Google has announced a new update for its Chrome desktop browser, adding a couple of new features that should be well-received. The first is expanded pre-loading — Chrome already pre-fetches certain web pages it guesses you're going to click on next in the background so they will render "instantly" when you click a link. Now Chrome is adding that same feature to web pages you're about to visit by dint of typing the URL into the main address / search "omnibox." Google says it will pre-load sites that are autocompleted as you type if "you're very likely to visit" them.
Google also added some expanded security measures to Chrome. It will automatically check downloads against a database of known malware and sketchy source sites to warn you...
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