Weekly Issue: 2023-52

2023 has been quite the year here at Chrome Unboxed.

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The Protected Audience API is designed to support an advertiser who would like to build up an audience: in other words, a group of people they want to show an ad to.

This is not something we generally are able to talk about, so I’m pretty excited to share this particular deal. Most times, Chromebook savings come through retailers like Best Buy, but today we’re actually seeing one of the new Chromebook Plus models on a pretty hefty discount via HP’s site.

In preparation for a post I’m working on, I really needed a device that meets a few, specific parameters. First, I needed it to at least be a convertible, and second, I needed it to have the new 12th-gen Intel Core i3-N305.

More than any other platform, Google’s ChromeOS is in a constant state of evolution — and if you blink for a minute, you’re bound to miss some promising new possibility or progression.For those of us who rely on Chromebooks for work, that’s fantastic.

Google accused of tracking you even when you think it won’t The lawsuit brought against Google by netizens upset Incognito Mode in Chrome did not fully anonymize their activities looks set to settle before going to trial.…

Google LLC has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit that accused it of misleading users about the privacy protections provided by Chrome’s incognito browsing feature. The agreement was reported today by Ars Technica, which cited court documents filed on Tuesday.

The other day, I hopped into a match of Call of Duty: Warzone just to hone my skills a bit, and to my surprise, I actually played quite well.

With user privacy becoming increasingly important, the way web services operate is transforming; 3PCD is one of the biggest overhauls of the Web’s cookie-based infrastructure.

It wasn’t that long ago that Android 13 finally began shipping to Chromebooks.

In case you missed it, we just recently put together our list of the best Chromebooks that you can buy right now, in 2023.

The Attribution Reporting API makes it possible to get a report when action from a user leads to a conversion—for example, a user clicks an ad and later completes a purchase— but without using cross-site identifiers.

I used to be far worse with phones. I swear I was. I worked for Sprint before starting Chrome Unboxed and that was right around the time Chromebooks became an actual thing; albeit with a very quiet existence. At that time, my tech obsession (along with everyone else) was smartphones.

Google is back at it with another fun, interactive game that you can easily play right in your browser. To help celebrate 25 years of the most-searched people and places, Google has built a fantastic game that transforms the most searched topics into a captivating digital scavenger hunt.

Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge When it comes to apps that I’ve used for over a year or so — such as the Chrome browser —I can be very boring.

Have you used a Chromebook tablet recently? I’d wager if you don’t own a Lenovo Chromebook Duet 3 or 5, there’s a solid chance the answer to that question is a clear no.

The Asus Chromebook CM30 tablet details are fully available online. This ChromeOS tablet has some moderate upgrades over the prior model.

It was inevitable that a bunch of Chromebook deals aimed at Christmas shoppers would dry up once December 25th came and went.

The Stable channel is being updated to 119.0.6045.214 (Platform version: 15633.72.0) for most ChromeOS devices and will be rolled out over the next few days. This build contains a number of bug fixes and security updates.

Towards the end of 2023, ASUS has started a bit of a new trend for announcing and launching their Chromebooks: they just drop a press release and see what happens.

This is a deal we don’t see too often and that is primarily due to the fact that this particular version of the Duet 3 isn’t out in standard consumer channels the way it’s 4GB brother is on a daily basis.

There’s no doubt about it: more and more regular consumers are picking up Chromebooks.

I’m preparing to select my Chromebook of the Year. Honestly, I’m finding it to be a challenge. Chime in with your picks, which might help me out.