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React
fromAmazon Web Services
5 days agoEmbed a live AI browser agent in your React app with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore | Amazon Web Services
Users need visibility into AI agents' actions to maintain trust and control over their interactions.
Privacy technologies
fromArs Technica
1 month agoWith developer verification, Google's Apple envy threatens to dismantle Android's open legacy
Google is implementing Android developer verification requiring app makers to register with real names and pay fees, restricting sideloading and moving Android toward Apple's closed ecosystem model.
Web development
fromChrome for Developers
1 month agoRequest for developer feedback: focusgroup | Blog | Chrome for Developers
The focusgroup HTML attribute enables keyboard arrow-key navigation in composite widgets without requiring roving-tabindex JavaScript, replacing hundreds of lines of boilerplate code.
fromTheregister
1 month agoGoogle will soon ship Chrome updates every two weeks
While releases will be more frequent, their smaller scope minimizes disruption and simplifies post-release debugging. And thanks to recent process enhancements, we are confident this shift will maintain our high standards for stability.
Tech industry
Tech industry
fromTechCrunch
1 month agoAmid new competition, Chrome speeds up its release schedule | TechCrunch
Google accelerates Chrome releases from four-week to two-week cycles starting September 2026, delivering stability and speed improvements twice as frequently amid competition from AI-powered browsers.
Software development
fromZDNET
1 month agoNebiOS turns your Linux desktop into a Google Workspace alternative - with one caveat
NebiOS is a unique Linux distribution featuring the customizable NebiDE desktop environment with Wayfire compositor, though NebiCloud integration poses security concerns due to lack of recent development.
fromEngadget
2 months agoGoogle will soon offer AirDrop support on more Android devices
At a press briefing attended by at Google's Taipei office, Eric Kay, Android's Vice President of Engineering, confirmed that AirDrop interoperability will expand in 2026. "We spent a lot of time and energy to make sure that we could build something that was compatible not only with iPhone but iPads and MacBooks," he said. "Now that we've proven it out, we're working with our partners to expand it into the rest of the ecosystem, and you should see some exciting announcements coming very soon."
Apple
fromTechRepublic
2 months agoThe Wait Is Over: Chromebooks Finally Get Gemini in Chrome
Chrome leads the market today, but Google is still under pressure to defend that position as the browser landscape shifts. New AI-focused browsers like Comet are raising the stakes for what users expect from a browser. Google responded to the competition with Gemini in Chrome. Launched in September 2025, it first rolled out for Android, Mac, and Windows users. Combining Chrome's superiority and Gemini's advanced intelligence, Google offered Chrome users a different kind of AI browser.
Artificial intelligence
fromThe Verge
2 months agoWindows 11's ability to resume Android apps on your PC is getting closer
The improved cross-device resume support, which has been in testing since August, is part of the latest Release Preview update to Windows 11 that started rolling out yesterday. It includes the ability to resume Spotify playback on a PC from a phone, as well as any work in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. You'll also be able to continue an Edge browsing session from a phone on your PC.
Gadgets
Gadgets
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
2 months agoThis Phone Runs Android, Linux, and Windows to Replace 3 Computers - Yanko Design
NexPhone is a rugged, high-spec Android handset that can multi-boot Android, Debian Linux, and optionally Windows 11 on Arm to serve as phone and desktop.
Mobile UX
fromAndroid Police
1 month agoChrome still doesn't have extensions on Android, so I found a browser that does
Chrome's lack of extension support on Android, despite competitors like Kiwi and Edge offering it, suggests deliberate business decisions prioritizing ad revenue over user functionality.
fromComputerworld
1 month ago3 future Android features you can give yourself today
Thanks to the way Google's for years now been deconstructing Android and pulling OS-level pieces out of the operating system itself - so they exist as regular ol' apps and can consequently be updated quickly, frequently, and in a way that reaches everyone instantly, regardless of what phone or carrier they're using - even Android phones from eight years ago get updates numerous times a year that are all virtually equivalent to an entire iOS operating system rollout.
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