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Google gets web allies by letting outsiders help build Chrome’s foundation – Source CNET Computer News

Google's open-source Chromium project is the foundation for Chrome and several other companies' browsers.

Google’s open-source Chromium project is the foundation for Chrome and several other companies’ browsers.


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Google is loosening control over the core of its Chrome browser, a move that helps Microsoft, Samsung and Brave build competitors while advancing the search giant’s vision of the web.

Over the past six months, Google welcomed the first outside developer into the leadership of its Chromium project, the software that powers the similarly named browser. The Alphabet subsidiary is also granting outsiders…

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