What’s in the latest Chrome update? Default to HTTPS, focused links

Google last week released Chrome 90, which gives preference to using encrypted connections to websites, lets users craft links that pinpoint selected text, and supports an open-source codec optimized for videoconferencing.

The Mountain View, Calif. search giant also paid out more than $54,000 in bounties to those who reported some of the 37 vulnerabilities addressed in Chrome 90. Six of the bugs were marked “High,” Google’s second-most-serious threat level, with $36,000 paid to the reporting security researchers. A number of the bounties, including two labeled “High,” had not yet been assigned a dollar amount, so Google’s final payout will be higher than the acknowledged total.

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