

Google Drive is getting a new view to make it easier to spot spam and unwanted or abusive content, as well as automated classification abilities similar to those possessed by Gmail. And its Safe Browsing API, used to identify compromised websites and to prevent phishing, has been made faster. Google is expanding its Content Safety API, used by various sites to flag harmful content via AI, to look for child sexual abuse material in video content. Although there are lingering problems for some in that area. The Chocolate Factory introduced a tool called About this Image that provides search users with information about when an image or similar images first entered Google's search index, and about where the image initially and subsequently appeared.ĭeleting recent searches can now be done from the Maps interface with a tap, which could help with location history privacy. Various security advancements also had their moment in the sun. Google says the stack traces are cleaner, there's a new "show your code" option, and broader breakpoint reliability.

And if you have no idea what this entails, you're probably happier for it.ĬhromeDevTools, the interface through which web devs interact with apps running in Chrome, received some love. Those who test the performance of web applications may wish to know that Google's Core Web Vitals test will swap the First Input Delay measurement with Interaction to Next Paint, a different way to assess the responsiveness of a web application, come March 2024. With regard to advertising tech, Google is shipping new cookie capabilities related to CHIPS and First-Party Sets, two of its Privacy Sandbox technologies in Chrome. Wendy's and Google to test drive-thru order-taking bot

Android Studio has also gained the ability to stream apps to devices for development, which simplifies the process of making code changes and having them show up on a test device.
