Weekly Issue: 2024-30

CrowdStrike reminded us last week just how fragile our computers are when it took down critical systems around the world with a buggy software update July 19.

  Hi, everyone! We’ve just released Chrome 127 (127.0.6533.64) 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.

The Stable channel has been updated to 127.0.6533.72/73 for Windows, Mac and 127.0.6533.72 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 127 is rolling out now! With support for font-size-adjust, user activation propagation in document picture-in-picture, keyboard focusable scrollers and there’s plenty more. Adriana Jara has all the details about what’s new for developers in Chrome 127. Check out https://goo.

Google has officially pulled back the curtain on the Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro Fold. In the playful 30-second videos posted a few days ago, Google’s Gemini AI writes a tongue-in-cheek breakup letter to your old phone, highlighting the promise of a “magical” experience.

Alas, Prime Day and all the deal events that encircle it are now in the rear-view mirror. But that doesn’t mean all the deals across the web simply dried up in the wake of those events.

Building a search engine for your website used to be a formidable task that required substantial resources and specialized technical prowess. Not any more.

Among researchers, students, and developers to work together on complex projects, JupyterHub has become an essential tool for collaborative data science, bringing the power of Jupyter Notebooks to groups of users.

In what it called its biggest product update since the company’s founding in 2011, Miro has launched Intelligent Canvas, an AI-driven platform designed to help teams manage their entire innovation lifecycle.

In a bit of a break from the norm, it seems Google is gearing up to revamp its streaming device lineup – formerly marketed under the Chromecast namesake – as a new leak from 9to5 Google reveals a very different direction for them moving forward.

Today, we’re excited to announce the addition of the Llama 3.1 family of models, including a new 405B model – Meta’s most powerful and versatile model to date — to Vertex AI Model Garden.

As a major update to Chrome’s new cross-site tracking protection policy, Google announced that it is no longer considering dropping support for third-party cookies.

Microsoft has been struggling to get people to use its Edge browser for years. Even though the company made Edge the default browser in Windows 10, users left in droves, most of them flocking to Google Chrome — and with good reason.

Ad giant promises to protect privacy, as critics say surveillance continues Google no longer intends to drop support for third-party cookies – the online identifiers used by the ad industry to track people and target them with ads based on their online activities.…

Google LLC has scrapped its plans to phase out Chrome’s support for third-party cookies. The company disclosed the decision today.

Illustration: The Verge Google is putting the brakes on a change that would have made it more difficult to track users across different web sites to serve them targeted ads.

Legacy virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions that rely on centralized servers and complex infrastructure are not well-suited for the dynamic and diverse needs of modern organizations. Instead, many are looking for a cloud-based alternative that reduces complexity and total cost of ownership.

The advantages of cloud computing come with notable challenges that frustrate enterprises, particularly managing costs and optimizing resources.

There was a time a few years ago that I really pushed back at the idea of needing a remote for the living room any longer.

Have you ever wished it were easier to replicate your SQL Server databases? To address this challenge, today, we are announcing the general availability (GA) of Datastream’s SQL Server source.

Providing a satisfying customer experience is a critical competitive advantage for consumer companies, but delivering it comes with multiple challenges. Despite attracting visitors to a website, it can be a struggle to convert them into customers if the site lacks that personal touch.

Editor’s note: Deckmatch uses artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced analytics to transform investment deal flow for venture capitalists. By storing extensive, in-depth company data in Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL, Deckmatch can quickly provide investors with comprehensive insights on startups and their competition.

An interoperability deal Microsoft enforced by the European Commission in 2009 may have led the Windows-maker to open itself to the recent CrowdStrike-led outage, according to Microsoft.

Dell had it all figured out. The venerable computer company wouldn’t force people back into the office. Instead, it would just insist that all staffers show up at the office for at least three days a week.  If they didn’t, they wouldn’t be laid off — they just wouldn’t be promoted.