Weekly Issue: 2024-21

Emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), edge computing, and software infrastructure are opening new doors for manufacturers to redefine operational efficiency, product quality, and safety standards. However, the complexity of implementing and scaling these cutting-edge solutions across diverse manufacturing environments and locations remains a challenge.

UPS Capital® is leveraging Google’s Data Cloud and AI technologies to safeguard packages from porch piracy. With more than 300 million American consumers turning to online shopping, UPS Capital has seen its customers face significant challenges in securing their package delivery ecosystem.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Beta 126 (126.0.6478.17) 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.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Beta 126 (126.0.6478.17) for iOS; it’ll become available on App Store in the next few days.You can see a partial list of the changes in the Git log. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.Krishna GovindGoogle Chrome

My favorite low-cost deal on the Lenovo Slim 3 Chromebook is back again! This always budget-friendly device proves you don’t need to spend tons of cash for a solid Chromebook experience.

In this episode of the Latest on Privacy Sandbox, Daniel Rojas will provide a step-by-step flow on how the Protected Audience API (formerly known as FLEDGE) enables relevant advertising experiences, highlighting how this compares and improves on approaches reliant on cross-site identifiers, like 3rd party cookies.

Cybersecurity compliance startup Strike Graph Inc. today announced the launch of VerifyAI, a new artificial intelligence-powered service for security compliance that aims to give businesses flexibility and control for audits.

We know customers have varying workloads composed of many services and components with different technical requirements, and a “one size fits all” approach prevents customers from scaling while trying to balance performance and cost.

On the heels of achieving Top Secret/Secret authorization for Google Distributed Cloud Hosted, Google Public Sector today announced it has reached another significant milestone, with more than 100+ additional cloud services now authorized at FedRAMP High.U.S.

“Why should I buy a new PC?” Microsoft this week finally had an answer to that question with its new Copilot+ PCs.

Today’s post is by Malcolm Fisher, Director of ERP Systems, and Michael Crumley, Manager of Store Technology, both of Domino’s, with over 20,000 restaurants globally. Domino’s adopted ChromeOS powered signage and feature rich app UI experiences for stores around the world.

The Dev channel is being updated to 126.0.6478.13 (Platform version: 15886.8.0) for most ChromeOS devices. This build contains a number of bug fixes and security updates.

Hello, Everyone! We’ve just released Chrome 125 (125.0.6422.71/.72) for Android: it’ll become available on Google Play over the next few days.This release includes stability and performance improvements. You can see a full list of the changes in the Git log. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

How the “Add to Chromebook” badge looks like on websites. | Image: Google Google is making a new “Add to Chromebook” badge that’s designed to make it easier for ChromeOS users to find and install progressive web apps (PWAs) and Android apps.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Stable 125 (125.0.6422.80) for iOS; it’ll become available on App Store in the next few hours.This release includes stability and performance improvements. You can see a full list of the changes in the Git log.

The Stable channel has been updated to 125.0.6422.76/.77 for Windows, Mac and 125.0.6422.76 for Linux which will roll out over the coming days/weeks. A full list of changes in this build is available in the Log.

Chrome 125 is rolling out now! Learn about CSS Anchor Positioning and how you can tether an element to one or more elements on the page in a declarative way. Watch to learn more! Speaker: Adriana Jara Products Mentioned: Chrome

Back at the beginning of the year, ASUS unveiled a new ChromeOS tablet to deliver on a needed upgrade to its first ChromeOS tablet released a few years back.

In the session from Google I/O 2024 called What’s new in ChromeOS, the team outlined a few features that are on the way and one in particular that is going to fundamentally change the way you deal with web app/PWA installs. And I love this!

Meeting client timelines and quality standards is a long-standing challenge for Google Cloud Partners, especially when navigating large legacy codebases, unfamiliar languages, and multiple tools.  Partner projects frequently involve code integration across multiple languages — including legacy ones — posing challenges for manual analysis and limiting the effectiveness of automation tools.

Dataflow Streaming Engine users know that there’s no such thing as an “average” streaming use case. Some customers have strict latency requirements that must be met even during traffic spikes. Others are more concerned with cost and want to run their streaming pipelines as efficiently as possible.

Facturation.net is a leading Canadian provider of a cloud-based invoicing and billing software. With many customers in Canada, its mission is to help doctors and their administrative staff with their medical billing and provide customized software and services.

Google has recently announced a series of new features and expansions for Gemini that will further enhance its capabilities across Google Workspace apps. While I’m clearly a bit anti-AI in Google core search product, that doesn’t mean I don’t see the utility it can provide in countless other areas.

Learn about the Fetch Priority API and how it can be used to improve LCP image load times. Catch more DevTools Tips → https://goo.gle/DevToolsTips Subscribe to Google Chrome Developers → https://goo.gle/ChromeDevs #DevToolsTips #ChromeForDevelopers

Microsoft has announced a new category of Windows PCs, designed to leverage the full power of AI.

Hello All,The Stable channel is being updated to 124.0.6367.225 (Platform version: 15823.60.0) for most ChromeOS devices and will be rolled out over the next few days.

Organizations are increasingly looking to drive outcomes by harnessing real-time analytics. In the current AI era, it is crucial to deliver up-to-date information to AI systems that help make informed decisions, identify trends and anomalies, and implement proactive and effective interventions.

As a ChromeOS user, be on the lookout for a new “Add to Chromebook” badge that will make it easier to install Progressive Web Apps (PWAs).

Also, feds who switch to Google Workspace for 3 years get an extra year for free Updated  Google has taken a victory lap in the wake of high-profile intrusions into Microsoft’s systems, and says businesses should ditch Exchange and OneDrive for Gmail and Google Drive.…

I can’t tell you how happy I am that this is an option at this point in 2024.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Dev 127 (127.0.6483.0) 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.

Photo illustration by The Verge The head of Google sat down with Decoder last week to talk about the biggest advancements in AI, the future of Google Search, and the fate of the web.

The Dev channel has been updated to 127.0.6485.0 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.

What’s the most important piece of productivity software in the business world? Some might say the office suite. But if you look at the time spent actually using software, the answer may well be the web browser. It’s where people do most of their fact-finding and research.