Sustained workloads need not apply Amazon Web Services added another set of cost-optimized instances to its EC2 lineup on Tuesday, aimed at customers whose workloads aren’t pegging the CPU 100 percent of the time.…

Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for May 2024. In this update, I’ll review my RSA Conference fireside chat with Mandiant CEO Kevin Mandia.As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted to the Google Cloud blog.

Read about our partnerships in Kenya that bring Chromebooks to low vision and blind children, and learn more about new Chromebook updates for Global Accessibility Awaren…

Passkeys adoption is on the rise, while interoperability and security are under active development. Third-party cookie deprecation is coming and it may impact some identity flows, like identity federation.

With new capabilities landing in the browser, it’s becoming possible to run AI and machine learning workloads on the client side – which can drive latency, cost, and privacy wins. We’ll take you through real-world use cases and discuss when on-device AI is the right choice.

The JavaScript framework landscape is ever-evolving, making it exhilarating and overwhelming at the same time. This talk will cut through the noise, providing a comprehensive overview of the latest trends, updates, and best practices in popular frameworks like Angular, React, Vue, and rising stars like Svelte and SolidJS.

Interaction to Next Paint (INP) is a Core Web Vital that measures how responsive a page is to interactions. Due to INP’s scope, it can be difficult to identify why some interactions are slow.

Coding and debugging should flow, not fizzle. Find out what’s new and improved in Chrome DevTools to make your web development and debugging journey fast and easy. 4 themes, 12 improvements,💚 mark the highlights.

Chrome extensions are in a critical phase with the Manifest V2 deprecation rolling out in June 2024. This talk will share more details about the upcoming deprecation to give developers more clarity around what to expect.

The web is for any app you can imagine. Groundbreaking features empower you to build powerful web apps that rival desktop software. Rich databases (SQLite on Wasm!), precise storage control, device and advanced file system access – all within the browser.

Transform your web experiences with View Transitions. Last year, we debuted Same-Document View Transitions for use in your Single-Page Applications (SPAs), and now we’re taking it to the next level. Get ready for enhanced control over View Transitions to more easily create immersive user experiences.

In this talk, we’ll share how Goodnotes ported their award-winning iPad app to the web thanks to WebAssembly, and SwiftWasm specifically. Next, we’ll give an overview of how WebAssembly is being used by various product teams at Google including Google Photos, Sheets, Meet, and others.

Learn how to deliver reliable web experiences by combining modern test automation tools from Chrome with best practices. Explore tools like Chrome for Testing, Chrome’s new headless mode, and Puppeteer, and learn about latest web standards like WebDriver BiDi.

Discover how Google’s suite of gen AI-powered tools redefines the web development experience. Learn how IDX and Chrome DevTools, enhanced with AI capabilities, streamline the entire development lifecycle, empowering you to iterate quickly, debug effortlessly, and deliver exceptional web applications. Project IDX → https://goo.gle/idx Chrome DevTools → https://goo.gle/3UpZePi Build with Gemini → https://goo.

Prepare for restrictions on third-party cookies in Chrome. Gain an understanding of the phaseout timeline, and learn how to audit cookie usage, test for breakage, and transition to alternatives. Privacy Sandbox → https://goo.gle/ps Privacy Sandbox testing tool → https://goo.gle/psat Get support → https://goo.gle/ps-support Report third-party cookie breakage → https://goo.

Running AI inference directly on client machines reduces latency, improves privacy by keeping all data on the client, and saves server costs. To accelerate these workloads, WebAssembly and WebGPU are evolving to incorporate new low-level primitives.

In this talk, we’ll share how Chrome and the web platform can achieve near-instant page loads using the new Speculation Rules API.

Find out about the latest from Angular, including updates on server-side rendering and reactivity. Discover everything from community updates and the request for comments process to new features landing in v18 and beyond. Angular’s official website → https://goo.gle/angular Introducing Angular v17 → https://goo.

Google for Education has for years touted the potential of AI to revolutionize learning. Today, that potential takes a major step forward towards reality with the introduction of Gemini for Google Workspace for the education sector.

Google for Education has for years touted the potential of AI to revolutionize learning. Today, that potential takes a major step forward towards reality with the introduction of Gemini for Google Workspace for the education sector.

Unless you’ve been camping out under a mossy tech news rock all week, you’ve probably heard plenty of news connected to Google’s annual Google I/O gala by now. And my goodness, has there been a glut of it!

The Dev channel is being updated to 126.0.6475.0  (Platform version: 15886.0.0) for most ChromeOS devices. This build contains a number of bug fixes and security updates.

 Hello, Everyone! We’ve just released Chrome 125 (125.0.6422.53) 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.

 The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 125 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux. This will roll out over the coming days/weeks.Chrome 125.0.6422.60 (Linux)  125.0.6422.60/.61( Windows, Mac) contains a number of fixes and improvements — a list of changes is available in the log.

The Extended Stable channel has been updated to 124.0.6367.221 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.

If you noticed during the Google I/O 2024 Keynote yesterday, every time a live demo of something on the web was shown off, the laptops being used were a pair of the last model made by Google themselves: the Pixelbook Go.

Editor’s note: In this post, we’ll hear from specialty chemical manufacturer Solenis about how its migration journey to SAP on Google Cloud has supercharged its innovation and unlocked new value.

We are excited to announce the general availability of Guided Deployment Automation for SAP on Google Cloud.

Developers and engineers face several major challenges when scaling AI/ML workloads. One challenge is getting access to the AI infrastructure they need. AI/ML workloads require a significant amount of computational resources, such as CPUs and GPUs. Developers need to have sufficient resources to run their workloads.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Beta 125 (125.0.6422.53) 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 happened to tune in to the Google I/O 2024 Keynote yesterday, you (like me and many others) probably felt a bit overwhelmed and bombarded by the constant, unending references to Gemini – Google’s main AI platform.

How many Chrome tabs do you have open currently? How much memory (RAM) are they using, do you now? Google Chrome now offers a quick way to view the memory usage by individual tabs. Here is how you can see how much memory each tab is using.

Chrome 125 is rolling out now! With the CSS anchor positioning API, the Compute Pressure API, an expansion to the Storage Access API and there’s plenty more. Adriana Jara has all the details about what’s new for developers in Chrome 125. Check out https://goo.

Hello All,The Stable channel is being updated to 124.0.6367.219 (Platform version: 15823.58.0) for most ChromeOS devices and will be rolled out over the next few days.

Plus: Google Chrome, Apple bugs also exploited in the wild Happy May Patch Tuesday.