Weekly Issue: 2025-50

School Chromebooks have become essential tools for students across the globe. These devices offer excellent browsing and productivity features, but they lack built-in phone capabilities. Many students need to make voice or video calls for group projects, virtual classes, or family check-ins.

Crazy Time by Evolution Gaming has delivered jaw-dropping payouts since its 2020 launch, with record multipliers turning modest bets into life-changing sums shared among thousands of players. These massive wins, often hitting 10,000x or higher, showcase the game’s high-volatility potential through bonus rounds like Cash Hunt and Crazy Time.

MolBERT processes 1.6 million molecular compounds through 85 million parameters, establishing itself as a foundational transformer model in AI-driven drug discovery. The global AI drug discovery market reached $1.86 billion in 2024 and projects growth to $6.89 billion by 2029 at a 29.9% compound annual growth rate.

For months, we have been tracking rumors and leaks about a massive platform shift—a move away from the ChromeOS we know today toward a new, Android-based platform codenamed “Aluminium OS.

For months, we have been tracking rumors and leaks about a massive platform shift—a move away from the ChromeOS we know today toward a new, Android-based platform codenamed “Aluminium OS.

A new LTS-138 version 138.0.7204.299 (Platform Version: 16295.84.0), is being rolled out for most ChromeOS devices. This version includes selected security fixes including:457351015  High  CVE-2025-13042  Inappropriate implementation in V8.Release notes for LTS-138 can be found here Want to know more about Long-term Support? Click hereAndy WuGoogle ChromeOS

We have all heard AI text-to-speech (TTS) evolve from the robotic GPS voices of the past to the surprisingly decent assistants we have today. But Google’s latest update to Gemini’s voice capabilities feels like another generational jump. This week, Google announced significant enhancements to its Gemini 2.

We have all heard AI text-to-speech (TTS) evolve from the robotic GPS voices of the past to the surprisingly decent assistants we have today. But Google’s latest update to Gemini’s voice capabilities feels like another generational jump. This week, Google announced significant enhancements to its Gemini 2.

Today, many organizations operate with data that’s trapped in silos, in disconnected legacy systems and is days or hours old.

Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for December 2025. Today, Francis deSouza, COO and president, Security Products, Google Cloud, shares our Cybersecurity Forecast report for the coming year, with additional insights from our Office of the CISO colleagues.

We can all agree that the quality of AI-driven answers relies on the consistency of the underlying data. But AI models, while powerful, lack business context out of the box.

We can all agree that the quality of AI-driven answers relies on the consistency of the underlying data. But AI models, while powerful, lack business context out of the box.

Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for December 2025. Today, Francis deSouza, COO and president, Security Products, Google Cloud, shares our Cybersecurity Forecast report for the coming year, with additional insights from our Office of the CISO colleagues.

Today, many organizations operate with data that’s trapped in silos, in disconnected legacy systems and is days or hours old.

Explore the possibilities of creating a single Chrome Extension codebase that works seamlessly across multiple browsers. Oliver covers the evolving landscape of Manifest V3, explains how to manage runtime APIs, and discusses strategies for network filtering, empowering you to develop efficient and widely compatible extensions. WebExtensions Community Group → https://goo.

Imagine asking your browser to plan a trip to Japan, and instead of just giving you a list of links, it actually writes code to build you a custom, interactive travel app in seconds.

Sometimes, the best tech features are the ones you don’t even actively think about — they’re just there when you need ’em, quietly working on your behalf, without any fanfare or intensive effort required.

Sometimes, the best tech features are the ones you don’t even actively think about — they’re just there when you need ’em, quietly working on your behalf, without any fanfare or intensive effort required.

Meta’s Galactica processed 106 billion tokens from 48 million scientific papers before its public demo was shut down after just three days in November 2022. The large language model achieved 68.2% accuracy on LaTeX equations compared to GPT-3’s 49%, yet generated fabricated citations attributed to real researchers.

Meta’s Galactica processed 106 billion tokens from 48 million scientific papers before its public demo was shut down after just three days in November 2022. The large language model achieved 68.2% accuracy on LaTeX equations compared to GPT-3’s 49%, yet generated fabricated citations attributed to real researchers.

Flash drives offer a quick way to transfer files between devices. However, removing one incorrectly from your Chromebook can damage your data permanently. ChromeOS constantly communicates with connected storage devices. Pulling out a flash drive during this process risks corrupting your files.

Software testing is not just one activity. It takes place at various levels, and is intended to answer different questions about quality. Two such stages that are frequently confused are those of system testing and integration testing.

For decades, the password has been the weakest link in digital security. Users are forced to invent complex, unique strings of characters that are nearly impossible to remember, leading to widespread credential reuse and making accounts vulnerable to data breaches and phishing attacks.

Imagine if Chrome could build the app you need before you think of it.

Imagine if Chrome could build the app you need before you think of it.

Built-in Gemini AI features in Chrome are now becoming more widely available on the iOS version of Google’s browser, as reported by 9to5Google and Engadget. They’re popping up several months after the features’ rollout on the desktop version started in September.

Built-in Gemini AI features in Chrome are now becoming more widely available on the iOS version of Google’s browser, as reported by 9to5Google and Engadget. They’re popping up several months after the features’ rollout on the desktop version started in September.

The ChromeOS Beta channel is being updated to OS version 16463.45.0 (Browser version 143.0.7499.114) for most ChromeOS devices.

The Dev channel has been updated to 145.0.7572.3 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.

For the past few months, the rollout of Gemini for Home—the massive AI upgrade that replaces the aging Google Assistant on smart speakers—has been a bit of a lottery.

No details, no CVE, update your browser now Google issued an emergency fix for a Chrome vulnerability already under exploitation, which marks the world’s most popular browser’s eighth zero-day bug of 2025.…

No details, no CVE, update your browser now Google issued an emergency fix for a Chrome vulnerability already under exploitation, which marks the world’s most popular browser’s eighth zero-day bug of 2025.…

Editor’s note: Today we hear from Dave McCarthy of IDC about a total cost of ownership crisis for AI infrastructure — and what you can do about it. Read on for his insights. The AI landscape is undergoing a seismic shift.

ChemBERTa’s flagship model recorded 49,475 monthly downloads on HuggingFace as of December 2025, establishing it as one of the most widely adopted transformer architectures in computational chemistry. Pre-trained on up to 77 million compounds from PubChem, ChemBERTa enables molecular property prediction through self-supervised learning.

Want to learn how to change your keybinds on a Chromebook? This guide walks you through the process of customizing keyboard shortcuts to match your workflow. ChromeOS now supports built-in shortcut customization starting with version 123. This feature lets you reassign key combinations for various system actions.