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The News Tab

876 users Rated 4.14 from 7 ratings Last updated 4 Apr 2022

By jcbjoe Live in the Chrome Web Store mbbkknmhhcfmleopndnflnpeflgjfbjd Search Google ↗ Last checked 17 Oct 2026, 22:49 UTC

The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check

A new tab extension for chrome that allows you to view the latest newsSummary from the listing
Developer
jcbjoe
Enhanced Safe Browsing
Trusted. What this means →
Category
Lifestyle › News & Weather
First published
11 Feb 2021
Last updated
4 Apr 2022
Version
2.0.0
Size
695 KiB
Minimum Chrome
88
Languages
1 language

English

Website
garlickbread.com
Support page
https://github.com/jcbjoe/TheNewsTab/issues
See Chrome Web Store page ↗ View its code or download CRX ↗
Users over time As shown on the Chrome Web Store
860880Tracking began 27 Sep 202627 Sep4 Oct11 Oct2026-09-27: 876 users2026-10-17: 876 users876860880Tracking began27 Sep4 Oct11 Oct2026-09-27: 876 users2026-10-17: 876 users876
Average rating
4.104.2027 Sep4 Oct11 Oct4.144.104.2027 Sep4 Oct11 Oct4.14
Number of ratings
727 Sep4 Oct11 Oct7727 Sep4 Oct11 Oct7
New version One point per check. Source: the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing.
Show the numbers
CheckedUsersRatingRatings
2026-10-178764.147
2026-09-278764.147
Users, 7 days
No change
since a week ago
Users, 30 days
No change
+0.0%
Rank
#26,349
by users, of 292,131 extensions
In its category
#118
of 1,712 in News & Weather

What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first

No changes found since tracking began on 27 Sep 2026.

Developer history

Moves to another publisher account and new contact emails, newest first

No move to another account and no new contact email since tracking began on 27 Sep 2026.

We know contact emails only by a keyed hash, so they're never shown. Recent account and contact changes →

What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language

Every websiteIt can read and change your data on all the sites you visit.
Sites
  • <all_urls>Every website
Browser features
  • alarmsRun tasks on a schedule
  • storageSave settings and data in your browser
  • topSitesRead your most visited sites

About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every month, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 17 Oct 2026, 22:49 UTC; next check around 16 Nov 2026.

How we collect the data

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Citation
Extension Tracker. “The News Tab” (mbbkknmhhcfmleopndnflnpeflgjfbjd). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-10-17. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/mbbkknmhhcfmleopndnflnpeflgjfbjd. Accessed 2026-11-13.
BibTeX
@misc{extensiontracker_mbbkknmhhcfmleopndnflnpeflgjfbjd,
  title   = {The News Tab (mbbkknmhhcfmleopndnflnpeflgjfbjd)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-10-17},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/mbbkknmhhcfmleopndnflnpeflgjfbjd},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}

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