Weekly Issue: 2026-10

Taking a passport photo used to mean going to a studio or struggling with complicated editing tools. That’s no longer necessary. With a phone camera and a browser, you can create a compliant passport photo at home in just a few minutes – no software required.

If you’ve been using Gemini in Workspace for things like summarizing a long document or asking questions about a file in Drive, you know the frustration of losing your progress. Up until now, those side panel chats were temporary; once the session ended, so did the conversation.

For months, we’ve been operating under the assumption that the ‘Bluey’ baseboard (the foundation for the upcoming Snapdragon X Plus Chromebooks) was destined for top-tier status. Between the NPU-heavy silicon and its central role in the Aluminum project, all signs pointed to these being premium machines.

The flexibility of Google Cloud allows enterprises to build secure and reliable architecture for their AI workloads. In this blog we will look at a reference architecture for private connectivity for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)-capable generative AI applications.

Cryptocurrency trading has moved from a niche hobby to a mainstream financial activity. As more people explore buying and managing digital assets, many Chromebook users are asking a simple question: can a Chromebook handle crypto trading?  The short answer is yes,  in most cases, it can.

Chromebooks were built for the browser. Everything about ChromeOS, from its sandboxed architecture to its instant boot times to its aggressive update cycle, was designed around the idea that the web is the platform. For years, that design philosophy was seen as a limitation. No native apps. No heavy software.

As remote and hybrid working becomes the norm rather than the exception, businesses are rethinking how they stay competitive in fast-moving digital markets.