Much of the web has switched to secure links—that is, when you type in a site like pcworld.com, it serves its pages over an https (“hypertext transfer protocol secure”) connection rather than over non ...

As HTTPS has become more common across the web, Google Chrome is preparing to launch a security option that will block “insecure” downloads through HTTP. While it used to be the case that only privacy ...

SPDY aims to revolutionize the web by creating a faster browsing experience. In fact, the Google Chromium blog says the SPDY protocol is 2x as fast as HTTP in its test labs. The load speed results of ...

Starting with Chrome 62, Google will start marking any HTTP page where users may enter data, and any HTTP page visited in incognito mode Google began in January flashing warnings in the Chrome address ...

2016 might be the year that HTTP finally dies. Chrome’s security team announced today that the browser will start marking websites that use insecure HTTP connections to transmit passwords and credit ...

Downloads of files like images may be banned if they use HTTP connections – even if they are available from an HTTPS website. Google Chrome will soon restrict certain files, like PDFs or executables, ...

Google issued a warning to website publishers that any HTTP sites using forms, login fields and other input sections will be flagged as "not secure" by the Chrome browser starting this October. The ...

Google is giving web developers six months to prepare for the next phase of its plan to mark all HTTP pages as 'Not secure'. October will mark stage two of Google's plan to label all HTTP pages as ...

In a move to improve user privacy and security, Google is simplifying its browser security settings. In a blog post, the Chrome security team said https:// pages will only be able to load secure ...

Google is finally moving forward with its plan to discourage the use of HTTP sites by marking them as non-secure on Chrome. The new warning will be rolled out very gradually: Beginning in January, ...

Firefox 51, released today, and Chrome 56, currently due for release next week, have started describing some HTTP connections as insecure as they continue the industry-wide push to promote the use of ...

In the new version of Chrome, which should be rolling out to everyone today, the "mixed content" warning—that mysterious little yellow "caution triangle" in the address bar—will finally be removed.