Today, we’re announcing that Google Cloud is the first hyperscaler to introduce Codestral – Mistral AI’s first open-weight generative AI model explicitly designed for code generation tasks – as a fully-managed service. Codestral helps developers write and interact with code through a shared instruction and completion API endpoint.

Android security is always a hot topic on these here Nets of Inter — and almost always for the wrong reason.

CrowdStrike reminded us last week just how fragile our computers are when it took down critical systems around the world with a buggy software update July 19.

  Hi, everyone! We’ve just released Chrome 127 (127.0.6533.64) 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.

The Stable channel has been updated to 127.0.6533.72/73 for Windows, Mac and 127.0.6533.72 for Linux which will roll out over the coming days/weeks. A full list of changes in this build is available in the Log.

Chrome 127 is rolling out now! With support for font-size-adjust, user activation propagation in document picture-in-picture, keyboard focusable scrollers and there’s plenty more. Adriana Jara has all the details about what’s new for developers in Chrome 127. Check out https://goo.

Google has officially pulled back the curtain on the Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro Fold. In the playful 30-second videos posted a few days ago, Google’s Gemini AI writes a tongue-in-cheek breakup letter to your old phone, highlighting the promise of a “magical” experience.

Alas, Prime Day and all the deal events that encircle it are now in the rear-view mirror. But that doesn’t mean all the deals across the web simply dried up in the wake of those events.

Among researchers, students, and developers to work together on complex projects, JupyterHub has become an essential tool for collaborative data science, bringing the power of Jupyter Notebooks to groups of users.

Building a search engine for your website used to be a formidable task that required substantial resources and specialized technical prowess. Not any more.

In what it called its biggest product update since the company’s founding in 2011, Miro has launched Intelligent Canvas, an AI-driven platform designed to help teams manage their entire innovation lifecycle.

In a bit of a break from the norm, it seems Google is gearing up to revamp its streaming device lineup – formerly marketed under the Chromecast namesake – as a new leak from 9to5 Google reveals a very different direction for them moving forward.

Today, we’re excited to announce the addition of the Llama 3.1 family of models, including a new 405B model – Meta’s most powerful and versatile model to date — to Vertex AI Model Garden.

As a major update to Chrome’s new cross-site tracking protection policy, Google announced that it is no longer considering dropping support for third-party cookies.

Microsoft has been struggling to get people to use its Edge browser for years. Even though the company made Edge the default browser in Windows 10, users left in droves, most of them flocking to Google Chrome — and with good reason.

Ad giant promises to protect privacy, as critics say surveillance continues Google no longer intends to drop support for third-party cookies – the online identifiers used by the ad industry to track people and target them with ads based on their online activities.…

Google LLC has scrapped its plans to phase out Chrome’s support for third-party cookies. The company disclosed the decision today.

Illustration: The Verge Google is putting the brakes on a change that would have made it more difficult to track users across different web sites to serve them targeted ads.

Legacy virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions that rely on centralized servers and complex infrastructure are not well-suited for the dynamic and diverse needs of modern organizations. Instead, many are looking for a cloud-based alternative that reduces complexity and total cost of ownership.

The advantages of cloud computing come with notable challenges that frustrate enterprises, particularly managing costs and optimizing resources.

There was a time a few years ago that I really pushed back at the idea of needing a remote for the living room any longer.

Have you ever wished it were easier to replicate your SQL Server databases? To address this challenge, today, we are announcing the general availability (GA) of Datastream’s SQL Server source.

Providing a satisfying customer experience is a critical competitive advantage for consumer companies, but delivering it comes with multiple challenges. Despite attracting visitors to a website, it can be a struggle to convert them into customers if the site lacks that personal touch.

Editor’s note: Deckmatch uses artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced analytics to transform investment deal flow for venture capitalists. By storing extensive, in-depth company data in Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL, Deckmatch can quickly provide investors with comprehensive insights on startups and their competition.

An interoperability deal Microsoft enforced by the European Commission in 2009 may have led the Windows-maker to open itself to the recent CrowdStrike-led outage, according to Microsoft.

Dell had it all figured out. The venerable computer company wouldn’t force people back into the office. Instead, it would just insist that all staffers show up at the office for at least three days a week.  If they didn’t, they wouldn’t be laid off — they just wouldn’t be promoted.

Of all the things you can do on a Chromebook, gaming is one that you generally don’t think about. ChromeOS may be a superior OS for enterprise and work-related stuff due to its rock-solid security and cloud-based deployment; but it clearly isn’t designed to be great at something like gaming.

The dreaded Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) has reared its head in a most devastating way today thanks to a faulty update from security firm CrowdStrike. Thousands of businesses worldwide, from banks to airports, were blindsided as their Windows machines abruptly crashed.

It’s been a pretty wild week of deals all around the web. As we’ve noted before, Prime Day has become such a spectacle that other retailers now respond with their own take on a massive set of deals to combat Amazon’s excitement of the buying public.

The Dev channel has been updated to 128.0.6601.2 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.

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.

Editor’s note: Endear is an omnichannel customer relationship management (CRM) platform that fuels hyper-personalization and customer insights. When its existing database struggled to meet increasing demand, the company recognized the need to migrate to a robust, scalable solution.

VMware Cloud Foundation on Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE) is now generally available, and there has never been a better time to move your VMware workloads to Google Cloud, so you can bring down your costs and benefit from a modern cloud experience.

With the technology advances of cloud-first databases, Google Cloud has become the go-to platform for companies that build software to tackle complex, business-critical challenges. This is due to its unmatched scalability, ability to handle unpredictable demand, high reliability, and its continuous innovation in modern technologies like artificial intelligence (AI).

Of all the Chromebooks on the market, there is one line that I’ve felt has been right on the verge of greatness for years and has been held back by silly hardware choices along the way.