Weekly Issue: 2026-31

Predicting extreme weather events and tracking severe storms with speed and accuracy requires unbelievable computing power. In a major shift for global meteorology, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is officially moving its operational supercomputing infrastructure off-premises and into the public cloud.

Google is continuing to expand its desktop AI features across platform ecosystems, and Mac users are getting a major workflow upgrade today.

Google is continuing to expand its desktop AI features across platform ecosystems, and Mac users are getting a major workflow upgrade today.

Having problems with Google Lens on Chrome? A fix is coming.

Having problems with Google Lens on Chrome? A fix is coming.

Having problems with Google Lens on Chrome? A fix is coming.

Having problems with Google Lens on Chrome? A fix is coming.

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Since we launched Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform a few months ago, we’ve seen inspiring progress from businesses and builders alike.

Traditional business intelligence alerts can only tell you that a metric changed, leaving data analysts to manually hunt through dashboards to figure out why. Today, we are introducing Looker Agentic Workflows in preview, a new capability in Looker that automates both metric monitoring and root-cause analysis, using intelligent background agents.

Since we launched Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform a few months ago, we’ve seen inspiring progress from businesses and builders alike.

Since we launched Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform a few months ago, we’ve seen inspiring progress from businesses and builders alike.

Traditional business intelligence alerts can only tell you that a metric changed, leaving data analysts to manually hunt through dashboards to figure out why. Today, we are introducing Looker Agentic Workflows in preview, a new capability in Looker that automates both metric monitoring and root-cause analysis, using intelligent background agents.

Traditional business intelligence alerts can only tell you that a metric changed, leaving data analysts to manually hunt through dashboards to figure out why. Today, we are introducing Looker Agentic Workflows in preview, a new capability in Looker that automates both metric monitoring and root-cause analysis, using intelligent background agents.

The Steam Deck shipped an estimated 3.7 million units by the end of 2024 and around 4 million by its third anniversary in February 2025, according to IDC estimates reported by The Verge. Valve has not released official sales figures.

Minecraft may have celebrated its 15th anniversary, but it remains popular with players of all ages. If a Chromebook is the only computer in your home, you can still play Minecraft on it.

Someone on the team says, “let’s build a quick AI proof of concept.” Someone else calls it a pilot program. A third person is already sketching an MVP roadmap in Notion. These three terms get used like they’re interchangeable, but they aren’t. Each one tests a different kind of risk.

The way you set up your business at the beginning shapes everything that follows. When you take the time to register your company properly, you give yourself a clearer path to growth and stronger legal protection.

The Beta channel is being updated to OS version 16733.33.0 (Browser version 151.0.7922.56) for most ChromeOS devices.

ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED means the server said no. See how to fix it on a live website and on localhost, from ports and HSTS to firewalls and antivirus.

A new LTS-144  version 144.0.7559.258(Platform Version: 16503.91.0), is being rolled out for most ChromeOS devices.

 The Extended Stable channel has been updated to 150.0.7871.212 for Windows and Mac which will roll out over the coming days/weeks. A full list of changes in this build is available in the log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how here.

Google is continuing to expand Gemini’s capabilities across Google Workspace, and the latest update brings some major visual firepower to Google Docs.

Google is continuing to expand Gemini’s capabilities across Google Workspace, and the latest update brings some major visual firepower to Google Docs.

Google is continuing to expand Gemini’s capabilities across Google Workspace, and the latest update brings some major visual firepower to Google Docs.

Google is continuing to expand Gemini’s capabilities across Google Workspace, and the latest update brings some major visual firepower to Google Docs.

If you’ve been holding out for a massive discount on a truly no-compromise Chromebook, your patience has officially paid off. The upgraded ASUS ExpertBook CX54 Chromebook Plus—packing a high-quality touchscreen, 16GB of RAM, and 256GB of fast NVMe storage—just dropped to an unbelievable price of $599 at Best Buy.

If you’ve been holding out for a massive discount on a truly no-compromise Chromebook, your patience has officially paid off. The upgraded ASUS ExpertBook CX54 Chromebook Plus—packing a high-quality touchscreen, 16GB of RAM, and 256GB of fast NVMe storage—just dropped to an unbelievable price of $599 at Best Buy.

If you’ve been holding out for a massive discount on a truly no-compromise Chromebook, your patience has officially paid off. The upgraded ASUS ExpertBook CX54 Chromebook Plus—packing a high-quality touchscreen, 16GB of RAM, and 256GB of fast NVMe storage—just dropped to an unbelievable price of $599 at Best Buy.

If you’ve been holding out for a massive discount on a truly no-compromise Chromebook, your patience has officially paid off. The upgraded ASUS ExpertBook CX54 Chromebook Plus—packing a high-quality touchscreen, 16GB of RAM, and 256GB of fast NVMe storage—just dropped to an unbelievable price of $599 at Best Buy.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Stable 151 (151.0.7922.57) for iOS; it’ll become available on App Store in the next few hours.This release includes stability and performance improvements. You can see a full list of the changes in the Git log.

Increasing the adoption of generative AI across the enterprise requires you to do more than deploy a generic chatbot with a custom wrapper. Interacting with business-critical databases demands absolute trust, strict governance, and deep grounding in enterprise semantics.

Increasing the adoption of generative AI across the enterprise requires you to do more than deploy a generic chatbot with a custom wrapper. Interacting with business-critical databases demands absolute trust, strict governance, and deep grounding in enterprise semantics.

I have been using my trusty Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 for well over two years now. It has been a absolute workhorse, but there is no denying that it is starting to show its age a bit.

I have been using my trusty Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 for well over two years now. It has been a absolute workhorse, but there is no denying that it is starting to show its age a bit.