How to Use Passkeys With Google Password Manager (2025)
Google wants you to start using passkeys. Its vision is to “progress toward a passwordless future,” allowing you to store passkeys in the Google Password Manager service. For websites that support the login method, Google now allows you to generate, store, and sync passkeys. The problem is actually finding a consistent way to do it. […]
How to Reduce Browser Battery Drain in Chrome, Edge, and Opera
Click the three dots in the top-right corner of any Edge tab, then click Settings. Open the System and Performance tab, and you’ll see an Efficiency Mode toggle switch. Alongside it are some related settings, including how long Edge should wait before putting tabs to sleep, and whether or not you want Efficiency Mode to […]
How to Change the Default Search Engine in Google Chrome
Part of the reason Google decided to start developing its own Chrome browser—all the way back in 2008—was to funnel people toward all of its web apps, from Google Docs to Gmail to Google Maps. And of course, Chrome has Google’s search engine built right in. However, if you love Google Chrome but you’ve decided […]
How to Create Your Own Browser Extension
Most of us spend a lot of time inside a web browser. If you’re a Chrome, Firefox, or Edge user, then you’ll know these browsers come with a huge number of third-party extensions to augment the features already built into the software. But what if you need some kind of specific extra functionality, some tool […]