Since the vast majority of Internet users are surfing with Google Chrome, the use of a large amount of memory is infamous. That's about to change though, thanks to an unlikely ally - Microsoft Edge.

To fix high memory usage in Microsoft Edge on Windows, try closing unnecessary tabs, clearing cookies and cache, and restarting your PC. Enable Efficiency Mode, use Sleeping Tabs, and tweak graphics ...

In June, Microsoft bragged that its new, Chromium-based Microsoft Edge could see a 27-percent drop in memory use in conjunction with the Windows 10 May 2020 Update. Google said it would follow Edge’s ...

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With the release of the Window 10 May 2020 Update, Microsoft touted some improvements to memory usage on Edge thanks to the enhancements to the ‘Segment Heap’ feature in the OS. The feature leads to ...

When it comes to internet browsers, it doesn't get more mainstream than Google Chrome. It looks good, runs smoothly (most of the time), and has plenty of useful extensions, so it should be no surprise ...

Google today announced two new performance settings in its Chrome browser: Memory Saver and Energy Saver. Modern browsers eat up a lot of memory, and while that’s not a problem if you have 32GB of RAM ...

The other day, I found myself staring at my laptop screen, frustrated yet again as Chrome guzzled up my RAM like it was an ...

You’ve seen the memes. Google Chrome absolutely eats RAM on most computers, especially on Windows. Now, though, a change to Windows 10 that is live in the latest update opens the door for Google ...

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Google’s Chrome browser is infamous for consuming a lot of RAM. While recent updates have attempted to solve this problem from a technical side, a new feature may put more of the management in the ...