Google has shipped a new JavaScript compiler for its V8 JavaScript engine in Chrome called Sparkplug that promises a much faster web experience – and it does it by 'cheating', according to the ...

Google says the latest Google Chrome release comes with a significant performance boost due to newly added improvements to the open-source V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. Google Chrome 91, which ...

Google LLC on Thursday released an update for Chrome to fix a high-severity security vulnerability in the browser that’s believed to be exploited by hackers. The update, the search giant detailed in a ...

‘Super-fast’ non-optimizing Sparkplug compiler, which compiles bytecode to machine code, makes its debut in V8 9.1 and Chrome 91. With the Sparkplug compiler, Google is looking to improve JavaScript ...

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A new project hopes to beef up the security of V8, a part of the Chrome browser that most users aren't aware of but that hackers increasingly see as a juicy target. Chrome has over two billion users, ...

Google's research team has launched v8CTF, a capture-the-flag (CTF) challenge focused on its Chrome browser’s V8 JavaScript engine. The competition opened on October 6, 2023, and is accessible to any ...

I’ve said it before, and I’m going to say it again: check your Google Chrome browser update status and restart the application immediately. Today. Right now. Hot on the heels of a Chrome 142 security ...

I like Google‘s new Chrome Web browser a lot — as in, I think it’s going to change the desktop world in a way we haven’t seen since Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina released the first modern Web browser, ...

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google has ported a core part of its new browser to the ARM processor as well as to the x86. Google co-founder Sergey Brin said all or parts of the new Chrome browser could be ...

Each tab will run in its own process. These processes will be completely isolated from each other, will be killable from the operating system's process manager, and will be sandboxed to prevent them ...