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Besides removing Flash, Google has also removed support for FTP links (ftp://) as well.
Google Sync to stop working in other browsers except Chrome starting March 15 2021.
Google cites the lack of content moderation on the platform and "ongoing and urgent public safety threat."
The Chrome PDF reader now supports table of contents, page thumb previews, rotate and Fit-to-page controls.
Support for FTP links will be disabled for 50% of Chrome 87 users, with a complete removal scheduled for Chrome 88.
Chrome 86, released earlier this month, comes with a secret Read Later feature.
Following years of lobbying efforts, Google intervenes with one of its customers to have Proud Boys websites moved off its platform.
Google has taken new steps towards its grand master plan to revamp the online advertising ecosystem.
Other new features that shipped with Chrome 84 include a new animations engine and a one-tap system for importing SMS passcodes into Chrome web forms.
Google said last year that it would fix a bug that allowed sites to detect incognito mode, but no fix ever came.