Chrome is blocking popular extension The Great Suspender, but there’s a way to recover your tabs
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google has apparently blocked The Great Suspender extension from Chrome, with existing users now receiving a message that it has been disabled because it contains malware." It's also been removed from the Chrome Web Store, with any links to it now leading to a 404 page. Some are worried about losing their tabs, but Reddit users have found a way to recover them (via XDA-Developers' Mishaal Rahman).
The Great Suspender was a hugely useful extension - minus the malware, at least - for keeping your browser running smoothly. The tool would automatically shut down tabs that you hadn't looked at for a while, replacing them with a blank gray screen. Return to the tab, and you could click to reload back to where you were. Given Chrome's...