Chrome 127 is rolling out! Learn about the font-size-adjust CSS property and how it allows you to adjust the font size of fallback fonts to keep the aspect value (height of lowercase letters divided by font size) consistent, ensuring that the text appears similar, regardless of the font used.

Having insights into the health of your distributed systems is critical for maintaining system uptime, ensuring optimal performance, and swiftly resolving issues before they impact end-users. A centralized log management system, in particular, can be an especially powerful tool for operations teams.

For deep learning researchers and practitioners, the open-source PyTorch machine learning (ML) library and XLA ML compiler provide flexible, powerful model training, fine-tuning and serving. Today, the PyTorch/XLA team is excited to announce the release of PyTorch/XLA 2.

AI-native vector database startup Weaviate B.V. is expanding into artificial intelligence development with the launch of a new “workbench” that consists of various cloud-based applications and tools for developers, along with a flexible, tiered storage offering.

A new LTC-126 version 126.0.6478.214 (Platform Version: 15886.69.0), is being rolled out for most ChromeOS devices. If you have devices in the LTC channel, they will be updated to this version. The LTS channel remains on LTS-120 until October 1st, 2024.

Ah, Google. Making headlines once again for adding yet another service to the famed Google Graveyard. This time around, it’s the goo.gl URL shortener that is now set to stop working on August 25th, 2025.

The 2024 Paris Olympic Games are here and Google is taking the fan experience to the next level with a few new features and integrations. Teaming up with Team USA and NBCUniversal, Google is flexing its tech muscles to bring the excitement of the Olympics straight to your fingertips.

Following Android (and even iOS with a shortcut), Circle to Search — officially “Drag to search” —  is coming to desktop Chrome/Chromebooks with a very prominent Google Lens icon.

Editor’s Note: Maxxton — a combined central reservation and property management system property management system services provider for the hospitality industry — is in the process of modernizing its legacy software to cope with the massive amount of data it needs to ingest and analyze every day.

Developers and business users often need to access specialized applications and tools to help them work faster, more productively, and more resourcefully.

Managing and auditing data access can be very complex at scale, in particular, for a fleet of databases with a myriad of users. Today, we’re launching Identity and Access Management (IAM) group authentication in Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL and Cloud  SQL for MySQL, simplifying user management and database authentication.

A few weeks ago, the disappointing news came down that Google was abandoning the experimental Lacros browser for ChromeOS and Chromebooks across the board.

Happy Sysadmin Day Google celebrated Sysadmin Day last week by apologizing for breaking its password manager for millions of Windows users – just as many Windows admins were still hard at work mitigating the impact of the faulty CrowdStrike update.…

Today, as I was cleaning up our ongoing Chromebook deals page, I realized a few of the better deals over the past week have vanished. That generally isn’t the case with Chromebook deals as we’ve become quite accustomed to most discounts holding true through the weekend.

With Google’s new update cycle for Chromebook releases beginning to take shape here in 2024, it feels like we’re likely going to see new hardware a couple times a year at this point.

Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge I’ve got a stack of bookmarked, favorited, and saved-for-later web articles that I’m going to get around to reading one day… but haven’t.

The Dev channel has been updated to 129.0.6614.3 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.

With Vertex AI Model Garden, Google Cloud strives to deliver highly efficient and cost-optimized ML workflow recipes. Currently, it offers a selection of more than 150 first-party, open and third-party foundation models. Last year, we introduced the popular open source LLM serving stack vLLM on GPUs, in Vertex Model Garden.

The Acer Chromebook 516 GE has been one of my favorite Chromebooks over the past couple years without a doubt. And in every way, the new Acer Chromebook Plus 516 GE continues that legacy: even if it does so by being a bit too much like its predecessor.

The modern web browser is rather staid and not terribly exciting. Google Chrome rules the roost, browser technologies like HTML and JavaScript have gone unchanged for years, and updates to browsers are more often bug fixes than new features. But it’s about to get a little more interesting.

Let me just take a second to say what I suspect most of us are thinking right now: Sigh.

LTS-120 is being updated in the LTS (Long Term Support) channel, version 120.0.6099.318 (Platform Version: 15662.115), for most ChromeOS devices. Release notes for LTS-120 can be found here Want to know more about Long-term Support?

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Dev 129 (129.0.6614.4) 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.

Hello All,The Dev channel has been updated to 128.0.6613.0 (Platform version: 15964.2.0) for most ChromeOS devices.If you find new issues, please let us know one of the following ways:File a bug Visit our Chrome OS communitiesGeneral: Chromebook Help CommunityBeta Specific: ChromeOS Beta Help CommunityReport an issue or send feedback on ChromeInterested in switching channels? Find out how.Google ChromeOS.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Stable 127 (127.0.6533.77) 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.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Beta 128 (128.0.6613.5) 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

While Google is gearing up to unveil the Pixel Buds Pro 2 next month, a new leak from Android Headlines and reliable leaker OnLeaks now gives us a sneak peek at what to expect.

Trying to inspect an element, and “poof” it’s gone? It’s like your code is playing hide-and-seek with you! Don’t worry, learn these 6 ways to inspect disappearing elements in Chrome’s DevTools!

Apache Airflow is a popular tool for orchestrating data workflows. Google Cloud offers a managed Airflow service called Cloud Composer, a fully managed workflow orchestration service built on Apache Airflow that enables you to author, schedule, and monitor pipelines.

Chrome and Edge on Windows can now join the fun Apple has introduced its mapping technology to devices outside its ecosystem with a web version that works in Chrome and Edge on Windows PCs.…

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Dev 129 (129.0.6614.2) 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.

It’s been over two weeks now since I placed my order on day one for the new CMF (by Nothing) Buds Pro 2 and Watch Pro 2.

If you don’t know them, CTL is a leading provider of education and enterprise Chromebooks, and they recently announced the CTL Chromebook PX141E series, the next generation of their popular 14″ Chromebooks.

In a surprise move that will likely be welcomed by many Microsoft Teams users, the tech giant has announced an extension to the retirement timeline for its Office 365 connectors feature. Originally slated for a complete shutdown in October 2024, the connectors will now continue to function until December 2025.

In a world of rapid change and pressing environmental challenges, action is needed now more than ever. With 96% of people across the globe wanting sustainability to be a part of their lives,1 businesses need to take action.