Weekly Issue: 2025-47

The global Chromebook market reached USD 11.57 billion in 2024 and projects to USD 14.70 billion in 2025, representing a 12.62% compound annual growth rate through 2034. Statistical analysis programs for Chromebook have evolved from basic spreadsheet tools to advanced browser-based and Linux-supported software including JASP, jamovi, and XLMiner.

Oliver explains what happens if you lose access to the device where you set up a passkey. For more information, check out the related video “What if you lose the device with a passkey?”. #ChromeForDevelopers #Chrome Speaker: Oliver Dunk Products Mentioned: Chrome

Discover how leading websites like Miravia are leveraging Chrome’s built-in AI APIs to create smarter, more engaging user experiences.

WebGPU delivers a more modern GPU API over the familiar OpenGL ES 2.0 based WebGL that was introduced in 2011.

In this talk, Gordon Williams, Founder & Lead Developer of Espurino, showcases an amazing smartwatch that runs JS and is the perfect pairing with custom Web AI models that leverage the sensor data from the device! Resources: Learn more → https://goo.gle/3JRbZjp See more Web AI talks → https://goo.

Build AI that runs where your users are—directly in the browser. Max Schridde, Full Stack Engineer at Roboflow, explores dataset curation, training, and deploying with InferenceJS, then showcases a live scavenger hunt game.

Harness the power of LiteRT on the web! This talk introduces LiteRT.js, Google’s new WebAI runtime that runs your custom .tflite models with WebGPU.

Learn how to create stunning AI-powered web applications with Transformers.js, an innovative JavaScript library for running state-of-the-art machine learning models 100% locally in your browser.

Moh Haghighat, Intel Fellow, showcases the latest performance advancements in WebGPU and WebNN on Intel AI PCs.

A new LTS  version 138.0.7204.298 (Platform Version: 16295.83.0), is being rolled out for most ChromeOS devices. This version includes selected security fixes including:450328966  High CVE-2025-13224 Type Confusion in V8.

In this video, Oliver talks about how passkeys make it easier for users to keep access to their account across all of their devices. Chapters: 0:00 – Intro 0:12 – Benefits of passkeys 1:14 – Cross-device synchronization 1:30 – Account recovery 2:00 – Conclusion Resources: More on Passkeys / Passkeys week → http://goo.

Google is a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Database Management Systems for the sixth year in a row, and for the third consecutive year is positioned furthest in vision.  This comes as we cross into the era of agentic AI.

From uncovering new insights in multimodal data to personalizing customer experiences, AI is emerging as the engine of modern innovation.

The Dev channel has been updated to 144.0.7534.3 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.

Need to flip or mirror an image on your Chromebook? The process is straightforward. Your device offers several built-in and third-party options. Inverting pictures means creating a horizontal or vertical mirror of your image. This helps fix selfies, create symmetrical designs, or prepare images for printing.

For many of you that have been interested in the Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 and its powerful, long lasting MediaTek Kompanio Ultra but wanted a convertible, Acer has recently released a Chromebook that solves this for you.

Chromebooks run various applications including Android apps, web programs, Chrome extensions, and Linux software. This variety enhances your device but limited storage means you need to remove unused programs regularly. Learning how to delete an app on a Chromebook maintains optimal performance and frees storage space.

The ChromeOS Stable channel is being updated to OS version 16463.25.0 (Browser version 143.0.7499.33) for most ChromeOS devices.

As a professional content creator with years of experience in audio and video editing, I’ve tested various tools to enhance my work and streamline the creative process. When it comes to voice changers, I quickly discovered that even the smallest adjustments in sound could elevate the impact of a scene.

Once upon a time, when you ran Windows on your desktop, it was your desktop.

Once upon a time, when you ran Windows on your desktop, it was your desktop.

Will Perplexity’s AI tech be enough to draw you away from Chrome and Gemini?

In a world reshaped by AI, sovereignty requirements and distributed operations, conventional private cloud infrastructures are being outfitted for flexibility, scalability and resilience. Organizations are under pressure: Legacy applications still need stability and security, while next-gen workloads demand modern, scalable platforms.

In a world reshaped by AI, sovereignty requirements and distributed operations, conventional private cloud infrastructures are being outfitted for flexibility, scalability and resilience. Organizations are under pressure: Legacy applications still need stability and security, while next-gen workloads demand modern, scalable platforms.

Artificial intelligence is rewiring the high-performance computing space, with HPC cluster management getting a usability overhaul as organizations demand simpler operations that don’t come at the cost of capacity.

Artificial intelligence is rewiring the high-performance computing space, with HPC cluster management getting a usability overhaul as organizations demand simpler operations that don’t come at the cost of capacity.

 Hi, everyone! We’ve just released Chrome 143 (143.0.7499.34) for Android to a small percentage of users. It’ll become available on Google Play over the next few days. You can find more details about early Stable releases here.This release includes stability and performance improvements.

The Stable channel has been updated to 143.0.7499.40/.41 for Windows and Mac as part of our early stable release to a small percentage of users. A full list of changes in this build is available in the log.You can find more details about early Stable releases here.

As AI images get more realistic—we’re looking at you, Nano Banana Pro—it is becoming increasingly difficult to trust your eyes. Especially when it comes to news, politics, or even product reviews, knowing if an image is synthetic is a big deal.

Nano Banana Pro (officially “Gemini 3 Pro Image”) has officially launched, and it brings some massive upgrades that turn this from a fun experiment into a genuine design tool. The biggest headache with AI images has always been text.

In a surprise announcement that feels almost too good to be true, Google revealed that it is rolling out an update to Quick Share that makes it compatible with Apple’s AirDrop. This isn’t a third-party hack or a clunky workaround app. This is native, system-level compatibility.

If you have been around here for any length of time, you know that vertical tabs in Chrome has been near the very top of my wishlist for a while. Microsoft Edge has had it for years. Vivaldi built its entire identity around it.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Dev 144 (144.0.7531.2) 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.

Keeping out the cyber criminals isn’t enough; in the current climate, companies need a game plan for long-term cyber resilience. Dell Technologies Inc. starts by assessing a customer’s security posture and then delivers targeted solutions to close the gaps.

Keeping out the cyber criminals isn’t enough; in the current climate, companies need a game plan for long-term cyber resilience. Dell Technologies Inc. starts by assessing a customer’s security posture and then delivers targeted solutions to close the gaps.