Google's newest web browser already starts trimming away a bit of detail to make it easier for newbies to understand where they are on the web. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

Google appears to be backing away from its somewhat controversial experimental feature for the Chrome browser that hid full web addresses from users. Dubbed the Origin Chip, the new feature condenses ...

Google is upgrading Chrome's address bar to help users find websites faster. Updates include "smarter" autocomplete, typo correction, bookmark search, and more. The changes could reshape how people ...

After installing Google Chrome 76, if you feel like something is missing from the address bar you would be correct. This is because Google has decided to once again to hide, or elide, the "www" ...

Chrome is ending its war on address bar URLs—at least for now. About a year ago, Chrome started experimenting with stripping down the URL shown in the address bar ...

Open Google Chrome Visit a webpage You will see the URL without HTTPS and WWW Double-click in the address bar and you will see HTTPS and WWW Click anywhere on the webpage and this will disappear. But ...

Corbin is a tech journalist and developer who worked at Android Police from 2016 until 2021. Check out his other work at corbin.io. Google has tried on and off for years to hide full URLs in Chrome's ...