A recently uncovered bug in Chrome showed that Google's browser was unnecessarily using too much battery on laptop computers due to the way Chrome handled PC processors when it was idling. Chrome sets the processor tick rate at 1 millisecond, even when it's just sitting in the background not doing anything, which can cause up to an extra 25% battery drain on some hardware. Other browsers, like Microsoft's Internet Explorer, keep the CPU tick rate at the default 15.625 milliseconds when it isn't doing intensive tasks.
Unfortunately, this isn't a new bug, dating all the way back to 2010 with a bug tracking thread from November 2012. While that's a pretty long time for such a serious issue to go untreated, Google has made a statement that they're working on fixing the problem and a fix should be out shortly.
Have you ever noticed a battery drain on your laptop when using Chrome?
source: PC World
