Storage Access API allows iframes to request storage access permissions when access would otherwise be denied by browser settings.

 Hi, everyone! We’ve just released Chrome 120 (120.0.6099.144) for Android: it’ll become available on Google Play over the next few days.This release includes stability and performance improvements. You can see a full list of the changes in the Git log. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Back in October at the Chromebook Plus Event, the ChromeOS team did something they don’t normally do: they gave us a look at some new features that would be “coming soon” to Chromebook Plus models.

Of all the Chromebooks that emerged in 2023, the Lenovo Flex 3i Chromebook was one of the first out of the gate that ended up being an absolute favorite all year.

I’ve been using WhatsApp across the board since the demise of Allo (remember Google’s Allo?) in 2018. In that time, I’ve largely relied on the web version for messaging from my Chromebook and things have been relatively good from that standpoint.

In today’s GUI Challenge, @AdamArgyleInk uses grid, masks and an input type range to create a comparison component. Chapters: 0:00 – Introduction 0:41 – Debugging Corner 1:30 – HTML 2:22 – CSS layout 4:50 – CSS range 7:57 – CSS mask 9:58 – Javascript 12:55 – Adding content 14:57 – Recap 17:10 – Outro Resources:…

The Stable channel has been updated to 120.0.6099.129 for Mac,Linux and 120.0.6099.129/130 to Windows which will roll out over the coming days/weeks. A full list of changes in this build is available in the nulllog. The Extended Stable channel has been updated to 120.0.6099.129 for Mac and 120.0.6099.

he 15.6-inch HP Chromebook Plus is half off through Christmas Eve. Normally priced at $499, you can snag one for a large stocking at just $249.

If you’re considering using Vertex AI to train and deploy your models, you’re on the right track! Data is essential for machine learning, and the more data a model has and the higher quality it is, the better the model will perform.

With all the drama and instability surrounding the roll-out of ChromeOS 119, it was bound to happen that we’d miss a few details here and there. I said as much when we covered some of the new stuff in the 119 update, and it turns out I was right.

Chrome 120 brings the solution with CloseWatcher, a new API for directly listening and responding to close requests. It also includes upgrades to dialog and popover="" to use the new close request framework, so that they respond to the Android back button. #NewInChrome

Microsoft bug hunters highlight weaknesses in source-wrangling suite Four vulnerabilities in Perforce Helix Core Server, including one critical remote code execution bug, should be patched “immediately,” according to Microsoft, which spotted the flaws and disclosed them to the software vendor.…

Landed in 2023 in Chrome are View Transitions which allow you to create rich transitions between two page states of your SPA. Follow the link to learn all about it and more CSS features that landed this year in Chrome → https://goo.gle/css-wrapped-2023 Catch more Shorts → https://goo.gle/CSSWrapped #ChromeForDevelopers #CSSWrapped2023

Here are some of our favorite Chrome extensions from this year to help you get work done and have fun.

In the world of technology and cloud computing, the news comes fast and furious. Blink and you’ll miss it.

It’s sort of funny when “hard deadlines” simply vanish and get pushed down the road.

Don’t look now, but what is likely the most popular Chromebook in 2023 (even though it was released in 2022) – the Lenovo Chromebook Duet 5 – is once again on sale and it’s just in time for last-minute Christmas shopping.

We will inevitably all drop our phones and crack the screen at some point. Or maybe something like the speakers will randomly stop working.

Building on the “Chromebook Plus” platform that Google unveiled earlier this year, ASUS has revealed the ExpertBook CX54 Chromebook Plus, which packs high-end specs, including up to an Intel Core Ultra 7 processor.

This morning, I found myself on OnePlus’ website looking at the OnePlus Open. Since it was leaked months ago, I’ve been fawning over it quite a bit.

CHIPS introduces a new behavior that improves user privacy and security. The new cookie attribute, Partitioned, allows developers to opt a cookie into partitioned storage, with separate cookie jars per top-level site. Resources: Find out more about CHIPS → https: goo.

You know what I’m already getting a bit fatigued hearing about? AI infused into just about everything you can imagine. There’s a great number of things AI will assist us with in the coming years – that much is certain.

Nuclera, a UK and US-based biotechnology company, is collaborating with Google Cloud to serve the life science community, marrying Nuclera’s rapid protein access benchtop system with Google DeepMind’s pioneering protein structure prediction tool, AlphaFold2 (ref 1) served on Google Cloud’s Vertex AI machine learning platform.

European organizations continue to embrace cloud-based solutions to support their ongoing digital transformation.

Storage systems are a fundamental resource for technological solutions development, essential for running applications and retaining information over time.Google Cloud and NetApp are partners in the cloud data services market.

ChromeOS 121 will bring the Linux upgrade from Debian 11 to 12 on Chromebooks. I tested it out and it worked perfectly. Here are the details.

There are Chromebook deals and then there are Chromebook deals. Any time a solid device drops below the $200 barrier, it’s worth noting; and any time a Chromebook this good jumps all the way down to $149, you have to sit up and take notice.

The new Intel Core Ultra chips include dedicated silicon for AI . And Chromebooks will use this silicon. What problem do AI chips in Chromebooks solve exactly?

On this episode of The Chrome Cast, we really did attempt to continue with our one-subject-per-podcast format this week, but in talking about ASUS’ newly-launched ExpertBook CX54 Chromebook Plus, our conversation diverged to include not just ASUS’ new top-dog Chromebook, but Chromebook Plus, the HP Dragonfly Pro Chromebook, Intel Core i3 performance, and Intel’s new…

Google’s latest AI-powered innovation, NotebookLM, is moving out of the waitlist phase and is now ready for you to try it out.

Thanks to a bit of digging and testing by our friend @cr_c2cv over on X, we’ve been made aware of a new feature currently in testing for Chromebooks in the latest Canary Channel build of ChromeOS 122 simply called Focus Mode.

Google Distributed Cloud Virtual for vSphere (GDCV vSphere) enables customers to deploy the same Kubernetes as Google Kubernetes Engine in the cloud, on their own hardware and data centers, with GKE Enterprise tooling to manage clusters at enterprise scale.

Out of nowhere, ASUS has announced and soft-launched a new Chromebook Plus model that is unequivocally the best device in this new class of Chromebooks. Well, in the group of branded Chromebook Plus models, I mean.

With only a couple weeks left in the year, the crazy buying season is quickly coming to an end. But in the world of Chromebooks, that doesn’t mean too much.

The Asus Chromebook Plus CX54 appeared online as the first Google Chromebook with an Intel Meteor Lake chipset. Here are all of the details.