• Hitachi Vantara and Cisco expand hybrid cloud partnership to reduce complexity and costs

    The partnership between Hitachi Ltd. and Cisco Systems Inc. goes back a couple of decades. Last year, the two firms announced a strategic partnership agreement. Yesterday they deepened the deal to include a new hybrid cloud services suite focusing on enterprise data management.


  • Chrome Dev for Desktop Update

    The Dev channel has been updated to 123.0.6272.2 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.


  • The best small Chromebook tablet deal around is back, and there’s a twist

    A few times in the past, we’ve seen the 8GB variant of Lenovo’s excellent Chromebook Duet 3 go on sale for far cheaper than the 4GB version that is generally available at Best Buy.


  • Chrome Dev for Android Update

    Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Dev 123 (123.0.6271.3) 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.


  • scrollbar-color, scrollbar-width, font-palette #shorts

    scrollbar-color, scrollbar-width, font-palette #shorts

    The properties scrollbar-color and scrollbar-width are now available. With them you can customize scrollbars and change—as you probably guessed—their color and width. The font-palette property lets you select a specific palette to render a color font.


  • Consuming Cloud Storage objects on GKE using the Kubernetes API – Part I

    Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE) is an interface used to export a filesystem to the Linux kernel. Cloud Storage FUSE allows you to mount Cloud Storage buckets as a file system so that applications can access the objects in a bucket using common file I/O operations (e.g.


  • Chrome Beta for Android Update

    Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Beta 122 (122.0.6261.15) 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.


  • Chrome Beta for Desktop Update

    The Beta channel has been updated to 122.0.6261.18 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.


  • The best all-around Chromebook Plus model is only $369 right now

    There are quite a few of the new, branded Chromebook Plus models that are great to use. Even the simpler, more cost-effective models like the Acer Chromebook Plus 515 I’ve been using of late makes for a pretty solid device.


  • Leaks of the Pixel 8a box confirm minor design changes

    The Pixel leak train continues to roll on! After leaks last week revealed a possible new iPhone-esque design for the Pixel 9, we now have a first look at the Pixel 8a, well the box, at least.


  • Cloud CISO Perspectives: Executive lessons from our response to Reptar

    Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for January 2024. In this edition, I’m turning the mic over to Yousif Hussin, who as a member of Google’s Vulnerability Coordination Center led our response to the recent serious zero-day CPU vulnerability Reptar.


  • Google’s new Quick Share feature arrives on Chromebooks in the Dev Channel

    Announced at CES 2024 in an official capacity (after leaking a bit prior), Google’s new collaboration with Samsung for Quick Share is not just beginning to show up on Pixel phones; it is arriving a bit early on Chromebooks, too.


  • Chrome for Android Update

      Hi, everyone! We’ve just released Chrome 121 (121.0.6167.143) 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.


  • Stable Channel Update for ChromeOS / ChromeOS Flex

    Hello All,The Stable channel is being updated to 120.0.6099.272 (Platform version: 15662.88.0) for ChromeOS devices and will be rolled out over the next few days.


  • Microsoft Edge ignores user wishes, slurps tabs from Chrome without permission

    What goes together better than Redmond and respecting user preferences? Everything, really Windows users, take notice: Microsoft’s Edge browser seems to be actively importing open Chrome tabs and slurping other data from Google’s browser without your permission – even if the “feature” that makes that happen is disabled. …


  • Here’s Google Assistant with Bard in action

    Here’s Google Assistant with Bard in action

    It would seem Google Assistant with Bard is closer than ever to arriving on some phones.


  • Extended Stable Channel Update for Desktop

    The Extended Stable channel has been updated to 120.0.6099.276 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.


  • Stable Channel Update for Desktop

    The Stable channel has been updated to 121.0.6167.139 for Mac and Linux and 121.0.6167.139/140 to Windows which will roll out over the coming days/weeks. A full list of changes in this build is available in the log.


  • Chrome Stable for iOS Update

    Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Stable 121 (121.0.6167.138) 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.


  • YouTube TV reduces broadcast delay indefinitely, just in time for Superbowl LVIII

    We’re just over two weeks out from Super Bowl LVIII, and that means there will be tons of people watching a singular, live event at the same time.


  • Cloud HPC made easy: A Blueprint Catalog for Google’s Cloud HPC Toolkit

    High performance computing (HPC) has become an indispensable tool for scientific discovery, engineering innovation, and business transformation. However, deploying and managing HPC environments can be complex and time-consuming, often requiring specialized expertise.


  • Chromebook Plus on the cheap: Acer 515 is now available for just $219.99

    It was only a matter of time, right? While we’ve seen solid deals on the new Chromebook Plus models since their release in early October 2023, we knew the eventuality of manufacturer refurbished models was on the roadmap at some point.


  • Arrcus says it can cut cloud egress fees by up to 40%

    Hyperscale networking software company Arrcus Inc. today announced additions to its FlexMCN multi-cloud networking software that are targeted at reducing the cost of moving data out of cloud infrastructure. The company said its Egress Cost Control feature can cut those charges, called egress fees, by up to 40%.


  • Microsoft stole my Chrome tabs, and it wants yours, too

    Image: The Verge Last week, I turned on my PC, installed a Windows update, and rebooted to find Microsoft Edge automatically open with the Chrome tabs I was working on before the update.


  • How Visual Research reduced costs by 35 percent with the help of Google Cloud

    Editor’s note: Visual Research, a Japanese company specializing in real estate solutions, offers systems that help real estate businesses and their customers execute rental and management processes. The company’s ability to modernize was being held back by increasing licensing costs, inefficient resource allocation, and performing manual maintenance tasks.


  • Don’t miss massive savings when you pre-order a new Galaxy S24

    We’ve been writing a bit more about Samsung of late and there’s a good reason for it. With the announcement of the latest Galaxy S24 phones, Samsung and Google seem to be working more closely with one another than ever.


  • Native Chrome arrives fashionably late to the Windows on ARM party

    If a new browser arrives on an OS nobody cares about, did it arrive at all? It was a while coming, but Google has finally made a Windows on ARM-native version of Chrome.…


  • Google Chrome may finally get really good on iPhones

    Google Chrome may finally get really good on iPhones

    Since the beginning, in classic Apple fashion, no other web browser engines outside of Webkit have been allowed on iOS. So the Chrome you run on an Android phone is quite different under the hood when compared with the one that you get on iOS and iPadOS.


  • The Land Before Linux: Let’s talk about the Unix desktops

    It takes more than open source, it takes open standards and consensus Opinion  Today, thanks to Android and ChromeOS, Linux is an important end-user operating system. But, before Linux, there were important Unix desktops, although most of them never made it.…


  • Google to launch 15 new Chromebooks for 2024 with new features for school

    Chromebooks have truly found one of their core callings in the world of education. Their collaborative, accessible, and sustainable features have made them a popular choice for K-12 classrooms.


  • New generative AI features on the way to Google Chrome 121

    Google Chrome has always been focused on pushing the web forward with new abilities. Over the years, these innovations have not only improved the efficiency and safety of browsing but have also made it a bit more personalized.


  • Long Term Support Channel Update for ChromeOS

    A new LTC-120 version 120.0.6099.235 (Platform Version: 15662.76.0), 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-114 until April 2nd, 2024.


  • Dev Channel Update for ChromeOS/ChromeOS Flex

      The Dev channel is being updated to 122.0.6261.6 (Platform version: 15753.4.0) for most ChromeOS devices. This build contains a number of bug fixes and security updates.


  • Chrome Dev for Android Update

    Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Dev 123 (123.0.6262.0) 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.


  • Debugging speculative navigations for faster page loads #DevToolsTips

    Jecelyn teams up with Barry again to talk about the new Speculation Rules API which can be used to prefetch and prerender future page navigations to greatly improve page load speed! Learn how DevTools can help you debug your speculation rules, switch renderer, and live trace prerender status’s.


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