Weekly Issue: 2026-17

After weeks of leaks and scattered shelf sightings, Walmart’s new Onn 4K Pro Google TV streaming box is officially showing up live for many more customers online.

After weeks of leaks and scattered shelf sightings, Walmart’s new Onn 4K Pro Google TV streaming box is officially showing up live for many more customers online.

After weeks of leaks and scattered shelf sightings, Walmart’s new Onn 4K Pro Google TV streaming box is officially showing up live for many more customers online.

The Chrome Web Store now offers around 111,933 extensions, marking an 18.5% drop from its 2020 peak, while AI-powered tools surge with 115.5 million downloads in the past year.

The Dev channel has been updated to 149.0.7808.0 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.

Back in March, we covered a massive Gemini overhaul across Google Workspace that promised to turn your cloud storage into an active, intelligent partner.

Back in March, we covered a massive Gemini overhaul across Google Workspace that promised to turn your cloud storage into an active, intelligent partner.

In a move that perfectly illustrates the “frenemy” dynamic of the modern tech industry, Google is preparing a massive financial investment into Anthropic, the AI startup famous for the Claude family of models.

In a move that perfectly illustrates the “frenemy” dynamic of the modern tech industry, Google is preparing a massive financial investment into Anthropic, the AI startup famous for the Claude family of models.

We are officially in the thick of spring, and Google is celebrating by dropping some seriously enticing discounts. And right now, you can grab the Pixel Watch 4 for $40 off at Best Buy and the Google Store. That drops the 41mm Wi-Fi model down to $309.

We are officially in the thick of spring, and Google is celebrating by dropping some seriously enticing discounts. And right now, you can grab the Pixel Watch 4 for $40 off at Best Buy and the Google Store. That drops the 41mm Wi-Fi model down to $309.

We are officially in the thick of spring, and Google is celebrating by dropping some seriously enticing discounts. And right now, you can grab the Pixel Watch 4 for $40 off at Best Buy and the Google Store. That drops the 41mm Wi-Fi model down to $309.

Google Cloud Next ‘26 took place this week in Las Vegas, and the energy was incredible as we welcomed over 32,000 leaders, developers, and partners to explore the Agentic Era with us.

While it might not be the flashiest update for everyday Chromebook users, ChromeOS 147 is now rolling out and it brings some highly requested oversight capabilities to the education sector; alongside a few housekeeping items for enterprise administrators.

Adobe is rolling out autonomous agents to orchestrate work across its applications, a move that will reinforce its position at the core of content and marketing workflows as AI disrupts the software landscape, analysts say.

Learn how cookie attributes work to control when and how cookies are set and used by your browser. This video explains key features like domain, path, expiration, and security settings. Understand how cookie attributes can affect functionality and enhance user privacy. Resources: Find more videos in the Cookie Basics series →.

Websites are often restricted by schools, workplaces, ISPs, and governments through DNS filtering, IP blocking, and geofencing. These controls limit access based on network policies, location, or security rules.

Google Keep lets you create notes and to-do lists that sync across your computer and phone or tablet. It’s handy in a variety of ways: You can record voice memos, and Keep will transcribe them as text notes.

Google Keep lets you create notes and to-do lists that sync across your computer and phone or tablet. It’s handy in a variety of ways: You can record voice memos, and Keep will transcribe them as text notes.

Short video clips now shape how many people notice small brands online. A modest clip can reach thousands if the message is clear and engaging. Numerous business owners try posting short videos, yet struggle to gain attention because the platform shows content based on engagement signals.

Here is something worth knowing about free casino chip offers: the players who benefit from them rarely talk about it. They read the terms, make a plan, work through it, and quietly withdraw.

There is a particular kind of dread that comes with inheriting a data lake from a previous engineering team: the storage is enormous, and the documentation is thin, or missing entirely, or written in shorthand that only made sense to people who no longer work there.

In the past, Chromebooks were thought of as laptops purchased exclusively for school or because they were affordable. Like, nothing serious. Just something to open Google Docs and maybe watch YouTube. But now it’s kind of different. A lot of people actually prefer them, which is interesting.

Chromebooks aren’t usually the first device people think of for online dating — but they should be. With full access to the Google Play Store on most modern models and solid browser-based support for the rest, your Chromebook handles the major dating platforms better than you’d expect.

Chromebooks have evolved far beyond simple web-browsing devices. With the growing capabilities of ChromeOS, they are now widely used for education, remote work, and even development. At the same time, artificial intelligence is reshaping how users learn and interact with technology.

Most people shopping for a device to use on a live sportsbook immediately start comparing processors and GPU benchmarks. That instinct makes sense for gaming or video editing, but it misses the point entirely when it comes to in-play sports wagering.

From a rebranded Onn TV box to Chromecast with Google TV-style dongles, the firm had no shortage of streaming hardware.

From a rebranded Onn TV box to Chromecast with Google TV-style dongles, the firm had no shortage of streaming hardware.

Missed flights and more means something has got to give at the border Greece is taking a flexible approach to introducing the European Union’s biometric Entry/Exit System (EES), after some British passport holders missed flights home following the system’s implementation on 10 April.…

Missed flights and more means something has got to give at the border Greece is taking a flexible approach to introducing the European Union’s biometric Entry/Exit System (EES), after some British passport holders missed flights home following the system’s implementation on 10 April.…

Missed flights and more means something has got to give at the border Greece is taking a flexible approach to introducing the European Union’s biometric Entry/Exit System (EES), after some British passport holders missed flights home following the system’s implementation on 10 April.…

The AI agent introduction frenzy continued at a torrid pace this week, with OpenAI launching what it called workspace agents in ChatGPT and Microsoft adding hosted agents to its Foundry Agent Service.

The AI agent introduction frenzy continued at a torrid pace this week, with OpenAI launching what it called workspace agents in ChatGPT and Microsoft adding hosted agents to its Foundry Agent Service.

Lenovo Chromebook Plus 2-in-1 MSRP – $579 “In a vacuum, this device is pretty stellar across the board. But we can’t ignore the very direct competition it faces.

Lenovo Chromebook Plus 2-in-1 MSRP – $579 “In a vacuum, this device is pretty stellar across the board. But we can’t ignore the very direct competition it faces.