I wish the other browser vendors didn't rely so heavily on Google to get the word out. They all do so much work to make these features possible, as do the standards committees, the #OpenUI group, and @igalia, and they all deserve to get more credit.
Watching #GoogleIO and there are some cool demonstrations of data center cloud computing, but there's also this fog of dystopia surrounding these demos.
The announcements for search are horrifying. Google is full mask off.
Phrases like "search for something, and we'll collect all this data for you" basically equates to:
"We sucked up ALL the data from people who really did the work, and we're going to give you the results of their hard work, but we wont take you to the site that generated the data. You can stay on the search page, and the site's traffic will plummet."
What's new in view transitions? (Google I/O 2024 update)
In this video I introduce you to cross-document view transitions for MPA along with two improvements that allow you to more easily work with view transitions in general.
REPLAY CREW! Today's show was AWESOME even though I had almost no voice! Major thanks to the folks who turned out in the chat! https://somegadgetguy.com/b/44u #Apple is on an advertising apology tour. #Google is gearing up for #GoogleIO. #Microsoft is making a mobile app store?
This Google I/O wast the most boring tech keynote I ever seen. Google is shoving IA into everything, everything was cringe and I swear you could hear the boredom of the audience, the claps were mostly polite and barely no one laughed at the jokes. You can tell people are tired of Google. #googleio
Google I/O wrapped up, and I have a LOT of thoughts. Shot a quick reaction video on the keynote here https://somegadgetguy.com/b/455
Some really interesting AI tools are coming, but will Gemini search continue hurting website traffic?
After watching OpenAI's presentation and, even more, an excerpt from Google's presentation yesterday, I asked myself: is this AI, according to the big tech companies (especially Google - for OpenAI it's their core business, so I understand their perspective), truly what users want and need, or is it just another method to lock people into using their technologies, which are not easily self-hostable?
I'm not arguing for or against it, but I noticed that (almost) the entire Google I/O yesterday was focused on this...
A round-up of all our Privacy Sandbox content at #GoogleIO! Really was non-stop discussions, questions, and demos with all of you there - thank you for stopping by! And if you missed it, you can jump into all the detail here:
:cwy: I thought Google deepfaked Weird Al, but the truth turned out to be far more disturbing.
"Rebillet has over 2 million followers on both YouTube and TikTok, where he’s best known for his viral “Night Time Bitch” sound clip and songs in which he screams at people to get out of bed while wearing a bathrobe."
Our #GoogleIO talk is finally online 🎉! Thomas Nattestad and I share how Goodnotes ported their award-winning iPad app to the Web thanks to #WebAssembly, and SwiftWasm specifically. Next, we give an overview of how #Wasm is being used by various product teams at Google, including Google Photos, Sheets, Meet, and others. Lastly, I show how C++ image filters from a fictitious iOS and Android app called Delayedgram (🥁) can be ported to the Web and the filter code be shared!
Be sure to check out Deepti Gandluri's and Austin Eng's talk on #WebAssembly and #WebGPU enhancements for faster Web AI: https://youtu.be/VYJZGa9m34w?si=_PPuJQJ9Zor5AyID. Running Al inference directly on client machines reduces latency, improves privacy by keeping all data on the client, and saves server costs. To accelerate these workloads, #Wasm and WebGPU are evolving to incorporate new low-level primitives. #GoogleIO
CNET’s Abrar Al-Heeti was at Google’s I/O developer conference last week and got the opportunity to try out the latest update to Google’s Project Starline 3D video conferencing project.
Google wants its hyper-realistic video calling to roll out next year, something that Al-Heeti describes as “the most-3D rendering of a person I’ve ever seen,” which she believes creates “a more holistic and lifelike interaction.” Read all about her full experience over on @CNET.