• Dataflow and Vertex AI: Scalable and efficient model serving

    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.


  • Account-based Fast Pair quietly arrives for Chromebooks [VIDEO]

    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.


  • CloseWatcher API #shorts

    CloseWatcher API #shorts

    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


  • Before you go away for Xmas: You’ve patched that critical Perforce Server hole, right?

    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.…


  • View Transitions #CSSWrapped

    View Transitions #CSSWrapped

    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


  • Our favorite Chrome extensions of 2023

    Our favorite Chrome extensions of 2023

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


  • The year in Google Cloud: Top news of 2023

    The year in Google Cloud: Top news of 2023

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


  • Nevermind: no rush to convert your Stadia controller by 2024

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


  • Lenovo’s most popular Chromebook tablet gets a sweet last-minute discount

    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.


  • Google makes Pixel repairs far easier and safer with new tools

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


  • ASUS unveils high-powered ExpertBook CX54 Chromebook Plus

    ASUS unveils high-powered ExpertBook CX54 Chromebook Plus

    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.


  • Why I’m considering a Samsung tablet for gaming

    Why I’m considering a Samsung tablet for gaming

    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.


  • What is CHIPS?

    What is CHIPS?

    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.


  • We don’t need AI hardware in Chromebook Plus to use AI features…yet

    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 aims to accelerate drug discovery with Google DeepMind AlphaFold2 on Vertex AI

    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.


  • How European organizations are innovating with Google Sovereign Cloud solutions

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


  • NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP Flash Cache improves cloud EDA workflows in Google Cloud

    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 brings a big Linux upgrade to Chromebooks

    ChromeOS 121 brings a big Linux upgrade to Chromebooks

    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.


  • The Lenovo Slim 3 Chromebook goes sub-$200 again for last-minute shoppers

    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.


  • AI chips in Chromebooks are a solution to… what?

    AI chips in Chromebooks are a solution to… what?

    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?


  • The Chrome Cast 250: ASUS launches the new King of Chromebooks

    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…


  • You can now try Google’s AI note-taking app, NotebookLM

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


  • Chromebooks getting a new ‘Focus Mode’ that is mostly working in Canary

    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.


  • Simplified storage using policy management with Google Distributed Cloud Virtual

    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.


  • ASUS ExpertBook CX54 Chromebook Plus: the new King of Chromebooks?

    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.


  • The larger HP 15.6-inch Chromebook Plus is down to just $299

    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.


  • Asus Chromebook Plus CX54 is first with Intel Meteor Lake

    Asus Chromebook Plus CX54 is first with Intel Meteor Lake

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


  • PSA: Get your final Stadia controller updates before December 31st

    Not long ago, we posted about the looming deadline for converting your Stadia controller over to Bluetooth-only mode. At the end of the year, the tool for changing your controller over will expire, and so will your opportunity to keep your awesome Stadia controller around as a fantastic accessory.


  • Chrome Dev for Desktop Update

    The Dev channel has been updated to 122.0.6182.0 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.


  • Google pencils in limited third-party cookie purge for January

    One percent of Chrome users will experience the web as if using Firefox or Safari Starting January 4, 2024, Google says it will begin blocking third-party cookies by default in Chrome for one percent of users, only three or four years after rival browsers implemented similar privacy protections.…


  • Container queries #CSSWrapped

    Container queries #CSSWrapped

    Follow the link to learn all about the CSS features that landed this year in Chrome → https://goo.gle/css-wrapped-2023 Catch more Shorts → https://goo.gle/CSSWrapped #ChromeForDevelopers #CSSWrapped2023


  • Google Assistant Quick Phrases are super helpful and arriving on Pixel Buds Pro

    In the event that you didn’t already know this was a thing, you can do a few Google Assistant actions on your Pixel phone without the need of uttering “Hey Google” beforehand.


  • Cross-cloud materialized views in BigQuery Omni enable multi-cloud analytics at scale

    As more and more organizations embrace multi-cloud data architectures, a top request we constantly receive from customers is how to make cross-cloud analytics super simple and cost-effective in BigQuery.


  • The ASUS Chromebook Plus CX34 is finally on sale again

    The ASUS Chromebook Plus CX34 is finally on sale again

    Of all the Chromebook Plus models that arrived in October, one of the more-elusive models is the ASUS Chromebook Plus CX34 that is exclusive to Target. While it has been available and in stock most of the time since launch, it hasn’t been discounted nearly as often as its counterparts.


  • Chrome Dev for Android Update

    Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Dev 122 (122.0.6181.0) for Android. It’s now available on Google Play.You can see a partial list of the changes in the Git log. For details on new features, check out the Chromium blog, and for details on web platform updates, check here.


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