Weekly Issue: 2025-29

In this episode of WasmAssembly, your host Thomas Steiner is joined by Ömer Ağacan and Martin Kustermann from the Dart team at Google.

After months of rumors, Google’s Android head has confirmed that ChromeOS is being combined with the company’s mobile platform.

For years, we’ve been talking about the slow, methodical dance between ChromeOS and Android.

🎸 Google Guitar Google Easter Egg How to Play: 🖱️ Mouse: Click and drag across the guitar strings ⌨️ Keyboard: Use the keys shown below to play different strings 🎵 Record: Capture up to 30 seconds of your melody ▶️ Playback: Listen to your recorded music Ready to rock!

Chromebooks are remarkable laptops. Alongside conducting any work-related tasks and using a selection of applications that can be housed on Google’s Chrome OS operating system, Chromebook owners also assess the variety of gaming adventures that can be enjoyed. They’re extensive.

Cryptocurrencies are valuable but also vulnerable: a single security slip can wipe out your digital wealth in seconds. While many investors rely on hardware wallets or high-end setups, there’s an underrated pick bordering on the unsung hero in plain sight: the Chromebook.

Chromebooks are becoming increasingly popular because they’re lightweight, affordable devices with batteries that last 8–12 hours on a charge. A Chromebook battery that suddenly drains will put what you’re doing on pause, which can be quite frustrating.

This might be the first time Google has publicly confirmed plans for the platform merger.

PLUS: China’s massive lithium find; Cisco’s new Asia boss; Japan and EU plan satcomms collab; and more Asia In Brief  Indonesia’s government is investigating possible corruption during a $600 million program that saw around a quarter of a million Chromebooks installed in schools.…