Weekly Issue: 2024-30

Today, as I was cleaning up our ongoing Chromebook deals page, I realized a few of the better deals over the past week have vanished. That generally isn’t the case with Chromebook deals as we’ve become quite accustomed to most discounts holding true through the weekend.

With Google’s new update cycle for Chromebook releases beginning to take shape here in 2024, it feels like we’re likely going to see new hardware a couple times a year at this point.

Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge I’ve got a stack of bookmarked, favorited, and saved-for-later web articles that I’m going to get around to reading one day… but haven’t.

The Dev channel has been updated to 129.0.6614.3 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.

With Vertex AI Model Garden, Google Cloud strives to deliver highly efficient and cost-optimized ML workflow recipes. Currently, it offers a selection of more than 150 first-party, open and third-party foundation models. Last year, we introduced the popular open source LLM serving stack vLLM on GPUs, in Vertex Model Garden.

The Acer Chromebook 516 GE has been one of my favorite Chromebooks over the past couple years without a doubt. And in every way, the new Acer Chromebook Plus 516 GE continues that legacy: even if it does so by being a bit too much like its predecessor.

The modern web browser is rather staid and not terribly exciting. Google Chrome rules the roost, browser technologies like HTML and JavaScript have gone unchanged for years, and updates to browsers are more often bug fixes than new features. But it’s about to get a little more interesting.

Let me just take a second to say what I suspect most of us are thinking right now: Sigh.

LTS-120 is being updated in the LTS (Long Term Support) channel, version 120.0.6099.318 (Platform Version: 15662.115), for most ChromeOS devices. Release notes for LTS-120 can be found here Want to know more about Long-term Support?

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Dev 129 (129.0.6614.4) 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.

Hello All,The Dev channel has been updated to 128.0.6613.0 (Platform version: 15964.2.0) for most ChromeOS devices.If you find new issues, please let us know one of the following ways:File a bug Visit our Chrome OS communitiesGeneral: Chromebook Help CommunityBeta Specific: ChromeOS Beta Help CommunityReport an issue or send feedback on ChromeInterested in switching channels? Find out how.Google ChromeOS.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Stable 127 (127.0.6533.77) 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.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Beta 128 (128.0.6613.5) 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.Harry SoudersGoogle Chrome

While Google is gearing up to unveil the Pixel Buds Pro 2 next month, a new leak from Android Headlines and reliable leaker OnLeaks now gives us a sneak peek at what to expect.

Trying to inspect an element, and “poof” it’s gone? It’s like your code is playing hide-and-seek with you! Don’t worry, learn these 6 ways to inspect disappearing elements in Chrome’s DevTools!

Apache Airflow is a popular tool for orchestrating data workflows. Google Cloud offers a managed Airflow service called Cloud Composer, a fully managed workflow orchestration service built on Apache Airflow that enables you to author, schedule, and monitor pipelines.

Chrome and Edge on Windows can now join the fun Apple has introduced its mapping technology to devices outside its ecosystem with a web version that works in Chrome and Edge on Windows PCs.…

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Dev 129 (129.0.6614.2) 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.

It’s been over two weeks now since I placed my order on day one for the new CMF (by Nothing) Buds Pro 2 and Watch Pro 2.

If you don’t know them, CTL is a leading provider of education and enterprise Chromebooks, and they recently announced the CTL Chromebook PX141E series, the next generation of their popular 14″ Chromebooks.

In a surprise move that will likely be welcomed by many Microsoft Teams users, the tech giant has announced an extension to the retirement timeline for its Office 365 connectors feature. Originally slated for a complete shutdown in October 2024, the connectors will now continue to function until December 2025.

In a world of rapid change and pressing environmental challenges, action is needed now more than ever. With 96% of people across the globe wanting sustainability to be a part of their lives,1 businesses need to take action.

Google LLC might be feeling the heat today after Apple Inc. announced that Apple Maps is now available as a public beta on the web. Right now, it’s available only in English, though Apple said it will support other languages soon.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Beta 128 (128.0.6613.6) 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.

Yes, you can be fingerprinted and tracked via Privacy Sandbox – tho the risk is low Apple last week celebrated a slew of privacy changes coming to its Safari browser and took the time to bash rival Google for its Topics system that serves online ads based on your Chrome history.…

The Dev channel has been updated to 128.0.6613.7 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.

The Chrome team is excited to announce the promotion of Chrome 128 to the Beta channel for Windows, Mac and Linux. Chrome 128.0.6613.

This week, I went to a place that many of you would not even understand. The dog owners out there will get it, though, as the place I’m referring to was a dog bar in Louisville KY called PG&J Dog Park Bar.

The Blackmagic Camera app, a free professional-grade video recording app that was made available for Android back in June, has just received a significant update. Version 1.

While we are very, very excited about this fall’s potential for new Chromebook hardware (including at least one, new, more-powerful tablet), that doesn’t mean the current crop of Chromebooks isn’t worth your consideration.

Image: Google Google has updated the suspicious file warnings Chrome displays for why it might have blocked a potentially suspicious or dangerous file download to hopefully give users clearer explanations.

Google Cloud’s VPC Service Controls can help organizations mitigate the risk of data exfiltration from their Google Cloud managed services. VPC Service Controls (VPC-SC) creates isolation perimeters around cloud resources and networks in Google Cloud, helping you limit access to your sensitive data.

While we may be smack-dab in the middle of summer, fall feels a tad bit closer than usual at this point in the year.

Today, we’re announcing that Google Cloud is the first hyperscaler to introduce Codestral – Mistral AI’s first open-weight generative AI model explicitly designed for code generation tasks – as a fully-managed service. Codestral helps developers write and interact with code through a shared instruction and completion API endpoint.

Android security is always a hot topic on these here Nets of Inter — and almost always for the wrong reason.