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  1. Google Tests in Browser Prompt to Make Chrome Default on Windows 11

    Google is quietly testing a new in‑browser prompt that reads “Use Google recommended browser settings” — a bubble-style dialog that steers Windows 11 users toward setting Chrome as their system default (and, in some variants, toward pinning it to the taskbar). This is not a marketing mockup: the...
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  2. Edge Nudges on Chrome Download Page: Windows 11 Privacy and Security Battle

    Microsoft’s new Edge banner that appears when users visit Google’s Chrome download page is the latest, highly visible escalation in a long-running tug-of-war over browser choice on Windows — and it crystallizes a wider strategic problem: Microsoft is trying to win users back with safety...
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  3. Valve Blocks Mature Games From Steam Early Access Amid Payment-Processor Pressure

    Valve’s storefront has quietly moved the goalposts: games with mature themes that would once have been allowed into Steam’s Early Access program are now being refused entry outright, a change that has developers scrambling and reignited a broader fight over who — platforms, payment networks...
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