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Google Chrome 70 Now Available for Windows, Linux, and Mac
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https://news.softpedia.com/news/google-c...3275.shtml        Google Chrome 70 Now Available for Windows, Linux, and Mac
New version of the browser officially released today
Oct 17, 2018 04:31 GMT  ·  By Bogdan Popa ·  Comment  ·  Share:                  
Google Chrome 70
Google has just released a new version of Chrome browser with improvements in terms of security, but also with a bunch of new features that have previously been tested as part of beta builds.

First and foremost, Google Chrome 70 now comes with Picture in Picture mode, which technically allows you to continue watching a video while browsing other websites by simply pinning the clip window to the screen.

This feature was part of Chrome 69 for a couple of months, but users needed to enable it manually from the flags advanced configuration screen. With Chrome 70, however, it becomes available to all.

Google Chrome 70 also introduces support for PWA apps, technically allowing Windows 10 users to install PWAs and then pin them to the desktop. Whenever a PWA app is clicked, it launches from the desktop and runs on the Chrome engine in its own window.

Security fixes
This new version of the browser also resolves several security vulnerabilities, including no less than six flaws with a high severity rating. One of them is a sandbox escape in AppCache detailed in CVE-2018-17463.

By the looks of things, this vulnerability was mostly aimed at businesses and government officials, according to the linked advisory, though there are no known exploits in the wild.

“These vulnerabilities can be exploited if a user visits, or is redirected to, a specially crafted web page. Successful exploitation of the most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute remote code in the context of the browser. Depending on the privileges associated with the application, an attacker could install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights,” the advisory reads.

You can download Google Chrome for Windows, Linux, and Mac from Softpedia using these links. Additionally, you can also use the built-in Chrome updater from Settings > Help > About Chrome. The browser needs to be restarted to complete the update.
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