Chrome’s Memory Saver sounded smart — until it started slowing me down.

In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, multitasking is the norm. Many users keep multiple tabs open in Chrome or other browsers, enhancing productivity but often at a cost: decreased performance. As ...

Google has announced several performance-related additions to the Chrome browser. The browser now has a Performance Detection tool to quickly deactivate tabs that are using excess resources. Chrome ...

Google’s Chrome browser has quite the reputation for being a memory hog, despite the search giant’s best efforts to reign the browser in. Well, now Google is adding even more performance management ...

Chrome Canary now shows alerts for tabs using excessive system resources, allowing users to disable these tabs and free up resources. Users will see notifications when a CPU usage threshold is ...

Last year, Chrome introduced Memory and Energy Saver modes, and Google is now updating its desktop browser with Performance issue alerts. To start with, Chrome is rolling out new Standard (previously ...

Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...