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Google is looking to bolster security awareness by adding a new feature into the Chrome browser. Through the new feature, users will be alerted if their username and password has been stolen during a data breach. This feature was previously available separately through a Chrome extension.

With the Google Stadia going live on 19 November 2019, Google recently conducted an AMA(Ask Me Anything) session on Reddit where they answered various questions from the public. To the uninitiated, Google Stadia is an on-demand game streaming service that allows users to stream and play games online without the need to own a high-end gaming computer. 

Forbes reported that Google intends on ditching ad block extensions for Google Chrome and limit them only to enterprise users, leaving regular consumers exposed to advertisements scattered throughout the world wide web. The removal of ad block extensions is expected to be carried up based on a proposal called “Manifest V3”, which will drastically change the Google Chrome extension ecosystem.

We are expected to see something special this coming 4th October, as Google readies to launch several new items. One of them is apparently a new software initiative, which Google is calling “Andromeda”, an Android/Chrome hybrid OS.

Always wanted to have the ability to run apps side by side? Well, ever since the introduction of Android N, Google did just that but they could only do that if they have already installed a separated browser alongside Chrome to do that. Now, Android N Developer Preview 3 has fixed that.