Google Chrome now lets you mute those annoying autoplay videos

Google Chrome just made surfing the web way less annoying. 

Chrome developers announced Thursday that the newest Chrome update, Chrome 64 Beta, will allow you to mute annoying autoplay videos. This is one of several features intended to help users circumvent obnoxious advertisements in the new update, reports Gizmodo. 

To use the feature (once you've downloaded the new update), click the green lock icon next to the url on the page you're trying to mute. In the drop-down menu next to the sound icon, select "Always block on this site." 

After that, never again will that website blast music or voiced from annoying ads when it's not welcome. Read more...