Google has announced that Chrome will soon connect to websites more securely by default. Beginning with Chrome 154, set for release in October 2026, the browser will automatically activate the Always ...

The transition to the more-secure HTTPS web protocol has plateaued, according to Google. As of 2020, 95 to 99 percent of navigations in Chrome use HTTPS. To help make it safer for users to click on ...

Let’s be honest—no one likes seeing that dreaded "Not Secure" warning when they visit a website. It immediately raises red flags: Is this site safe? Can I trust it? That’s where HTTPS importance comes ...

HTTPS, or Hypertext Transport Protocol Secure, is a variation on the basic protocol used to serve Web pages over the Internet. HTTPS verifies the security certification of the page you're visiting to ...

After Google stopped generating new goo.gl URLs in March of 2019, those links will stop working on August 25, 2025. Google announced it was shutting down goo.gl for consumers and developers in 2018.

Live-service games and MMOs are always going to experience server and congestion issues on launch day, and Final Fantasy XIV is certainly no exception. Here’s how to fix the launcher HTTPS system ...

Today, most Americans subscribe to home broadband internet and own a smartphone, while about four-in-ten say they’re online almost constantly. Today, nearly all U.S. teens (96%) say they use the ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. A new tune icon will replace it later this year to avoid misleading users about how ‘trustworthy’ websites are ...

One of the biggest advances in web security over the last decade or so is the proliferation of secure, encrypted HTTPS connections. Once the purview of shopping and banking sites, HTTPS connections ...

Security experts have warned that websites displaying a padlock in the browser should be treated with caution, after revealing a sharp increase in phishing sites using HTTPS. The findings come from ...