Weekly Issue: 2023-46

For someone like me who handles different Chromebooks every time I turn around, the mark of what makes my favorite device is pretty clear: it’s what’s in my bag. You see, I swap through all sorts of Chromebooks on my desk on a revolving basis for reviews, testing, and research.

As I predicted, the wait for new Chromebook Plus deals didn’t take too long.

Manifest V3 transition deemed ‘far from terrible’ and yet not great for content filters Special report  Web advert blockers and other Chrome extensions will stop working by June 2024 unless they’ve been revamped to keep up with Google’s changes to its ubiquitous browser.…

Join us as Simeon Vincent, co-chair of the Web Extensions Community Group alongside Developer Relations Engineers Oliver Dunk and Patrick Kettner chats about evolving the platform as a community.

With ChromeOS 119 just rolling out in the past few days, I knew there would be small differences here and there that I’d pick up on, and one that is making a big color splash is the way Material You color themes are handled in the Chrome browser.

In this video series, Akash and Maud will introduce us to Summary Reports, one of the two reporting modes supported by the Attribution Reporting API, a Privacy Sandbox API to measure ad conversions.

In this video series, Akash and Maud will introduce us to Summary Reports, one of the two reporting modes supported by the Attribution Reporting API, a Privacy Sandbox API to measure ad conversions.

In this video series, Akash and Maud will introduce us to Summary Reports, one of the two reporting modes supported by the Attribution Reporting API, a Privacy Sandbox API to measure ad conversions.

In this video series, Akash and Maud will introduce us to Summary Reports, one of the two reporting modes supported by the Attribution Reporting API, a Privacy Sandbox API to measure ad conversions.

In this video series, Akash and Maud will introduce us to Summary Reports, one of the two reporting modes supported by the Attribution Reporting API, a Privacy Sandbox API to measure ad conversions.

In this video series, Akash and Maud will introduce us to Summary Reports, one of the two reporting modes supported by the Attribution Reporting API, a Privacy Sandbox API to measure ad conversions.

In this video series, Akash and Maud will introduce us to Summary Reports, one of the two reporting modes supported by the Attribution Reporting API, a Privacy Sandbox API to measure ad conversions.

In this video series, Akash and Maud will introduce us to Summary Reports, one of the two reporting modes supported by the Attribution Reporting API, a Privacy Sandbox API to measure ad conversions.

In this video series, Akash and Maud will introduce us to Summary Reports, one of the two reporting modes supported by the Attribution Reporting API, a Privacy Sandbox API to measure ad conversions.

In this video series, Akash and Maud will introduce us to Summary Reports, one of the two reporting modes supported by the Attribution Reporting API, a Privacy Sandbox API to measure ad conversions.

In this video series, Akash and Maud will introduce us to Summary Reports, one of the two reporting modes supported by the Attribution Reporting API, a Privacy Sandbox API to measure ad conversions.

In this video series, Akash and Maud will introduce us to Summary Reports, one of the two reporting modes supported by the Attribution Reporting API, a Privacy Sandbox API to measure ad conversions.

In this video series, Akash and Maud will introduce us to Summary Reports, one of the two reporting modes supported by the Attribution Reporting API, a Privacy Sandbox API to measure ad conversions.

In this video series, Akash and Maud will introduce us to Summary Reports, one of the two reporting modes supported by the Attribution Reporting API, a Privacy Sandbox API to measure ad conversions.

In this video series, Akash and Maud will introduce us to Summary Reports, one of the two reporting modes supported by the Attribution Reporting API, a Privacy Sandbox API to measure ad conversions.

Over the last month or so, we’ve written a few pieces about the curious case of the popular Lenovo Chromebook Duet 5 being stuck on ChromeOS 116.

After just wrapping up our last giveaway that featured 3 Lenovo Slim 3i Chromebooks, we thought we would continue the trend. And what’s better than 3 Slim 3i Chromebooks? How about 5 Flex 5i Chromebooks!?

Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for November 2023. Google Cloud has announced multiple collaborations with sector-specific information sharing and analysis centers over the past 18 months, and in my column today I’ll be discussing why these ISACs are valuable partners for Google Cloud and our industry.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you were always in the know about how your mission-critical workload was doing on Google Cloud?

If you’ve ever been out and about and needed to mark up a physical document to send to someone quickly, what I’m going to show you today could prove very useful.

Less than a month after announcing that it had surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue, Cribl Inc. unveiled a new partnership on Wednesday with Elasticsearch Inc.

The Lenovo Chromebook Duet 5 is stuck on ChromeOS 116 while version 119 is the current software. The issue has to do with the USB Type-C port, of all things.

At the start of November, the Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max dropped down to some pretty low prices. Those deals lasted for a few days and we’ve not seen much motion in that segment since.

Illustration: The Verge Google has shared an updated timeline about Manifest V3, the latest version of its Chrome extension specification that has faced criticism for putting limits on ad blockers.

LTS-114 is being updated in the LTS channel to 114.0.5735.340 (Platform Version: 15437.78.0) for most ChromeOS devices. Want to know more about Long Term Support? Click here.This update contains multiple Security fixes, including:1492698 High  CVE-2023-5480 Inappropriate implementation in PaymentsGiuliana PritchardGoogle Chrome OS

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Dev 121 (121.0.6127.2) for Android. It’s now available on Google Play.You can see a partial list of the changes in the Git log. For details on new features, check out the Chromium blog, and for details on web platform updates, check here.

The Dev channel has been updated to 121.0.6129.0 for Windows, Mac and Linux.A partial list of changes is available in the Git log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

In today’s digital landscape, safeguarding our online presence has never been more critical. Enter the Virtual Private Network (or VPN), a simple way to stay secure and anonymous online.

Hanne is back to share the latest on the progress of the Privacy Sandbox, which is now available to 100% of Chrome browsers globally.

Call it outside pressure, future proofing, caving to massive public aggravation, or looming mandates from the EU – whatever reasoning pushed the final domino over, I can’t believe I’m actually typing this right now.