How Google blocked 7 billion abusive notifications a day to clean up Chrome

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Push notifications on the web started with great intentions: letting web apps send you timely, useful updates without needing a dedicated native application. But over the years, bad actors turned that privilege into a chaotic mess of fake virus warnings, deceptive spam prompts, and relentless pop-ups. They are the worst. To fix this, the Chrome […]