Google announced the public preview of AppSheet databases, a built-in database for citizen developers to easily and securely manage their data using AppSheet. This extends the functionality of Google’s AppSheet by allowing users to create and manage databases within the AppSheet platform, enabling them to keep track of their data and making it possible to … continue reading
Google announced that it open-sourced several components for its secure operating system called KataOS as part of an effort to build verifiably secure systems for embedded hardware. Google Research aims to solve this problem by providing a secure platform optimized for embedded devices running ML applications. SeL4 is the microkernel for the project because it … continue reading
Google is launching new features to make it easier for app developers to better display their app in the Play Store. “The assets and information you provide – descriptions, images, and videos – are essential to users looking to make a decision on what to download,” Allison Chang, product manager for Google Play; Weifang Sun, … continue reading
Google has announced that it will be supporting passkeys on Android and Chrome. Passkeys are an authentication method that offers an alternative to passwords, and the technology was announced by Apple over the summer at its WWDC conference. For users, using a passkey is similar to confirming the use of a saved password by scanning … continue reading
Google has announced a major upgrade to its Speech Services by Google Engine, which is what is used for Text to Speech services. All of its 421 voices across 67 languages have been updated to a new voice model and synthesizer. This includes the default en-US voice being changed to one that is drastically improved, … continue reading
Google is trying to make authentication easier and safer for developers by introducing new features to the Google Identity Services (GIS) library. “For developers, our focus has always been to offer a frictionless experience that makes it easier for users to onboard and return to partner platforms, while also helping developers create a trusted relationship … continue reading
Gerrit, an open-source project from Google, is a highly extensible and configurable tool for web-based code review and repository management for all projects that utilize the Git version control system. It works to enable teams to discuss code, serve Git as an integrated experience within the larger code review flow, and manage workflows with integrated … continue reading
Google has announced that the open-source UI software development kit, Flutter, has been updated and Flutter 3 is now generally available. This announcement came as part of the Google I/O keynote and completes Flutter’s roadmap from a mobile-centric to a multiplatform framework. With Flutter 3, users are enabled to build experiences for six platforms from … continue reading
At its Google I/O conference, Google announced a new database service that it hopes will free customers of their legacy database systems. AlloyDB for PostgreSQL is a fully-managed database service compatible with PostgreSQL. “Databases are increasingly shifting into the cloud and we expect this trend to continue as more companies digitally transform their businesses. With … continue reading
Apple, Google, and Microsoft today announced plans to expand support for a common passwordless sign-in standard created by the FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium. Whereas previous implementations of passwordless verification required users to sign in to each website or app with each device before they can use passwordless functionality, now users will … continue reading
Kubeflow is an MLOps toolkit originally created by Google that has integrated components for model development, model training, multi-step pipelines, AutoML, serving, monitoring, artifact management, and experiment tracking. The project aims to reduce costs associated with Running production machine learning workflows at scale with new capabilities. The PyTorch training operator can now be scaled up … continue reading
Google announced that it will be bringing Privacy Sandbox to Android with the goal of introducing new, more private advertising solutions. Privacy Sandbox is an existing initiative by Google to better protect users’ private data. These solutions will limit sharing of user data with third parties and operate without cross-app identifiers, including advertising ID. Google … continue reading
