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Google is introducing a couple of new Chrome features that look designed for people who spend a big part of their day juggling tabs and reading long pages online. The two additions are vertical tabs and a new reading mode, both aimed at making the browser feel a little cleaner, easier to manage, and more productivity-friendly.

There was a time when Microsoft Edge felt like a serious attempt to build a better browser. It was clean, practical, and surprisingly thoughtful in places where Chrome had grown stagnant. Features like vertical tabs, Collections, and a more refined interface gave Edge a personality of its own. It was not the most popular browser, but it was easy to understand why many people stuck with it.

When Google first introduced its Privacy Sandbox, the company promised a future where users could browse the web with less tracking and more privacy — all while keeping advertisers happy. Fast forward six years, and that vision has officially come to an end. Google has now confirmed that the project is being "phased out", marking a major shift in how the world's most popular browser handles user data.

If you've opened Google Chrome recently only to find some of your favorite extensions mysteriously turned off, you're not imagining things. You're part of a global wave of users feeling the effects of Chrome's latest under-the-hood changes.