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Generally Available: C3 VMs with Intel 4th Gen Xeon and industry-leading price-performance
Issue 2023-21Today, we are excited to announce general availability of the C3 machine series, bringing the enterprise-grade performance and reliability of the 4th Generation Intel Xeon scalable processor (code named Sapphire Rapids) to Google Compute Engine (GCE) and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) customers — all with industry-leading price-performance.
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YouTube is introducing 30-second TV ads that you can’t skip unless you pay for Premium
Issue 2023-20In a twist of fate, Google is now playing with the idea of introducing a less ideal viewing experience for YouTube users on their living room televisions.
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Google Chat gets “Quick reactions” so you can spend less time picking emoji for replies
Issue 2023-20Google Chat, Google’s replacement for Hangouts, has added a lot of features that help it and its sub-feature, Spaces, replace things like Google+ or “Currents” for Enterprise. It’s a different philosophy and approach to social, and acts more as an intranet than an open social network.
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Yes, your Chromebook technically has a clock app, but Google still refuses to make it accessible
Issue 2023-20You may not realize it until you open your Chromebook launcher and search for it, only to be disappointed, but unlike other operating systems such as Windows, ChromeOS has no clock app! Well, that’s not entirely true, but it’s just not native – let me explain.
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The Stable channel is being updated to 113.0.5672.134 (Platform version: 15393.58.0) for most ChromeOS devices and will be rolled out over the next few days. This build contains a number of bug fixes and security updates.
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Active Assist’s Idle VM recommendations can help you save money and resources by identifying and deleting idle VMs. Today, we’re excited to announce a new configuration option for idle Virtual Machine recommendations, giving you more control over how idle VMs are identified and recommended for deletion.
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Google Docs picks up some new tricks: Custom block creation, expanding and collapsing content
Issue 2023-20Google announced a few new features for Docs this week over on its Workspace Updates blog. These tie directly into its Smart Canvas initiative, allowing you to make better use of the data you place in a body of text either for personal or collaborative reasons.
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Tailored devices deserve tailored experiences There’s something that’s been bothering me for the past few years, and I feel that the fix should be rather simple. Currently, one set of applications and data are synchronized across all of your ChromeOS devices that have your Google Account logged into them.
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Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Beta 114 (114.0.5735.35) for iOS; it’ll become available on App Store in the next few days.You can see a partial list of the changes in the Git log. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.Harry SoudersGoogle Chrome
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Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Dev 115 (115.0.5776.0) 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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How Databricks and Google Cloud enable Uplight to deliver energy analytics solutions efficiently
Issue 2023-20You know how the saying goes, “with great power comes great…” amounts of data. And what if that data could help lower our carbon footprint?Uplight is on a mission to do just that.
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Google’s turning off third-party cookies for 1 percent of Chrome users early next year
Issue 2023-20Image: The Verge Google has been talking about a plan for Chrome to block the third-party cookies that can track user activity across many different websites since 2020. Its stated intention at the time was to complete the shift within two years.
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Google Chrome by default discards idle tabs after a certain amount of time when Memory Saver mode is enabled, Google is exploring providing options in Chrome Settings for users to configure a timer to choose or set inactive time for tabs from 5 to 10 minutes or to 1 day. Chrome Memory Saver Chrome is…
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Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Beta 114 (114.0.5735.33) 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.If you find a new issue, please let…
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