Google released the latest stable version "61.0.3163.79" of web browser · Google Chrome. In the latest version of Chrome, support for JavaScript module and WebUSB has been added and 22 security fixes ...

Google is working on a new Unrestricted WebUSB feature, which allows trusted isolated web apps to bypass security restrictions in the WebUSB API. WebUSB is a JavaScript API that allows web ...

Just a couple of weeks ago, we took a look at the [then] forthcoming version 61 of Google's Chrome, which introduces some notable features, including support for a slew of new APIs. Chrome 61 is now ...

' WebUSB ', an API that allows direct access to a USB device connected to a PC via a web browser, was developed in 2016 by Google engineers. It was officially supported by Google Chrome in 2017, but ...

When [gdarchen] wanted to read some NFC tags, he went through several iterations. First, he tried an Electron application, and then a client-server architecture. But his final iteration was to make a ...

Two Google engineers have created a draft version of an API—dubbed WebUSB—that aims at providing a simple and safe way to expose USB devices to the Web. The idea behind the project, created by Google ...

The WebUSB standard is certainly controversial. Many consider it a security risk, and, to date, only Chromium-based browsers support it. But there is a workaround that is, ironically, supposed to ...

Two Google engineers have outlined a draft interface for securely connecting USB devices to any webpage. The draft for WebUSB isn't for things like keyboards, mice, and hard drives, but rather for ...

Two Google engineers have introduced a new API called WebUSB to the World Wide Web Consortium’s Incubator Community Group (W3C WICG) that would allow USB devices to connect to the Web safely. The API ...