A new report from inaugural Technology & Society Visiting Fellow Andrew McAfee looks at the potential economic impacts of generative AI.
Today, we opened Google Taiwan’s newest hardware office in the TPark campus in New Taipei City
You may have come across some complex, hard-to-read Boolean expressions in your codebase and wished they were easier to understand. For example, let's say we want to decide whether a pizza is fantastic:
A first step toward improving this is to extract the condition into a well-named variable:
However, the Boolean expression is still too complex. It's potentially confusing to calculate the value of isPizzaFantastic from a given set of inputs. You might need to grab a pen and paper, or start a server locally and set breakpoints.
Instead, try to group the details into intermediate Booleans that provide meaningful abstractions. Each Boolean below represents a single well-defined quality, and you no longer need to mix && and || within an expression. Without changing the business logic, you’ve made it easier to see how the Booleans relate to each other:
Another option is to hide the logic in a separate method. This also offers the possibility of early returns using guard clauses, further reducing the need to keep track of intermediate states:
Hi everyone! We've just released Chrome Beta 125 (125.0.6422.14) for iOS; it'll become available on App Store in the next few days.
You can see a partial list of the changes in the Git log. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.
Krishna Govind
Google Chrome
Hi everyone! We've just released Chrome Beta 125 (125.0.6422.14) 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.
If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.
Krishna Govind
Google Chrome
The Beta channel has been updated to 125.0.6422.14 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 community help forum is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues.
Prudhvi Bommana
Google Chrome
Today, we’re announcing the v16_1 release of the Google Ads API. To use some of the v16_1 features, upgrade your client libraries and client code. The updated client libraries and code examples will be published next week. This version has no breaking changes.
Here are the highlights:
ad_group_ad_asset_view and asset_field_type_view.
SkAdNetworkConversionValueSchema.postback_mappings which supports SKAdNetwork 4.0 features.
campaign_simulation report.
CustomerNegativeCriterion.ip_block which supports adding an IP as a negative criterion at the customer level.
BrandInfo to return more information such as the text representation of a brand, the status of a brand, etc.
customer.video_brand_safety_suitability and BrandSafetySuitability which support returning video brand safety suitability at the customer level.
CustomerSkAdNetworkConversionValueSchemaService as MutateCustomerSkAdNetworkConversionValueSchemaRequest.enable_warnings. When set to true, any non-blocking errors pertaining to operation failures will be returned as MutateCustomerSkAdNetworkConversionValueSchemaResponse.warning.
local_services_lead.credit_details which returns the state of credit and the timestamp when the credit state was updated.
local_services_lead_conversation.message_details.attachment_urls which returns the URLs that can be used to download the contents of the attachment.Where can I learn more?
The following resources can help you get started:
If you have any questions or need additional help, contact us via the forum.
- Thanet Knack Praneenararat, on behalf of the Google Ads API Team
The Dev channel is being updated to OS version: 15853.9.0 Browser version: 125.0.6422.10 for most ChromeOS devices.
If you find new issues, please let us know one of the following ways
Interested in switching channels? Find out how.
Matt Nelson
Google ChromeOS
For National Poetry Month, try these Google Play Books features to remember your favorite lines, organize your poetry books and more.
Hello, Everyone! We've just released Chrome 124 (124.0.6367.82) 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. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.