As we now looked at the barcode detector API, I want to introduce you to the face detection API. Unlike the barcode one, this is not yet publicly available, but we can enable it in Chrome by enabling a flag. Open Chrome, and type the following address: chrome://flags, in there enable the #enable-experimental-web-platform-features. Now we should be able…
Tag: Chrome
Mighty wants to ‘make Chrome faster’ by streaming a browser from the cloud, starting on macOS
With the underlying concept popularized by Stadia and other game services, Mighty wants to stream an entire Chromium browser from the cloud. The effort emerged this week after two years of development with a tagline of “Make Chrome Faster.” Mighty wants to address the often-heard complaint that Chrome is slow. Over the past few releases, Google has been working to address this through…
Chrome and Edge hacked by new zero-day flaw — what to do
Not much sooner after Google patched one publicly disclosed zero-day exploit in Chrome did another one pop up. “Just here to drop a chrome 0day. Yes you read that right,” announced Twitter user “frust” earlier today (April 14). The tweet included a link to a GitHub page containing JavaScript for a proof-of-concept web page that will exploit the flaw. …