewards, you get to earn tokens when you visit and spend time interacting with a website. You will find a wallet integrated with the Brave browser, which stores these tokens, and you can contribute them to your favorite website, if you choose to. Also, you can add funds to your wallet using any currency and spend them to support the publishers registered for Brave Rewards. 8. Tor Integration For an enhanced level of privacy, Tor network is the way to go. Unfortunately, the easiest way to use it is through the Tor browser, which is not the most user-friendly or performance oriented browser. Thanks to Brave, you can use Tor connectivity through a private browsing mode. It's worth noting that it is not a complete replacement of Tor browser, but Tor network is used as a proxy to hide your original IP and location. RELATED:Tor And VPN: Here's What You Need To Know 9. Premium Firewall and VPN Feature for iOS Devices Apple's iOS is all about tightly integrated services. Brave tries to step up a notch by offering a firewall and VPN service that you can use through the browser, though it's an additional paid option. This may not be for everyone, but if you swear by Brave's web browser on your iOS device, the VPN can help enhance your digital privacy. 10. Integrated Services like Brave Search Brave is not just a browser, but it pitches several other offerings like private advertising solution, decentralized web, and some more. Brave Search is yet another something impressive by them. It aims to be an independent search engine and focuses on providing privacy-friendly search results.

Pop-up blockers prevent annoying pop-ups from ruining your online experience. In fact, popular browsers, like Google Chrome, block pop-ups by default. Then again, pop-up blockers also block useful pop-ups—this can become a problem if a website requires you to input information on a pop-up. Here, we'll explain how to disable the pop-up blocker in Chrome. How to Disable the Pop-Up Blocker in Chrome Launch Google Chrome. Click the three dots at the top-right corner of the browser. Then, select Settings from the dropdown menu. From the left navigation menu, click Privacy and security, and select Site Settings. Scroll down and click Pop-ups and redirects. Then, under Pop-ups and redirects, turn off Blocked (Recommended) to allow pop-ups from all websites. Under Allow, click Add to allow pop-ups only from certain websites. Simply enter the site's URL in the window that appears, and click Add. To block pop-ups from a specific website, go to Block and click Add. Enter the URL of the site you want to block and click Add. If you still see distracting pop-ups, try to run the Chrome Cleanup Tool. To use this tool, enter chrome://settings/cleanup in the address bar. Then, click Find. If suspicious programs are found, you can choose to remove them. Installing and using malicious extensions can also hurt your web browsing experience. Bad extensions might install adware and steal your data, which is why it's always important to look out for shady Chrome extensions. RELATED:Beware Of Adware: What It Is And Ways To Stay Safe Block or Allow Pop-Ups in Google Chrome Pop-ups that appear while browsing the web can be distracting. However, some pop-ups might be useful. Thus, it's reasonable to allow from some sites and block them on others.

As you browse the internet, you'll frequently have to log in to your online accounts. If you have your passwords saved in your browser, then this a breeze. But what if you are using a different device, and can't remember your password for one of your accounts? Or, perhaps you want to delete your passwords from your browser for security reasons. Either way, we'll show you how to view or delete any stored passwords in Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Opera. How to View and Clear Your Saved Passwords in Chrome on Desktop Here's how to view and delete your saved passwords in Chrome using a desktop computer: Open Chrome. Click the three dots button in the top-right corner of the browser, and click Settings. Under Autofill, click Passwords. If you're looking for a password for a specific site, enter the site name into the Search passwords search bar. Alternatively, scroll down the list and click on the eye icon to the right of any site name to view your saved password. To delete your saved password, click on the three dots next to the password that you want to delete. Then, choose Remove from the menu. Click Continue to verify it's you, and then click Delete. Another warning will pop up, so click Delete again. Note that anyone with access to your computer can view all your saved passwords by doing this, which is why storing your passwords in your browser isn't always the best idea. How to View and Clear Your Saved Passwords in Chrome on Mobile Here's how to view and delete your saved passwords in Chrome on a smartphone or tablet: Open Chrome. Tap the three dots button in the top-right corner of the screen. Tap Settings > Passwords to open a list of sites for which your login details are saved. For lengthy lists, tap the search icon at the top, and enter a site name to call it up. Otherwise, simply tap any site on the list. If you've set up a form of two-factor authentication, you will be required to verify your information to view your saved password. To delete a password, select a password, and then tap the bin icon at the top-right corner of the screen. Image Gallery (3 Images) RELATED:How To Access Your Google History And Delete All Activity How to View and Clear Your Saved Passwords in Firefox on Desktop Here's how to view and delete your saved passwords in Chrome using a computer. Open Firefox. Click the hamburger menu in the top-right corner of the screen, and click Passwords. Firefox stores saved passwords in the Firefox Lockwise panel. Enter an account or username into the Search Logins search bar, or scroll down the Lockwise panel to select a login. Click on the eye icon to reveal your password. To delete the password, click Remove in the top-right corner. A warning notification will appear. Click Remove again to delete your password. If you decide to delete your password, remember that this cannot be undone. Ensure you saved your password somewhere else. How to View and Delete Saved Passwords in Firefox on Mobile Follow these steps to view and delete your saved passwords in Firefox on your mobile device. Open Firefox. Tap Settings. Tap Logins and passwords > Saved logins. Image Gallery (3 Images) You will be prompted to verify your identity. Use your fingerprint or enter your PIN. Tap any site, and then select the eye icon to reveal your stored password. To delete a password, select the password, and tap the three dots menu at the top-right. Tap Delete, and then hit Delete again to confirm. RELATED:Ways To Fortify Your Firefox Browser How to View and Clear Your Saved Passwords in Edge on Desktop Here's how to view and delete saved passwords in Edge on your computer. Open Edge. Click the triple dots button at the top-right. Click Settings > Passwords. Go to Saved passwords, and scroll down to the password of your choice. Click the eye icon to view the password. To delete a password, check off the box next to the website's name that the password is associated with. Then, click Delete at the top of your screen. Alternatively, click the three dots button to the right of the eye icon and click Delete. How to View and Clear Your Saved Passwords in Edge on Mobile Here's how to view and delete your saved passwords in Edge on your mobile device. Open Edge. Tap on the three dots menu button on the bottom menu bar. Tap Settings > Save passwords. Tap an account, and select the eye icon. Verify that it's you via fingerprint or PIN authentication. The password will become visible. To delete the password, tap the bin icon at the top-right. Image Gallery (3 Images) RELATED:A Guide To The Security Settings In Microsoft Edge How to View and Clear Your Saved Passwords in Opera on Desktop Here's how to view and delete saved passwords in Opera on your computer. Open Opera. Click the Opera icon at the top left, and click Settings. Click Advanced at the bottom or left pane. Under Autofill, click Passwords. Click the eye icon to view a password. To delete a password, click the three dots button next to the password, and then hit Remove. How to View and Clear Your Saved Passwords in Opera on Mobile Here's how to view and delete saved passwords in Opera on a smartphone or tablet. Open Opera. Tap on the Opera logo at the bottom right, and then tap Settings > Passwords > Saved passwords. Select an account, and tap the eye icon. Enter your PIN or verify your identity with your fingerprint. The password should now be revealed. To delete a password, select it, and then hit the bin icon to remove it. Image Gallery (3 Images) Have You a Tried a Dedicated Password Manager Yet? Browser-based password managers do not encrypt your passwords—they merely cloak them. Anyone with access to your computer can view all your saved passwords. There are several reasons why you shouldn't rely on your browser's password manager. If you must use them, include additional security measures like two-factor authentication. Better yet, use dedicated password managers to save and manage all your passwords. This will strengthen your online security and give you extra peace of mind as you browse the internet.

When you start a new tab in a browser, are you looking to go somewhere or are you looking for information to come to you? By default, a new tab page in Chrome features the Google search bar and shortcuts to the websites you visit the most often. There is also a shortcut to Gmail and other Google services at the top right corner of the page. However, if you want to be even more productive, you can replace this page with a new tab to-do list or other helpful tools. Let's take a look at the most productive new tab extensions for Google Chrome! 1. Prioritab Prioritab's purpose is simple: to tell you what you have to do and give you an idea of the amount of time left to do it. There are three simple to-do lists to fill: today, this week, and this month. The simplicity is reminiscent of productivity apps like TeuxDeux, which tell you to stop organizing and start working. Above the three lists (which you can rearrange as you see fit), you'll see a counter to show you the percentage of the day, the month, and the year that has already elapsed. It's a grim reminder of how time flies, and it can motivate you to get things done. 2. Momentum Momentum is one of our favorite new tab pages. Apart from an inspirational background, a to-do list, and a single focus item of the day, Momentum also has link widgets. These links help you quickly navigate the pages of your choice. Additionally, you can show or hide widgets to customize the new tab's look. And finally, you can search from within the app, too. RELATED: Elegant To-Do List Apps For The Productive Minimalist 3. Toby for Chrome Many professionals have dozens of tabs open in their browsers when working on a project. If, say, you're writing a report, you may need to pull data from several different sources. The more tabs you open, the harder it gets to find what you need. With Toby for Chrome, it's easy to manage your tabs. Simply drag and drop each tab into the app and then organize everything by categories, such as Homework, Research, or Public Data. Users can also create tab collections, add tags, and sort tabs by name, date, or other criteria. For example, if you create a tab collection, you can easily access the tabs at a later date without having to do the research all over again. The search feature is also a lifesaver. Use it whenever you need to find a specific website, publication, or article within your tabs. 4. Taskade Taskade isn't just another new tab to-do-list app. With this handy tool, users can take notes, video chat, create virtual workspaces, and more. With over 70,000 users, Taskade makes it easy to track and manage your projects. It features Trello-like layouts, ready-made templates, keyboard shortcuts, and collaboration tools. It's a must-have for virtual teams and small businesses. Think of it as a free alternative to Slack, Asana, and other task management apps. While it's not as advanced as these premium tools, it's convenient and easy to use. Plus, you can customize just about any feature that comes with it. RELATED: Uncomplicated To-Do Apps To Focus On Tasks And Get Things Done 5. Infinity New Tab Infinity New Tab brings your to-do lists, bookmarks, and favorite websites in one place. Its interface is similar to Chrome's default new tab page but has several distinct features: Create to-do lists Choose from over 365 wallpapers and 200 icons Back up and sync your data to the cloud in real-time Set email notifications Browse your search history Take notes What we love most about Infinity New Tab is its clean, easy-to-navigate interface and minimalist design. It works just like an online library where you can pick what you need with one click. 6. Zest If you're a freelance writer or content manager, you want to stay up-to-date with the latest trends in marketing, copywriting, and SEO. But that's not always easy because of the large number of resources available. Sometimes, it can take hours to find a trusted source of information. With Zest, you'll get the information you need when you need it. Once installed, the app displays the most relevant content based on your interests. RELATED: Tips To Become A Successful Content Writer For example, if you want to get the latest news about remote work, select this topic and then see what's out there. You can add new topics to your list anytime. Zest will only display articles, videos, and podcasts related to the topics you're interested in. Users can also suggest articles, switch themes, and access their go-to Google services—all from a single dashboard. If you're good at writing, you can sign up as a contributor for Zest and get your content in front of marketing professionals worldwide. 7. Switch Workstation With Switch, users can see their tabs, notifications, online accounts, and bookmarks on one page. This eliminates the need to open new tabs or pages from your browser, helping you save time and stay organized. Switch Workstation doesn't replace Chrome's default new tab page. Instead, it adds a sidebar to your browser, which allows you to access your email, tabs, and favorite websites with a single click. 8. Tab Notes This might be the simplest new tab to-do list you've ever come across. Once installed, it displays a blank page where you can write down your tasks for the day. When you're done, open a new tab to start a new list. It's that easy! Unlike other new tab extensions, Tab Notes doesn't require users to create an account or set permissions. All you need to do is to add it to Google Chrome and write down what you have in mind. With this app, you can access your notes even when you're offline. If you work late, switch to Dark Mode to reduce eyestrain. RELATED:Elegant To-Do List Apps For The Productive Minimalist 9. Plan: Calendar & Tasks This productivity tool makes it easy to organize your day the moment you turn on your computer. When you open a new tab, Plan will display the local time, weather, date, and a handy to-do list. Another cool feature is its ability to sync with Google and Microsoft Outlook. You can also add shortcuts to Box and Google Drive to access your files in the tab. In case you need quick access to your favorite online tools and services, click the first icon at the bottom left side of the screen to open Google Sheets, Google Docs, YouTube, and more. If you're feeling creative or looking for inspiration, you can change and personalize the background image. 10. New Tab Redirect While the above extensions are fantastic, nothing stops you from setting the new tab to open your favorite to-do app, email inbox, or anything else that makes you productive. That's where New Tab Redirect comes in. Productivity is about what works for you—simply install New Tab Redirect, and set a custom URL that opens whenever you start a new tab. Stay on Task When You Open a New Tab Installing one of these Chrome extensions can help you focus on your work. What better way to fend off distractions than by opening a to-do list as your new tab, or opening a new tab that leads to your email inbox?

Need to send tabs from your phone to your computer or vice versa? Fortunately, Firefox's tab sharing feature allows you to send tabs or web pages across your devices. This way, you can keep track of all your open tabs across all your devices and easily pick up tasks from where you left off. Here's everything you need to know about tab sharing in Firefox. Tab Sharing Requirements in Firefox To be able to share tabs in Firefox, it goes without saying that you will need to install Mozilla Firefox on all your devices. You will also need to be signed in to your Firefox account across all your synced devices to make tab sharing possible. Firefox supports the Send Tab feature by default. However, you should confirm that your tabs are set to close manually on your mobile device. To do this, open Firefox on your smartphone or tablet, and tap the three dots button. From there, navigate to Settings > Tabs. Tabs should be set to close Manually. How to Send Firefox Tabs From Your Computer to Your Phone Here's how to send tabs from your computer to your smartphone or tablet using Firefox: Open the tab you want to send. Right-click on it, and select Send Tab to Device from the context menu. Choose your preferred device, and click on it to send the tab. You will then receive a notification on your smartphone. Tap on it to open the tab. RELATED:Chrome Extensions To Manage And Sort Too Many Tabs How to Send Firefox Tabs From Your Phone to Your Computer Here's how to send tabs from your smartphone to your computer. Although the steps are similar for both Android and iOS devices, there is a slight difference: On Android: Open the tab you want to send, and tap on the three dots menu button. Tap the Share icon at the top of the menu. Under Send to Device, you will see a list of your synced devices. Select the device you want, and tap on it to send the tab. Image Gallery (3 Images) Open the sent tab by launching Firefox on your computer. On iOS: Open the page you want to send. Tap the three dots button in the address bar. Tap Send to Device, and select the device you want to send the tab to. Open Firefox on your computer to view the tab. RELATED:How To Manage Tab Groups In Chrome How to Remove Synced Devices From Firefox Want to remove a device from your list of synced devices in Firefox? Here's how to do this: Open Firefox on your computer, and log in to your Firefox account. Go to https://accounts.firefox.com/settings to access your synced devices. Click Sign out next to the device you want to disconnect. Now, this device will no longer be listed when you share tabs. Manage Your Tabs Like a Pro Tab sharing is a convenient way to save certain tabs, or pick up where you left off on another device. However, if you send too many tabs across devices, your browser will get cluttered quickly. That's why it's important to know how to properly manage your tabs. Knowing how to do so will help you reduce clutter and improve efficiency across the board.

Google Chrome updates are pretty unobtrusive. However, if you've decided you don't want them to run automatically, there's no setting in the browser to turn them off. For people who prefer a more granular level of control over their updates, that's an issue. Fortunately, Windows users can disable automatic updates in just a few easy steps. Keep reading to learn how to stop Chrome updates on Windows. Method 1: System Configuration Utility The most common way to stop Chrome from updating on Windows is to use the System Configuration Utility (also known as MSConfig). Open the Run prompt. You can do this by using the keyboard shortcut Windows key + R. Once it opens, type msconfig and hit Enter. Open the Services tab. Look for the two following items: Google Update Service (gupdate) and Google Update Service (gupdatem). To find them easily, it may be easier to either check Hide all Microsoft services or click on the Service column header to sort the list alphabetically. Uncheck both Google items and click OK. You will be prompted to restart your computer for these changes to take effect. Method 2: Windows Services Manager The second method way to prevent Chrome from updating uses the Windows Services Manager tool. Open the Windows Run utility. You can do this by using the keyboard shortcut Windows key + R or searching for Run using Cortana. Once it opens, type services.msc and hit Enter. Scroll down to Google Update Service (gupdate) and Google Update Service (gupdatem). Double-click each item and in the General tab under Startup Type, select Disabled from the dropdown menu and click OK. Google warns against disabling updates, and in some cases, they bring with them some much-needed changes. By foregoing updates, you may be missing out on critical security fixes, so definitely bear that in mind before you decide to disable auto-updates. To ensure you are staying safe, check out our list of the best Chrome extensions for better security. Regardless, as long as you make sure you are running manual Google Chrome updates occasionally, you will have nothing to worry about.

The success of your website greatly depends on its appearance. Having the right color combination and theme will keep your visitors on your site for a little longer. In addition to your site's color palette and structure, the font you choose also plays an essential role in keeping your audience engaged. Perhaps you come across an appealing site while browsing the web, and you want to know what fonts it's using. With online extensions and your browser's built-in Inspect Element tool, identifying a font is quick and easy. How to Find Fonts Using the Inspect Element Tool In case you didn't know, your browser's built-in Inspect Element tool allows you to examine a website's source code. You can understand the design elements of a site by looking at its CSS, HTML, and other information. It's a great way to gain inspiration when designing your own site. The process of identifying a font using the Inspect Element tool is quite simple, and you won't need any coding skills. This tool is available in all browsers on the market, and each has a similar layout. Here's how to identify a font using your browser's Inspect tool. Open the website you want to use. Highlight the text that has the font you want to identify, and right-click it. Click on Inspect from the context menu. When the Inspect menu opens, click on the Computed. Scroll down to find the Font-Family section. Here, you can find the font name and style, as well as its dimensions. Other Ways to Use the Inspect Tool If you want a quicker way to find a site's font using the Inspect tool, try this instead: Open the website you want to use. Press Ctrl + Shift + C (Cmd + Shift + C on Mac). Hover over the text to display the font style, size, color code, and margin. You can also check the list of fonts used on a webpage using the Inspect tool. Here's how to do this: Go to the webpage. Open the source code by pressing Ctrl + Shift + I (Cmd + Shift + I on Mac). Click the Network tab, and then select the Font tab. Here, you'll see a list of all the fonts used on the webpage. To get the list of all fonts in real-time, you may have to refresh the webpage. RELATED:How To Increase Or Decrease Font Size In Firefox How to Identify Fonts Using Browser Extensions If you want a more convenient way to identify a font, you might want to install a font-finding browser extension. While there are several browser extensions that can help detect fonts on the web, the two most popular ones are WhatFont and Font Finder. Let's take a look at the process of identifying fonts using both extensions. 1. WhatFont WhatFont is widely popular for quickly detecting multiple fonts at once. Here's how to use this tool. When WhatFont is enabled in your browser, hover over the text to show its font. Once you click on the text, a popup window will appear with the rest of the font details, such as the font size, color, and style. Additionally, you can select multiple sections of text simultaneously to compare different fonts on the same page. Download: WhatFont for Chrome | Firefox | Safari (Free) 2. Font Finder Font Finder also displays font details when you hover over any text on a website. However, it provides a lot of technical details, so it can get a little confusing if you aren't familiar with web design. That said, Font Finder is more suitable for web developers who want to replace existing fonts with new ones in real-time. This makes it easy to test out fonts before making any permanent changes. Here's how to test out a font using Font Finder: Highlight a portion of text from the webpage. Right-click on it and select Font Finder from the context menu. Select Replace font with and enter the font name. Let's add Calibri and see how it changes the font in the preview. If you want to reset the font, refresh the page. Download: FontFinder for Chrome | Edge | Firefox (Free) What About Checking the Font in an Image? If you want to identify the fonts in an image, browser extensions and your browser's Inspect tool may not help. However, you can try online image inspector tools like WhatFontIs, FontSquirrel, Fontspring, WhatTheFont, and many others. The process for identifying a font from an image is largely the same in all tools. Let's try to identify the font in an image using WhatTheFont. If you haven't already, download the image you want to use. Import the image into WhatTheFont. WhatTheFont will automatically detect the text in your image. Shrink or enlarge the crop box so that it surrounds the font you want to identify. Hit the arrow button when finished. WhatTheFont will then match the font in the image with fonts in its gallery, and will show you closely related fonts. If you do not find a good match right away, you can keep clicking Show more results to see more related fonts. RELATED:Best Free Font Websites For Free Fonts Online Detect Fonts From the Web and Use Them in Your Designs Fonts play a significant role in the success of a website or a graphic design. If you stumble upon an engaging font while browsing the web, you can easily detect it using the methods above.

Copyright holders have sent billions of takedown requests to Google. Their goal is to make it harder for people to find pirated content through the search engine. However, in some cases, takedown requests make it harder to find legal content too. The purpose of search engines is to help people find what they are looking for. Today’s web would be pretty much unusable without them. This urge to search also comes with a downside, as not everything on the web is posted with permission. Pirate sites are a prime example. Removing Pirate Sites from Search A few years ago this led to rather bizarre situations where some content on pirate sites ended up higher in search results than the legal alternatives. This problem has been dealt with through takedown notices and downranking algorithms and is not much of an issue anymore. That doesn’t mean that pirated content evaporated. With the right keywords, it’s still relatively easy to find. This is why search engines such as Google still process dozens of millions of DMCA notices every month. The goal of these notices is to make pirated content disappear from search results. However, in some cases, copyright holders accidentally flag legal alternatives, which is rather counterproductive. Collateral Damage These errors are not as rare as it may first seem. For example, we often see Wikipedia entries being flagged, and legitimate review sites such as IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes have been reported many times over the years. More direct attacks are an option too. Some takedown notices confuse Netflix with a pirate site, and the same has happened repeatedly to Disney+ and Hulu. Flagged Netlfix URLs Needless to say, these takedown efforts are not helping people to find legal content. Quite the opposite. Luckily for copyright holders, Google catches most of these errors but that’s not always the case. Making it Harder to Find Legal Content Every now and then one of these errors slips by Google. Ironically, this also affects sites that are specifically designed to make it easier for people to find legal movies and TV series. For example, the search engine Reelgood had 185 URLs flagged, of which 29 were removed by Google. For Reelgood’s competitor JustWatch, the numbers are even higher. Over the past few years, 51,613 Justwatch.com URLs were reported in takedown notices. The vast majority were reported by a Netflix imposter but reputable copyright holders sent in complaints as well. Luckily most of these takedown notices were ignored but when we browsed through the recent requests, we noticed that some Justwatch.com URLs were removed as well. For example, a notice sent on behalf of “Binary Star Picture” removed a JustWatch page for the film “The Misadventures of Mistress Maneater” from Google’s search results. We don’t see anything remotely infringing on the page in question, which informs people that the film is available on Amazon Prime. Pirate JustWatch page? Google confirms the removal at the bottom of the search results where we read the following note: “In response to a complaint that we received under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we have removed 1 result(s) from this page,” Google notes instead. Removal notice Takedown requests by other rightsholders (or imposters of rightsholders) removed other JustWatch links, including the Russian page for “Boruto: Naruto Next Generations,” the Mexican drama series “As The Saying Goes, and the Indian series “Navarasa“. The examples above are all from this month, and we didn’t even have to dive very deep to find them. That begs the question, how much other content is removed from Google without getting noticed? When we take the massive volume of takedown notices into account it’s not surprising that some mistakes are made. That said, every incorrect removal is one too many, so there’s certainly still room for improvement. — Update: The Google takedown system is heavily abused by imposters. Google hasn’t flagged any of the notices above, as far as we know, but it’s possible that some of the notices highlighted in this article are sent by malicious third parties

The IIPA, which represents the MPA, RIAA, and other entertainment industry groups, would like China to take a stand against online piracy. This includes targeting pirate sites and apps. In addition, the Chinese government should encourage technology giant Baidu to take more responsibility by applying rigorous filtering technology and terminating repeat infringers. The American copyright industry generates billions of dollars in annual revenue and is generally seen as one of the primary export products. Whether it’s movies, music, software or other goods, US companies are among the market leaders. US companies also have a clear presence in China which, with more than a billion potential consumers, is a massive market. This offers enormous potential, but there are threats as well, including various forms of piracy. A few days ago several of these threats were highlighted by the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA), which counts copyright groups including the MPA, RIAA, and ESA among its members. The IIPA shared its concerns with the US Trade Representative as part of the annual review of China’s World Trade Organization (WTO) obligations. The IIPA notes that China has made some progress recently, such as copyright law amendments introducing broadcasting and public performance rights for producers of sound recordings. In addition, the maximum punitive damages for copyright infringers in China was increased ten-fold. Criminal Action Against Pirate Sites However, the US copyright groups see a lot more room for improvement. Online piracy, for example, remains a major concern. They hope that the Chinese government will step up its efforts on this front too. “The Chinese government should be encouraged to expand enforcement resources and capability, commensurate with the scale of the evolving online piracy problem,” IIPA writes. The US copyright holders note that civil lawsuits are insufficient to address major piracy problems. Therefore, they call for enhanced and effective criminal enforcement actions against pirate sites and services. The online piracy problems in China are broad according to IIPA. They range from traditional torrent and hosting services, through a hybrid of both, to more advanced streaming operations. “Piracy websites remain a serious concern, including illegal download sites; P2P piracy sites; deep linking sites; ‘hybrid’ sites […] which offer both hosting and torrenting services; cyberlockers; BitTorrent indexes, trackers, or clients; forums; streaming sites; social media websites; and online marketplace/auction sites selling pirated goods.” Baidu The piracy problem isn’t just limited to dedicated pirate sites. Legitimate platforms present problems too. The IIPA specifically highlights Baidu, which is China’s equivalent of Google, which offers a search engine but also various other services, including cloud hosting. The rightsholders would like to cooperate with Baidu but, instead, they were forced to take legal action. Despite numerous complaints, the situation apparently hasn’t improved much recently. “Unfortunately, Baidu’s services continue to be used for piracy, and their notice and takedown system has been ineffective,” IIPA notes. To spur Baidu into action, the IIPA would like the Chinese government to get involved. In addition to implementing rigorous filtering technology, the tech giant should also take action against repeat infringers. “China’s government should encourage Baidu to do more, including improving implementation of its takedown tools, applying rigorous filtering technology to identify infringing content, and taking more effective action to suspend or terminate repeat infringers to ensure infringing content and links are removed expeditiously.” Piracy Apps and Devices Piracy apps are a growing concern as well. This includes tools that aggregate copyright-infringing content stored on third-party servers. Going after these apps can currently be quite complicated under Chinese law. Rightsholders also see China as a major hub for the manufacturing and distribution of piracy-enabling devices. IIPA specifically mentions Ubox which offers access to pirated video-on-demand and has more than 500 agents and distributors worldwide. “China is a leading manufacturer of media hardware and accessories that can be modified to support the installation of third-party infringing apps, often, pre-loaded onto the device, allowing users to access pirated content. A prominent example is the ‘Ubox,’ which is manufactured and distributed by Unblock Tech.” Gaming Piracy The above is just a selection of the piracy landscape, which also covers other industries such as academic publishers and the gaming industry. For example, game companies often have their work ‘cloned’ or ‘plagiarized’. This is a rampant problem in China, IIPA warns, encouraging the country to use its enforcement framework to effectively address the issue. The same applies to manufacturers and distributors of circumvention devices such as mod-chips. These allow pirates to play copies of games on their consoles. According to the IIPA, criminal action is needed on this front as well. “More targeted and transparent enforcement actions, and deterrent-level criminal sanctions and penalties against the manufacturers, suppliers, and exporters of circumvention devices and software components are necessary to meaningfully stem the downloading of infringing video games,” IIPA writes. All in all the US copyright holders have quite a long list of wishes and demands. These are not sent to China directly, but IIPA hopes that, through the US Trade Representative, they will get a spot on the political agenda.

Ripio, a Latin American (Latam) exchange headquartered in Argentina, raised $50 million in its latest funding round, led by Digital Currency Group (DCG). The exchange, which has a stronghold in countries like Argentina and Brazil, will use these new funds to further expand to new countries in the area and consolidate its spot as one of the pioneering companies in the crypto exchange business. Ripio Gets $50 Million in Series B Funding Round Ripio, one of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in Latam, has raised $50 million in its series B funding round, aiming to keep growing in the region. The funding round was led by Digital Currency Group (DCG), the famous New York-based cryptocurrency venture capital firm. The round also had the participation of bitcoin investor Tim Draper, Amplo (investors of Robinhood), Marcos Galperin (CEO of Mercado Libre), and Martin Migoya (CEO of Globant). These funds will help Ripio to keep growing its brand in Latam, after having acquired Bitcointrade, of the most recognizable exchanges in Brazil, earlier this year. The expansion plan of the exchange includes further cementing its position in current markets while also expanding to other countries like Colombia, Mexico, and Uruguay later this year. About this, Ripio’s CEO, Sebastián Serrano, stated: This announcement is for us a natural step that allows us to continue expanding and consolidating our products in the region, with the mission of expanding access to the crypto world, building simple tools and offering quality information and resources to facilitate the path to the new digital economy. Crypto Is Still Fresh for Latam Markets Ripio wants to capitalize on how new cryptocurrency is to Latam markets. Outside of already-saturated cryptocurrency strongholds like Venezuela, Argentina, and Brazil, the region seems to be an especially fertile ground for new business. Juan Mendez, brand chief of Ripio, stated the company is preparing to announce the acquisition of an exchange in Colombia. Colombia is a country where some crypto firms have made inroads, but it is still in its initial stages when it comes to crypto usage and adoption. DCG is also confident that the exchange will keep growing in the future, giving access to the cryptocurrency ecosystem to the underbanked in the region. Jason Yacavone, chief investment officer of Digital Currency Group, stated:

Amid regulatory scrutiny worldwide, global cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced that it will cease offering futures, options, and leveraged tokens to Australian users in 90 days. Changes Coming to Binance Australia Cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced some changes to its offerings in Australia Tuesday. The exchange will cease offering futures, options, and leveraged tokens to existing Australian users. Binance explained: Effective from 2021-09-24 09:00 AM (UTC), existing Australian users will have 90 days to reduce and close their positions for these products. “Users will be able to top-up margin balances to prevent margin calls and liquidations, but they will not be able to increase or open new positions,” Binance added. “Users will no longer be able to manually reduce or close their positions after 2021-12-23 11:59 PM (UTC). Thereafter all remaining open positions will be closed.” Binance Australia has recently gone through some changes. On Aug. 30, the company announced that former Digitalx CEO Leigh Travers had joined Binance Australia as CEO. Digitalx is an ASX-listed blockchain technology company. Meanwhile, the exchange has been heavily scrutinized by regulators worldwide, including those in the U.K., Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, Lithuania, Italy, and Canada. Last week, reports indicate that U.S. authorities are investigating Binance for possible market manipulation and insider trading

Members of the Iranian parliament, the Majlis, have voiced concerns over Tehran’s restrictive policies towards innovations such as cryptocurrencies. Following the release of a study recommending a new approach towards the crypto industry, the lawmakers have called for the adoption of friendlier regulations. Iranian MPs Urge for Change in Crypto Policies After Research Some parliamentarians in Iran have set out to change the government’s regulatory attitude towards cryptocurrencies, citing opportunities to use them to improve the nation’s sanctioned and troubled economy. “Taking a restrictive approach only pushes innovative solutions underground,” the spokesman of the Majlis Economic Commission, Gholamreza Marhaba, told Iranian media. Commenting on the results of the research on the matter carried out by the commission, he also stated: Our studies show that 50% of crypto activities are in the informal market. This is while supportive regulations can help enhance contribution of the digital currency to the economy. The authors of the report, which was presented in the Iranian legislature last week, are recommending a new approach to regulating the cryptocurrency industry, the English-language newspaper Financial Tribune reported. They believe the sector can contribute to Iran’s economy suffering from decades of foreign sanctions and mismanagement. Under current government rules, crypto mining is legal in Iran for entities authorized by the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade. The minting of digital coins was recognized as an industrial activity in 2019. However, the trading of crypto assets isn’t tolerated and Iranian authorities have been cracking down on local exchanges with a notable exception — banks and licensed moneychangers are allowed to use digital currency mined in Iran to pay for imports. Hadi Nejad Beigi, another member of the Majlis, noted that the administration of former president Hassan Rouhani had been reluctant to legalize crypto trade, fearing it would attract private investment. However, the growing popularity of bitcoin among Iranians prompted lawmakers to prepare a draft law which, while proposing to ban the use of cryptocurrencies in payments, at the same time aims to support mining and regulate trading. Crypto Mining Can Help Iran to Expand Its Power Generation Capacities According to the study, cryptocurrency mining can solve some problems facing the Iranian energy sector, including financial issues. That’s why the lawmakers have suggested that the government should allow miners to buy electricity through the Iran Energy Exchange or even directly from local and foreign producers. They have also put forward a proposal to introduce “barter deals” in which mining companies can pay for the subsidized energy they use with the digital currency they mine, selling it “at reasonable rates set by the Central Bank of Iran.” Beigi emphasized: I think there are solutions. We need a mechanism to link the crypto miners and power plant owners. A colleague of his, Ehsan Arkani, added that by promoting the development of crypto mining, Iran can accelerate the rehabilitation and expansion of its power plants. He also highlighted the potential use of cryptocurrencies to evade U.S.-led economic sanctions. “Cryptos are becoming an inseparable part of the global financial industry,” Arkani pointed out, stressing that “Policymakers need to be aware of this technology so that we can make benefit from it.” The energy-intensive cryptocurrency mining has been blamed for electricity shortages and blackouts across Iran during the hot summer months. This spring, then-President Rouhani announced a temporary ban on the activity for authorized miners while the number of shut-down, illegal crypto farms has now exceeded 5,300. Last month, Iran’s state-run power utility, Tavanir, said restrictions should be lifted on Sept. 22 as energy demand goes down with temperatures. Calls to legalize and properly regulate the Iranian crypto industry have been mounting this year. In May, the Iranian parliament urged capital market regulators to create efficient investment vehicles for legal crypto trade. Then in June, the country’s economy minister warned the government could not interfere with the development of crypto technologies for too long. And in mid-August, the country’s securities watchdog said the Central Bank of Iran should address the use of cryptocurrency by the Iranian people

If you suffer from Too Many Tabs Syndrome (TMTS), you already know how hard it is to manage your tabs. Whether you're a tab junkie or not, you can now share specific tabs from your PC to your phone (and vice versa) using Chrome. This way, you can have all your tabs on all your devices, enjoy uninterrupted browsing, and pick up from where you left off, regardless of the device you're using. What You Need to Share Tabs Across Devices To share Chrome tabs across devices, you will need to install Chrome on all your devices. In this case, on your computer and smartphone/tablet. Tab sharing works on Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, and Android, so you won't have to worry about compatibility issues. You will also need Chrome 77 or later to use this feature. Earlier versions required you to visit chrome://flags in your Chrome browser and enable the Send tab to self feature. Thirdly, you will need to be signed in to your Google account across all the devices you want to send tabs to, and ensure that they are synced. RELATED:How To Manage What You Sync In Chrome How to Send a Tab From Your Computer to Your Phone There are three simple methods to send Chrome tabs from your computer to your phone. Let's go over all of them. Method 1: Use the Laptop Icon in the Address Bar On a web page open in Chrome, and click inside the address bar. Click the Send this page laptop icon to the right of the address bar. Under "Send to your devices," you should see a list of your synced devices. Click the device you want to send the web page to. You should now see a Sending popup that lets you know that the web page is in transit. You will receive a Chrome notification on your mobile device. Tap on it to open the web page as a new tab. Method 2: Right-Click the Web Page's URL On an open web page, click inside the address bar to highlight the page's URL. Right-click the URL. Click Send to [device name] to send the tab. You'll now receive a notification on your mobile device. Simply tap on it to open the web page as a new tab. Method 3: Right-Click on a Web Page While on an open web page in Chrome, right-click on any portion of the page. From the context menu that appears, click Send to [device name] to send the web page. You'll then receive a notification on your mobile device, allowing you to open the web page as a new tab. How to Send a Chrome Tab From Your Phone to Your Computer In case you want to send a tab from your mobile device to your computer instead, we'll show you how to do that as well. On your mobile device, open the Chrome tab you want to send. Tap on the triple dots button in the top-right corner of the screen. Tap on Share > Send to devices. Image Gallery (3 Images) Under "Send to," tap on the name of your device. You should now see a Sending to [device name] notification. After that, you'll receive a notification on your PC. Click on it to launch Chrome and open the web page. RELATED:How To Manage Tab Groups In Google Chrome How to Resume Your Mobile Browsing Session on Your Computer Assuming your phone's battery runs out of juice before you can share your current tabs to your computer, you can easily access your mobile browsing history on your PC and continue from where you left off. Here's how: Open Chrome. Click the three dots button in the top-right corner of the screen. Hover over History to reveal a menu containing an overview of your browsing history. Click on the most recent entry to continue from where you left off on your phone. Or, click on History to find older sessions. Chrome's Tab Sharing Feature Is Quick and Convenient Tab sharing occurs in real-time, hence, all your devices must be online to be able to send and receive tabs instantaneously. You can share tabs across any number of signed-in or synced devices by repeating the processes outlined above. It's a great way to keep tabs organized, as well as save important web pages.

Have you ever lost your homepage? While it doesn’t take a lot of effort to head to your old homepage, it can become annoying to do it every time you open your browser. Your old homepage might've disappeared because you accidentally installed malware or tampered with the wrong setting. However, it doesn't matter how it happened. All you care about is getting your homepage back. That's why we're going to show you how to restore your homepage in all major browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari. In Chrome Navigate to chrome://settings/. From the left-hand menu, select Appearance. Enable the Show Home button setting. Select the Custom option. In the Enter custom web address field, enter the webpage's URL that you want to use as your homepage. Google Chrome will display the Home button on the left side of the address bar. In Edge Navigate to edge://settings/profiles/. From the left-hand menu, select Appearance. Scroll down to Customize toolbar. If you want, turn on the Show home button option. Below the Show home button section, select the button next to the empty Enter URL field. From here, enter the URL of the webpage that you'd like to use as your homepage. Click Save. In Firefox Navigate to about:preferences. In the left sidebar, select the Home section. Expand the dropdown menu next to Homepage and new windows and select Custom URLs. In the Paste a URL field, enter the URL of the webpage you'd like to use as your homepage. Close the Preferences page when finished. RELATED:Ways To Sync Firefox And Chrome: Bookmarks, Passwords, And More In Safari Open the Preferences page. Click on the General section. In the Homepage field, input the URL of the web page you'd like to use as your homepage. Make sure to set both New windows open with and New tabs open with to the Homepage setting. Note: If you want to use the webpage you’re currently viewing as your homepage, click Set to Current Page. RELATED: How To Clear Cache In Safari For Mac Restore Your Old Homepage Many of us have a favorite website that we would like to see when opening our browser. Whether your homepage is set to a search engine or a news site, it's always handy to have your browser open to that page by default.

Google Chrome gives users the option to create and save multiple Google Accounts. A user can easily switch between various profiles while browsing. It is pretty simple to add a Chrome profile to Google at any time, and it's just as easy to edit or remove it. Why Use Multiple Chrome Profiles? When you have more than one Google Chrome user profile, you can browse the web with different settings, depending on the profile you choose. For instance, you can have a personal and a work profile to separate certain extensions, bookmarks, settings, browser history, themes, and saved passwords. RELATED: Custom Google Chrome Profiles You Should Start Using How to Delete Your Google Chrome Profile Sometimes, you might want to clean up the Google Chrome profiles that you don't use anymore. Here's how to delete a Chrome profile: Click on the Chrome Profile icon located at the top-right corner of your browser. If you don't have a profile picture associated with your account, you'll see a circle that contains your initials. From the dropdown menu, click on the Settings symbol next to Other Profiles. You will see a new window showing all your active accounts. Hover your mouse over the profile you want to remove, and click on the three dots in the top-right corner of the box. You will see a dropdown list with a few options. Select Delete. You will receive a notification to confirm your selection. Click on Yes to remove the profile. The browser will take a few moments to process your request, and then the profile will be deleted permanently from your Chrome browser. Delete Your Chrome Profile With Ease Google Chrome provides a user experience that is unmatched by any other browser. Creating different Chrome profiles is one feature that every user should take advantage of. Having multiple profiles is also helpful for users who share their devices with others, and the best part is that you can easily delete these profiles at any time

It's frustrating when Chrome keeps crashing. Whether you can't even get Chrome to open or it crashes on certain websites, you might be tempted to switch to another browser. But you don't have to do that just yet. We'll show you fixes for common Chrome crashes, hangs, and freezes so you can get your browser back to a stable state. Google Chrome Keeps Crashing: Basic Troubleshooting When Chrome starts crashing or freezing, you should first try completely restarting it. To do so, click the three-dot Menu button at the top-right of Chrome and choose Exit. Then reopen Chrome after a moment and see if the issue improves. Note that if you just click the X in the top-right corner, Chrome can continue running in the background (if you've enabled that option). To turn this off, go to Menu > Settings. Scroll down and choose Advanced to show more settings, then scroll all the way to the bottom to the System section. Here, disable Continue running background apps when Google Chrome is closed if you want Chrome to close completely when you click the X in its window. Everyone is Mad At Audacity Right Now (REvil Attack, Windows 11 Motherboards) Next, you should look at how much you have open in Chrome. If your computer is low on RAM (which is often a problem due to Chrome's high memory usage), it may cause websites to crash. Try closing all tabs you're not using, pausing any Chrome downloads, and quitting any unnecessary programs running on your computer. To help with this, press Shift + Esc to open Chrome's task manager. This will give you a breakdown of everything running in Chrome so you can close the heaviest users. If none of the above fixes seem to work, you should restart your computer. As you probably know, rebooting fixes a lot of issues, and could clear up any temporary quirks with Chrome. Finally, it's a good idea to check for Chrome updates at Menu > Help > About Google Chrome. New versions can patch up bugs. Google Chrome Keeps Freezing: Advanced Fixes If the first steps above didn't clear up your problem, continue on to some further troubleshooting methods. Disable Some Chrome Extensions You should next check your installed extensions on the Menu > More tools > Extensions page. Disable or remove anything that you don't actively use. Having too many extensions can bog down your browser, while malicious extensions can interfere with Chrome's normal operation. If you have a lot of extensions and don't want to disable them all manually, try opening an incognito window at Menu > New incognito window, or with the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + N. By default, extensions can't run in incognito windows. As a result, browsing while incognito makes it easier to determine if an extension is what's causing Chrome to freeze or crash. Scan for Malware While not all Chrome crashing issues are caused by malware, it's worth ruling out before you proceed. A malicious program could mess with your browser's security or network settings and cause connection problems. Chrome has a basic built-in malware scanner. But you're better off scanning with your computer's antivirus suite, plus Malwarebytes for a more thorough check. Try Another Browser If Chrome is freezing only when you try to load a specific site , you should confirm whether the issue is isolated to Chrome or happens across all browsers. Open another browser, like Firefox or Microsoft Edge, and see if that website gives a similar error. If the other browser doesn't load the page either, that specific site is probably having issues. You'll need to wait for the site owners to fix the problems; consider contacting the website admin via social media to let them know. However, if the website loads fine in other browsers, the issue lies with Chrome. Continue with the steps below for more troubleshooting. Disable Hardware Acceleration Hardware acceleration is a feature that offloads heavy graphical tasks to your GPU instead of your CPU. Enabling this can help Chrome run more smoothly, but may also cause issues in some cases. If you're still experiencing Google Chrome freezing after trying the above fixes, you should toggle hardware acceleration and see if it makes a difference. To do so, go to Menu > Settings > Advanced. Find the Use hardware acceleration where available near the bottom of the list and change it to the opposite setting. Try Another Profile and Reinstall Chrome If your issues persist at this point, your copy of Chrome may have serious issues that cause it to keep crashing. You should try creating a new browser profile to check for corruption with your current one. To do this, click your profile picture to the top-right of Chrome and hit Add to create a new user. You'll need to set a name and profile image for it. If that doesn't fix anything, you should reset or reinstall Chrome. As a first step, you can use Chrome's built-in reset function to get to a fresh state without reinstalling. Head to Menu > Settings > Advanced > Restore settings to their original defaults to use this tool. As Chrome says, this will reset everything aside from bookmarks, history, and saved passwords. Give this a try first. If Chrome keeps freezing even after a reset, you should fully remove the browser from your system and reinstall it. Head to Settings > Apps > Apps & features and find Google Chrome in the list.

With every Mac since 2003, users have gotten a copy of Safari. It's basically Apple's vision of the ideal web browser, targeted at general users. But there are many Safari alternatives for Mac users—some common, some more obscure. It's worth checking them out, because although Safari isn't a bad browser, other Mac browsers can often offer something different. So with that in mind, here are some of the best Mac web browsers you'll find right now. 1. Google Chrome There isn't much to say about Chrome. In a relatively short time, it's grown far beyond every other browser. It's one of the most extensible browsers you can use. You can get everything from password safes to full-on text editors that all live right in your browser. Even with all the additions, Chrome is a strong contender for the fastest browser. But this power all comes at a cost. If you're on a laptop, Chrome can chew up a ton of battery life with only a few browser tabs. If you're looking to extend your battery life, this is not the best choice. It is great for web apps, though, especially Google's. Everyone is Mad At Audacity Right Now (REvil Attack, Windows 11 Motherboards) One of the most unsung aspects of Chrome is its built-in web developer tools. If you're messing around with JavaScript, you have a full-on console to experiment in. Download: Chrome (Free) 2. Firefox Firefox is the original alternative browser and one that many called "doomed" when Chrome came on the scene. Firefox is not dead, but it was touch and go for a few years as there was a persistent idea that it was slow. Firefox has a renewed sense of relevance driven by quick updates. Performance can also be improved by clearing out old extensions that might hurt performance. RELATED:Reasons To Switch From Google Chrome To Mozilla Firefox Firefox is not the same as Chrome. You won't find an array of apps that turn your browser into an OS. But you will find an excellent array of extensions that make your browser more powerful. If you're wary of the resources Chrome consumes on your system, Firefox is worth a new look. Download: Firefox (Free) 3. Opera Opera is the vinyl record of web browsers. Its fans are deep and devoted, but a little outside of the mainstream. Opera was never the dominant browser on the web. Yet it was usually first to market with features that are now standards in other web browsers. After a decade of putting Opera on everything with a CPU, the browser has a renewed focus on the desktop. It certainly has some interesting features. The first is that there is an Opera-branded free VPN you can add as an extension. There's also support for embedding social chat apps into the sidebar. Whatsapp and Facebook Messenger are standard, but you can add others as extensions. There's a built-in RSS reader included as well. There's even a battery-saving feature included for laptops, which works by tweaking options on the page as it loads. Opera is a great, lightweight Mac browser if you like features. Beyond its built-in ecosystem, there's an extension that allows you to Chrome Extensions. It's a solid browser, fixing many of the issues that plague Chrome. Download: Opera (Free) 4. Vivaldi Vivaldi is meant to be a reboot of Opera, stripping everything down to a bare-bones browser. That bare-bones approach to the browser is not to say that Vivaldi is generic. Vivaldi has a good balance of features without getting in the way. You can move the tab bar to any side of the window. There are many color themes you can use, which can change based on the time of day. You can even adjust the browser theme based on your Hue light bulb settings. Vivaldi also has built-in compatibility with Chrome plugins. Web history has in-depth analysis, allowing you to do a deep dive into your browsing habits. The Vivaldi Sync feature lets you access your data elsewhere. There's a notebook included, and you can take notes that include screenshots and attachments. There are just a few of the reasons to consider Vivaldi as your new web browser for Mac. Considering it only launched officially in 2016, it's come a long way in a short few years. Download: Vivaldi (Free) 5. Edge Having been the dominant player in the browser market for so long, it's kind of weird to see Microsoft so far behind now. Sure, it's the second-most used web browser in the world, but its userbase is nowhere near Chrome's. The good news is it's a great web browser for Mac users. Having replaced Internet Explorer, Edge is fast and easy to use. But like many modern browsers, it owes a huge debt to Google, because it's based on the open-source Chromium browser. Edge offers plenty of extensibility through the Microsoft Edge add-ons store, but it also supports Chrome extensions. Plus it has features like PDF support, themes, and online tracker blocking. All things considered, it's an impressive alternative to Safari. Download: Edge (Free) 6. Tor Browser The Tor network is a unique way of disguising traffic by routing it through several nodes. For a long time, it was tricky to set up, but the project now offers a browser bundle as a standalone install. The app is essentially Firefox but with the strictest privacy settings. Your history erases between sessions. Also included are the No Script and HTTPS Everywhere plugins. These add-ons increase security even further. It's not bulletproof, but it should provide some sense of security. The Tor bundle is an excellent ancillary browser. Using it ensures that your sensitive traffic is not tracked during normal browsing. If you worry about privacy, the Tor browser bundle is for you. Download: Tor Browser (Free) 7. Brave Created with the mission of making web browsing safer and faster, Brave's team includes the inventor of JavaScript and the co-founder of Mozilla. It promises to load pages three to six times quicker than Chrome and Firefox. But that's not the big selling point here, privacy is. Brave doesn't see or store your browsing data, and it will never be sold to a third party. Brave also includes ad-blocking and private browsing via Tor. If you need add-ons with your Mac browser, then you'll be pleased to know Brave can use most Chrome extensions. You also sync across different devices, as you would with browsers like Chrome and Firefox. Download: Brave (Free) 8. Maxthon If you remember the late 90s or early 00s, browser suites were all the rage. Even Opera took the form of a suite for a while there. Maxthon combines a notebook app, mail program, a screenshot app, a password manager, and a browser. It is one of the only alternative browsers on the Mac App Store. Beyond the range of apps built in, there isn't anything that makes Maxthon stand out. The newest version for Mac doesn't even support extensions. Yet, if you live in your web browser, having everything in one window might be helpful. You have a notebook that you can keep everything in, even your bookmarks. Rather than a sidebar app like Vivaldi, this is a full tab in the browser. Everything is passable here; it's just not distinctive beyond all being in one place. Download: Maxthon (Free) One of Your Most Important Apps Browsers are probably the most-used apps on any modern Mac. Each of these options offers something unique to each user. Give each of them a spin and find out which works best for you. You'll likely find that one of these browsers fits your workflow better than others. You might find that Safari does fine most of the time—it is designed with Mac users in mind, after all. In that case, you might use one of these Safari alternatives only for supplemental browsing. Plus it never hurts to have a few options installed and ready to go, especially if you experience any problems with Safari.

If you're bored of Microsoft Edge's default design, you can use a theme to personalize it. Some of these themes allow you to customize your browser using images from Microsoft-owned games such as Microsoft Flight Simulator, Forza Horizon, and Halo. If that's not your thing, you can always choose themes with more eye-soothing designs. Here, we'll show you how to add a theme to Microsoft Edge. How to Add Themes Follow these steps to add a theme in Microsoft Edge: Go to the Microsoft Edge Add-ons store. From the left-hand menu, select Themes. Once you find a theme you like, click its name to read the entire description. Select the Get button to install it. Click Add theme to confirm the installation. Once the theme is installed, you can jump right back into using Microsoft Edge. You don't have to restart your browser for the changes to take effect. If you don't like your newly installed theme, click the Undo button from the Installed theme banner displayed at the top of the Microsoft Edge window. Note: Below the Get button, Microsoft Edge should display the Compatible with your browser message. If this is not the case, you should check or update your Microsoft Edge version. How to Remove Themes From Microsoft Edge If you want to replace the current theme, there is no need to uninstall the old one since Edge will take care of it. However, if you want to stop using custom themes altogether, follow these steps: Everyone is Mad At Audacity Right Now (REvil Attack, Windows 11 Motherboards) Click the three-dot menu from the top-right corner, and then head to Settings. Click Appearance. Under Theme, select the Default option. It should be first on the list. Note: When you uninstall or remove a theme, Microsoft Edge deletes the respective data folder from your device. However, you can always manage the downloads yourself. If you can't find your theme in the Appearance menu, it means the theme was installed as a Microsoft Edge extension. Here is how you can remove it: Open Microsoft Edge's menu by clicking the three dots from the top-right corner. Select Extensions. Click Remove. If you want to temporarily disable the extension, turn off the toggle placed next to its name. Make Edge Look More Fun Microsoft Edge allows you to personalize the browser's appearance with themes. Luckily, there are plenty to choose from, and you can easily install, replace, or remove a theme at any time.

When the internet works as it should, it couldn’t be more useful. Unfortunately, there are times when it simply refuses to do its job. You make a simple request and all you get in return is a vague error message. Case in point, the 404 error code. The good news is that this problem can often be fixed. In this article, we will discuss exactly what the error 404 message means and more importantly, what you can do to fix it. What Is Error 404? The error 404 message is one of the most common errors. It generally occurs when you try to visit a particular webpage and the server that you are contacting is unable to find it. In technical terms, the error 404 message is an HTTP status code. It means that your browser has connected with the server, but the webpage you want to access cannot be reached. This can occur when you request a page that either never existed on a website or one that has been moved and therefore given a different address. Everyone is Mad At Audacity Right Now (REvil Attack, Windows 11 Motherboards) Other names for this error include 404 File Not Found and 404 URL Not Found. Both mean the exact same thing. How to Fix the 404 Error Code If you've encountered an error 404 message while browsing the web, there are a number of actions that you can take. 1. Refresh the Page A 404 error means that the server cannot currently find a specific page. Most of the time, this is a permanent issue. But occasionally, it's temporary. Before trying the other tips in this article, it's a good idea to quickly refresh the page. If doing so solves the issue, it means that it was just a server problem. 2. Check the URL Servers are designed to return exactly what was requested, spell-check not included. Even a single wrong letter in a URL can result in a 404 error. If this happens, it's usually because you entered the URL incorrectly. But it can also occur when you click on a link. After all, the person who created the link is just as likely to make a typo as you are. 3. Change Your DNS Settings Sometimes, every webpage on a website can return a 404 error. If you try multiple pages and receive the same error, it's possible that your internet service provider has blocked access to that website. If you think that this might be the issue, try changing your DNS settings. You might also want to try accessing the site by using your phone's mobile data and/or by using public WiFi. 4. Clear Your Browser Cache and/or Cookies If you tried the URL in the past and it worked, the issue might be with your browser. This can happen if the website owner changed the webpage's address and created a redirect. As a result, your browser may be ignoring that redirect. To check if this is the case, try to visit the page on another device. If it works, you can solve the problem by clearing your browser's cache and/or deleting your cookies. 5. Look Around the Website If you've tried all of the aforementioned tips and you're still getting a 404 error, it means that the page you are looking for simply doesn't exist. It may have been deleted. Or it may have just been renamed. If it's the latter, you can find the page by figuring out its new name. Depending on how the website is designed, there are a number of ways to do this. If there's a search bar, it makes sense to try to search for it there first. If all the pages are split into different categories, you might want to check the most logical category for your information. If the URL includes what looks like a section, you can try looking one level up. For example, let’s assume the URL is: website-name.com/section1/section2/missing-page. In this case, you should look at: website-name.com/section1/ and website-name.com/section1/section2/. 6. Use a Search Engine If the page that you want has been renamed, it's also possible to find it using a search engine. Sometimes, this is preferable because it works regardless of how a website is designed. You can ask Google to return all of the pages on a specific website by entering site: with the website's URL directly after that. For example, you could write: site:makeuseof.com right in Google's search bar.

You save Chrome bookmarks like the little odds and ends buried in a shoebox. Each of these links can be a precious corner of the web for you. That's why it's important to export Chrome bookmarks, passwords, plus other data and keep them backed up always. Fortunately, Chrome lets you back up bookmarks in a single HTML file and sync them automatically across devices. So let's see how easy it is to back up and export your Chrome bookmarks---both manually and automatically. How to Back Up Chrome Bookmarks to an HTML File Chrome makes it easy to create a manual backup of your bookmarks. The bookmarks are saved as a single HTML file which you can import into any other browser or another Chrome profile. Let's go through the five easy steps. Step 1: Launch Chrome. Step 2: Click the Chrome Customize and Control button (the three dots on the top right). Select Bookmarks > Bookmark Manager from the menu. Alternatively, right-click anywhere on the Bookmarks bar if it's visible. The Chrome shortcut to open the Bookmark Manager is Ctrl + Shift + O. Everyone is Mad At Audacity Right Now (REvil Attack, Windows 11 Motherboards) Step 3: In the Bookmark Manager window, click the Organize menu button (the three dots on the top right). Then select Export bookmarks. Step 4: Chrome opens the File Explorer dialog box so that you can save your bookmarks as an HTML file. Use this file to import your bookmarks into another Chrome browser or any other browser via its import dialog screen. Step 5: Save this Chrome bookmarks HTML file in a designated place like the Documents folder. You can export it directly to a connected flash drive or save it to the cloud on Dropbox or Google Drive. You can also choose to organize your bookmarks before you export them by selecting Sort by name on the above menu in the Bookmark Manager. Restore Your Chrome Bookmarks From a Backup To restore your bookmarks, you have to import them back into the browser from the same Bookmark Manager window. Click the three dots in the top right corner, then select Import bookmarks. Chrome will display the Open file dialog box. Go to your bookmark HTML file, select it, then click on Open to import your bookmarks. Your browser will retrieve the bookmarks will be retrieved. How to Back Up Chrome Bookmarks From the Hidden Folder There is another way to back up your Chrome bookmarks manually. You have to make an effort to locate the hidden folder in your Windows PC or macOS. Then copy and paste the Bookmarks file from the Chrome profile folder to another secure location. Follow the steps below. Drill down to the User Data folder on your PC. This is the default location for your entire browser profile (it includes Bookmarks, Passwords, Extensions, and Settings). In Windows (Windows 10, 8, 7 & Vista), the default location is: C:\Users\<Your_Username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default In macOS, the default location is: Users/<Your_Username>/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default For both paths, replace Your Username with the account name you use on the computer. Back Up the Chrome Bookmarks Manually in Windows 10: Close the Chrome browser. Go to File Explorer and enable the Hidden items view. (You can also do it from Folder Options > View tab) Navigate to the path mentioned above and shown in the screenshot from Windows 10. Copy and save the Bookmarks file somewhere else. To restore, copy the same file from the backup location and paste it into the Default folder. What if you have multiple Chrome profiles? If you share a computer, then maintaining separate Chrome profiles with their own set of bookmarks is always better. The User Data folder has a folder for each profile that you create in Chrome. If you only have one profile, that folder will be called Default, as you see above. For more than one profile, File Explorer will list the folders with the profile names. Recover Chrome Bookmarks From the Bookmarks.bak File You will also notice that the same location has another file called "Bookmarks.bak". This is the most recent backup of your Chrome bookmarks file created when you last opened the browser. It is overwritten every time you launch a new session of the browser. If your Bookmarks file ever disappears or is damaged for some reason, you can recover all your saved bookmarks from this backup file. Just rename the backup file by removing the ".bak" file extension. How to Sync Your Chrome Bookmarks Across Devices Your Google account acts as a hub to sync your bookmarks and other browser settings across your devices. If you have multiple computers and Android or iOS devices, you can sync your entire profile and select what you want to include or exclude. Step 1: Open Chrome and click on More > Settings. Step 2: Sign into the Google account you want to use with Chrome. Step 3: Go to You and Google. Click on the tiny arrow for Sync and Google Services. Step 4: In the next screen, click the arrow for Manage sync. You can also explore the encryption options for added security. Step 5: If you want to sync everything in your Chrome profile, keep the Sync everything toggle enabled. Step 6: Want to sync specific data? Turn off Sync everything and go down the list to enable the profile information you want to be synced. Optionally encrypt your Chrome bookmarks and other synced data. Secure your data with your Google account's passphrase or a custom passphrase for extra security. You will need to enter the same passphrase into the Chrome installs for all devices you want the data synced to. If you use multiple Chrome profiles, you can sign into each and keep all your data synced across devices and your Google accounts. Even if you lose your bookmarks on one device, you can recover them with simple sync. RELATED: How To Manage Years Of Browser Bookmarks: 5 Steps To Tidiness Manage Your Chrome Bookmarks Well You realize how much you miss your bookmarks when you don't have them (try a browser where you don't have them around!). Browser bookmarks are more accessible than using specialized bookmarking software. Be selective about choosing the right ones to save and fussy about maintaining them over the years.

Privacy is of the utmost importance when it comes to the online services you use. While it may be tempting to stay signed in to your Google Account 24/7, this could pose a threat to your privacy, especially if you share devices with other members of your household. Luckily, it is easy to safeguard your Google Account by simply signing out. Here's how to sign out of Google on your mobile and desktop device. How to Sign Out of a Google Account on Web To sign out of a Google Account on your desktop device, simply open the browser of your choosing, and navigate to a Google service, such as Search, Gmail, or Drive. Then, locate your Google Account profile picture in the top-right corner of the screen. Click your profile picture, and if you're signed in to multiple accounts, choose the account that you want to sign out of. After you select the relevant account, click Sign Out. RELATED:Essential Google Account Settings To Change For Better Security Everyone is Mad At Audacity Right Now (REvil Attack, Windows 11 Motherboards) How to Sign Out of a Google Account on Mobile The process of signing out of a Google Account on a mobile device is straightforward and similar to signing out of a Google Account on the web. Here's how to sign out of your Google Account on your Android or iPhone: In the browser of your choice, navigate to a Google service, such as Search, Gmail, or Drive. While logged in to your Google Account, select your Google Account profile picture from the top-right corner of the screen. You will then see all the Google Accounts you are signed in to on your mobile device. Simply select the account that you wish to sign out of, and tap Sign Out. Image Gallery (2 Images) And just like that, you are signed out. It is simple, quick, and protects your privacy. RELATED:How To Manage Multiple Google Accounts On Your Android Phone Signing Out of Google Is Quick and Easy Signing out of your Google Account only takes a few seconds. The process may seem confusing at first, but it's actually quite straightforward and worth knowing how to do.

Google Chrome is one of the most popular web browsers, and with good reason. With so many features that let you enjoy browsing the internet while saving data, Chrome is one of the best browsers out there. One notorious error that you may encounter while using Chrome, is Server IP Address Could Not Be Found. This error doesn't have a single cause, so there are a couple of things you'll have to investigate to resolve this issue. 1. Check Your Internet Connection The first thing you should check when you encounter this error is your internet connection. You might not even be connected to the internet, and if that's the case, then Chrome isn't guilty. No browser can browse the internet without the internet. A quick way of checking for a working internet connection is using the ping command in the Command Prompt. In the Start menu, search for Command Prompt and open it. This will bring up the black plank known as the Command Prompt. In the Command Prompt, type the following line and press Enter. This command is going to ping google.com four times and return the results. ping google.com Investigate the results. If you're getting replies within reasonable times then your connection is fine. However, if you're getting Request Timed Out or other errors, then you need to further check your connection. Everyone is Mad At Audacity Right Now (REvil Attack, Windows 11 Motherboards) RELATED: How To Reduce Chrome CPU Usage & Battery Drain 2. Check Your Proxy Settings One other possible cause of the error is a bad or offline proxy server. You (or an app on your computer) could have set up a proxy which doesn't work now. You can set up a new proxy or disable proxies altogether in the Proxy settings. Here's how to do this: In the Start menu search for Proxy, and then select Proxy settings. In the Proxy settings window, disable Automatically detect settings. Scroll down to Manual proxy setup and disable that as well. Open Chrome and check if your problem has been solved. 3. Change Your Network Adapter Settings By default, your network adapter is set to use DHCP which allows it to automatically obtain an IP address. However, if you've tweaked this setting, then IP and DNS will need to be manually configured for your adapter. You can revert the settings to DHCP from the Control Panel. Follow these steps to do that: Open the Control Panel, and choose Network and Internet. From here, select Network and Sharing Center. In the Network and Sharing Center, click on Change adapter settings from the left menu bar. This will open a window that shows all your network adapters. Right-click on the network adapter you're using, and then select Properties. Double-click on Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) to open its properties. Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server addresses automatically. Click OK to save the settings. Open Chrome and check if your issue has been resolved. 4. Update Your Network Driver Another cause of network problems is the lack of proper drivers for your hardware. This could happen if your network drivers are outdated or you haven't installed the correct ones. Windows 10 does a good job at automatically finding and installing drivers, but you can't ever be too sure. Here's how to update your network drivers: Open File Explorer. Right-click on This PC. From the menu, select Manage. This will bring up the Computer Management window. From the left bar, under System Tools, click on Device Manager. In the Network adapters category, right-click on your adapter and select Update driver. Windows will then look for new drivers and install them if it finds any. You can also manually install the drivers provided by the manufacturer of your hardware (e.g. Qualcomm or Realtek). 5. Use Windows Network Diagnostics Google Chrome won't be able to function properly if your network has been poorly configured. Luckily, Windows' troubleshooter tool does a good job at finding and fixing config-related issues. In the Start menu, search for Troubleshoot settings and open it. Under Get up and running, click on Internet Connections. Click Run the troubleshooter. Follow the instructions provided by the troubleshooter. In most cases, the troubleshooter can take care of the detected issues by itself. However, it might give you instructions to fix the issue on your own if it doesn't have the required privileges. RELATED: How To Disable Or Enable Cookies In Chrome 6. Restart the Windows DNS Client Service Windows uses a service called DNS Client to cache DNS and register the computer name. There's a chance that your DNS Client service may be malfunctioning and is in need of a restart. Press Win + R on your keyboard to bring up the Run dialog. Type services.msc in the text box and press Enter. This will bring up a window containing all the Windows services. Scroll down to find DNS Client. Right-click the DNS Client service and select Stop. Wait a minute or two so that the service completely stops. After that, right-click the DNS Client service and select Start to get the service started again. If the DNS Client service options are greyed out and unclickable for you, you can disable the service through Windows config. Press Win + R on your keyboard to bring up the Run dialog. Type msconfig in the text box and then press Enter. In the opened window, go to the Services tab and find DNS Client. Sort the services by name to make this search easier. Uncheck the DNS Client service, and then click OK to stop the service. Wait for a minute and then check the DNS Client service box. Click OK to get the service started again. 7. Reset Winsock and IPv4 Settings If none of the solutions above worked for you, you can try resetting Winsock and IPv4 settings to their defaults. This will revert a great portion of network settings to their defaults and has the potential to fix conflicting configurations. In the Start menu search for Command Prompt. Right-click Command Prompt and select Run as administrator. In the Command Prompt, type the command below and press Enter. This will reset the Winsock. netsh winsock reset Once the command is executed, restart your computer. Launch the Command Prompt as administrator and type the command below: netsh int ipv4 reset reset.log Restart your computer and then check if your issue has been resolved. Quickly Get Back Online You now have a good idea of what to do if Chrome encounters the Server IP Address Could Not Be Found error. If you're currently experiencing this issue, trying the above solutions should have you back online in no time!

YouTubers operating in the free TV/streaming niche are becoming pretty frustrated by the community policies, which are designed to prevent piracy instruction videos from appearing on the platform. The users claim that YouTube is becoming increasingly unfair with demonetizations but the cold hard truth is very straightforward - abide by the rules or publish elsewhere. Twenty, thirty, even forty years ago, piracy of movies was something done relatively quietly between trusted suppliers, friends and family. With the rise of the Internet, however, discussion of how to obtain movies without paying for them was opened up to the masses. Sometime around 2010, the massive success of YouTube and social media tore away any remaining mystique, with a new and seemingly oblivious generation openly flaunting their piracy tools and activities. On the one hand, this undoubtedly opened up piracy to a much wider audience, increasing uptake and fueling the rise of countless Kodi addons plus a swathe of piracy-focused apps and IPTV services. On the other, this presented a massive challenge to entertainment industry groups, one that was bound to elicit a strong response. Having followed the illicit content market for decades, six years ago we predicted that massive mainstream access to piracy would have consequences but the seemingly unstoppable train continued nonetheless. This included large numbers of YouTubers who used the platform to openly promote and sell their pirate IPTV services and, as the lawsuits against YouTubers now show, that didn’t go particularly well. But those aren’t the only issues with YouTube and piracy. YouTube Attempts to Distant Itself From Piracy Promotion More than three years ago we envisioned that YouTube would eventually run out of patience with users attempting to build channels based around piracy tutorials and the promotion of pirate apps and services. Indeed, not long after, the platform began banning people operating in this niche. More recently, YouTube made its position clear, indicating that it would no longer tolerate videos that show users “how to use apps, websites, or other information technology to gain unauthorized free access to audio content, audiovisual content, full video games, software, or streaming services that normally require payment.” For anyone who wants to abide by YouTube’s rules, the parameters are pretty clear – don’t do the above and you’ll stay out of trouble. However, there are many channels that have effectively made a business out of promoting piracy tools and as a result, are attempting to find workarounds to carry on doing what they were doing before, without suffering the consequences. Expecting YouTube to Be Flexible is Simply Naive A current case in point involves videos posted to various YouTube channels relating to the Android apps Unlinked, FileSynced and Applinked. These are new tools that stepped in to fill the vacuum left by Filelinked, which was shut down by the Alliance For Creativity and Entertainment for facilitating access to piracy apps. After posting videos about these tools, several YouTubers reported falling foul of YouTube’s community rules as detailed above. Some argue that these tools are generic downloaders that can be used to install any software on an Android device, not specifically piracy tools. As a result, YouTube is being unreasonable by demonetizing or removing such videos, they argue. Unfortunately, some of the YouTubers’ own videos tell a different story. To make apps easier to find, the above tools operate a code system, with specific codes relating to specific repositories. The most popular ones contain lots of piracy tools and YouTubers promote these codes in their videos as hot property. In some cases these codes are promoted somewhat generically but it is extremely telling that, in order to show what the repositories contain, massive redaction has to take place to hide the huge lists of piracy apps so YouTube doesn’t delete or demonetize the videos. (example below) Whether one agrees with YouTube’s policies or not (and plenty don’t) it’s naive to think that YouTube doesn’t notice these attempts at circumventing its community standards. And that brings us to the key point here. This isn’t a case of what is legal or not – this is simply a case of what kind of content YouTube will put up with and what it will not. YouTube’s Platform, YouTube’s Rules While there will be no shortage of people ranting at YouTube for its ‘censorship’ of free speech, this is not that type of issue. At least as far as we’re aware, people who publish piracy tutorials and information on pirate apps to their own sites are able to do so, even without anti-piracy companies getting involved. Given the environment on YouTube right now, that seems the only option. The issue is only made more acute when people publish ‘forbidden content’ to YouTube and then expect YouTube to pay them to do so. Right now, at least one YouTuber is encouraging people to pressure YouTube on Twitter in the event that videos YouTube doesn’t like are removed from the platform. Quite apart from the fact that this action is unlikely to yield any results in the majority of cases, people need to understand that YouTube doesn’t have to justify itself in any way. In short, YouTube can do whatever the hell it likes and when YouTuber’s operate in questionable niches, they will have a considerable job trying to explain their way out of the problem. In short, if people want to promote or instruct people in piracy, YouTube is not a long-term proposition and trying to get the platform to bend to their interpretation of the rules is futile. Make a video about Netflix, Disney+ or Amazon Prime and the video will stay up. Promote tools that help people get free access to otherwise premium content and the video is likely to encounter problems. It’s important to acknowledge that YouTube is not any user’s website and it never has been. The rules can be changed on a whim but this specific set of rules are not difficult to understand – unless people go out of their way to misunderstand them.