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Google Chrome updates: get speed, design and music control

Have you ever close tabs accidentally while browsing multiple tabs?
And you a can restore the tabs with a “reopen closed tabs” button in Chrome. And now, Google Chrome have confirmed that this feature is getting faster later this year.

It’s all part of Google’s efforts to improve the browser’s built-in caching system. Google has been working on “back-forward cache”, as we reported recently, to improve overall browsing performance by keeping a page alive after you navigate away from it. It will load almost instantly, thanks to the caching if you attempt to open the closed tab again

The back-forward cache first debuted on Android in Chrome 87 and it’s slowly rolling out to users in the stable channel of the desktop client. Using the tech behind back-forward caching, Google is now working on a new feature called “Closed Tab Cache”.

This will allow you to reopen closed tabs almost instantly as the whole page except for some JavaScript elements like ads is kept entirely in memory. In a post on Chromium Gerrit, Google confirmed that they have added a Chrome flag for “ClosedTabCache” to help devs and users test the feature.

“Add a chrome://flag for ClosedTabCache. This patch adds a flag to enable closed tab cache on the desktop to make it easier for testing,” Google noted.

At the moment, if you close a tab and reopen it using the “Reopen closed tab” option, the page is loaded again. Google Chrome is planning to make the closed tabs button almost instant with caching support. As part of the update, Chrome will freeze the page’s assets and store them in the memory for a short time.

On the other hand, Chrome’s “BackForwardCache” will load your pages instantly when you use Chrome’s Back and Forward buttons.

Chrome design improvements

Google is also working on a new modern design for Chrome.

Chrome will be getting various UI changes as part of the design refresh. The redesigned settings page are quite a few noticeable changes but it looks familiar. For instance, Google has replaced the material blue colours with a proper dark or solid white background.

Rounded corners and Chrome icon are now front and center on the settings page.

As you can see in the above screenshot, the design changes are more visible in a light mode where the material blue colour has been replaced with white. Overall, the old and new UI look largely the same and you’ll notice some differences only if you carefully compare the two versions.

Media playback controls

Chrome received the new media playback controls last year and it’s slowly getting new features and improvements. In the latest Chrome Canary build, Google has added a mute button to the global media playback controls.

You can mute the audio from any tab of the browser.

Google will also release a modern interface for media controls hidden to everyone later this year.

Google to revamp Play Store app ratings: What you need to know

An app’s rating for you on the Google Play Store may different from your friends in other countries.

Currently, apps and games on the Play Store have aggregated review scores. Google added up all the scores from users around the world and averaged them to create the final score. This is reflected by the star rating on Google Play.

Google to revamp Play Store app ratings

However, that system will change this year. In November 2021, Play Store ratings will be localized around the world. Google will aggregate scores from users in a country and generate a localized score. As a result, an app’s rating in Brazil may be very different from its rating in Korea.

Google explained this upcoming change in a blog post. The reasons for this change are:

  • Ratings from one region unfairly impact another. For example, when a bug affects only one country but negatively affects the app’s ratings everywhere else.
  • Cultural issues can also affect Play Store ratings. For example, a game designed to cater to people who speak Japanese and understand Japanese culture may not be well received by users from other countries. But that game’s rating was lowered by negative reviews from users from other countries.

In the future, Google will have even bigger changes. Specifically, next year, form factor will affect Play Store ratings.

Localized ranking will start happening this year. Around next year, Google will incorporate at least one more variable: the form factor. This means that app reviews from tablet users will aggregate differently than reviews from phone users.

But as of now, Google has not given a firm rollout date for the introduction of form factor variables for Play Store ratings.

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OnlyFans bans sexually explicit content starting October

OnlyFans bans sexually explicit content starting October

The shift away from porn on the OnlyFans comes amid pressure from banks

Video-sharing site OnlyFans, known for its creators’ adult videos and photos, will ban sexually explicit content starting October 1. It is reported that they are making the change because of pressure from banking and payment provider partners.

OnlyFans bans sexually explicit content starting October

Creators on the platform will still be allowed to post nude images as long as they adhere to the site’s acceptable use policy. More information will be available in the coming days.

OnlyFans says it now has more than 2 million creators and 130 million users. And creators have made more than 5 billion dollars on their platform. Last year, the site generated $2 billion in sales (of which OnlyFans receives a 20% cut).

The company is looking for investors with a valuation of more than $1 billion but has struggled to attract investors. This difficulty comes mainly from the proliferation of pornographic content on the platform.

Along with the pornography announcement, OnlyFans released its first monthly transparency report for July on Thursday, “as part of our commitment to safety and transparency.”

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Leaked Challenges And Quests For Week 11 In Fortnite Season 7

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Leaked Challenges And Quests For Week 11 In Fortnite Season 7

At 16:00 CEST Wednesday 18th and Thursday 19 August, the challenges Y quests from Week 11 of the Battle Pass of Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 7 will be activated. Above all, using techniques and tools of datamining, this article will let you know the upcoming missions with the patch 17.40. Here are challenge Y mission of Fortnite of this batch.

Fortnite Season 7 – Week 11 Leaked Legendary Missions

Phase 1 of 6 – Reward: 15,000 Season XP – Receive orders from Slone through a public phone (0/1)
Phase 2 of 6 – Reward: 45,000 Season XP – Catch Fish in Fishing Areas (0/5)
Stage 3 of 6 – Reward: 30,000 Seasonal XP – Pick up a can of vintage cat food in Grudge Corner or Sandy Cliffs (0/1)
Phase 4 of 6 – Reward: 30,000 Season XP – Collect a Vase in Sleeping Pools (0/1)
Stage 5 of 6 – Reward: 30,000 Season XP – Gather Wood (0/250)
Stage 6 of 6 – Reward: 30,000 Season XP – Talk to Joey (0/1)

Leaked Challenges And Quests For Week 11 In Fortnite Season 7

Leaked Wild Week 1 Missions


Stage 1 of 3 – Reward: 20,000 Season XP – Deal damage with silenced weapons (0 / 1,000)
Phase 2 of 3 – Reward: 30,000 Season XP – Deal Damage with Silenced Weapons (0 / 5,000)
Stage 3 of 3 – Reward: 50,000 Season XP – Deal Damage with Silenced Weapons (0 / 20,000)

Leaked Epic Missions From Week 11


Phase 1 of 3 – Reward: 30,000 Season XP – Ride a Saucer (0/1)
Phase 2 of 3 – Reward: 30,000 Season XP – Use a reconnaissance scanner to locate an infected wild animal or an Intruder (0/1)
Stage 3 of 3 – Reward: 30,000 Season XP – Interact with the equipment of any IO satellite station (0/1)
Reward: 30,000 Season XP – Deals damage to alien biomes (0/150)
Phase 1 of 3 – Reward: 30,000 Season XP – Mark an Alien Parasite (0/1)
Stage 2 of 3 – Reward: 30,000 Seasonal PE – Dance with an Alien Parasite in Believing Coast, Sleeping Pools or Pleasant Park (0/1)
Stage 3 of 3 – Reward: 30,000 Season XP – Take a Dip with an Alien Parasite (0/1)

 

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Tinder: All user might have to verify their ID

The feature in Tinder will be ‘voluntary’ and launching in the ‘coming quarters.’

ID verification currently only available in Japan. But the company plans to make it accessible to all its users.

For now, we have few details about how this update, which is expected to roll out in “the coming quarters,” will work. In a statement, Tinder said ID verification would “begin as voluntary” and that it would consult with experts to determine “what documents are most appropriate in each country,” and other details.

Tinder execs noted that ID verification can be a “complex and nuanced” issue, and that some users “might have compelling reasons that they can’t or don’t want to share their real-world identity with an online platform.” The company said it’s working with various experts to ensure its approach is “equitable.”

ID verification would be the latest safety update for the dating app, which has added other features meant to reassure users’ about their potential matches’ identity. The company has also implemented an anti-catfishing feature, and Tinder parent company Match Group partnered with background check platform Garbo earlier this year.

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