As is common, Google has also removed some abilities from the browser. For example, Chrome 74 removes support for popups during page unloading. In terms of Windows specific changes, Google has brought dark mode to Windows through Chrome 74. You may remember the mode was released for Mac users with Chrome 73. Now Windows is catching up, allowing Chrome users to go dark whenever they want. However, there is a caveat here....
Speaking to Axios about the landmark, G Suite chief Javier Soltero said he has been eager to promote G Suite’s unique features compared to Microsoft Office. He points to deep integration with search and built-in collaboration tools as those features. Speaking of the 2 billion active users, Soltero says: “That’s a staggering number. … These products have incredible reach. Changing the way people work is something we are uniquely positioned to do....
Playing catch up, Google has now finally added traffic lights support into Google Maps. As the feature suggests, this allows users to see traffic lights on maps when they are driving or moving around. Still, on first look, I think I prefer Apple’s implementation of this ability. Yes, a rare instance where Apple’s often problematic Maps app is better than Google Maps. Either way, the reason is because the traffic light icons Google is using a simply too small....
The problem stems from five issues found in the Mali GPU. Google Project Zero disclosed these flaws to ARM, the manufacturer of the GPU. ARM responded by delivering patches in July and August to fix the vulnerabilities. However, smartphone manufacturers have still not deployed those patches within their own software updates. In June and July, researchers with Google Project Zero found several issues in Mali GPUs: “One of these issues led to kernel memory corruption, one led to physical memory addresses being disclosed to userspace and the remaining three led to a physical page use-after-free condition,” Project Zero’s Ian Beer wrote in a blog post....
Alphabet Inc.’s latest project doesn’t have such limitations. ‘Guetzli’ is a new image encoder out from Google Research’s office in Zurich, translating to ‘cookie’ in English. The encoder offers image compression for smaller or better-looking images. Even better, Even better, it’s open source.Developers can view the Guetzli code on Github and integrate it into their own projects. If it takes off, we could see image processing apps ditching the current jpeglib encoder and moving to Google’s method....
The evidence for this theory comes from code commits that Google has been testing. Among the code is testing for disk portioning when moving between dual-boot with Windows 10 and normal single boot Chrome OS. As we have reported previously, Google is testing the dual-boot capability on a Pixel Book. Currently the device is codenamed Eve and could eventually be released. However, it is likely Windows 10 dual-boot will also be available on other Chrome OS laptops....
Those are all appliances and devices that can now be purchased with a “smart” twist. While fridges may still be for the select few, millions of households have embraced robot vacuum cleaners. These smart robotic units are IoT devices at heart and are open to attacks. According to researcher, threat actors have found a way to spy on conversations by tapping into their robot vacuums. Most people probably don’t think twice about their automatic cleaner....
Fans were eagerly awaiting version 2 of the device, but rumors suggested it would skip straight to version 3.0 in 2019. Now further evidence has arisen in the form of Himax Technologies‘ CEO Jordan Wu. “As far as I can tell, sparkling remains the major, major issue, technical issue and it is really very, very difficult to solve,” he said in a recent earnings call, discussing augmented reality. ” People have been studying scanning mirror ever since we got started on this goggles business....
1 How to Backup Device Drivers in Windows 10 via Command Prompt2 How to Backup Drivers in Windows 10 via PowerShell3 How to Restore a Driver in Windows 10 with Device Manager4 How to Restore a Device Driver Backup with PowerShell What is a Device Driver? Drivers are groups of files or a program that controls a physical or virtual device attached to the computer. It essentially tells hardware how it should run on an operating system, and is vital for functioning....
1 How to Do a Complete Memory Dump in Windows 11 and Windows 102 How to Configure BSOD Dump Files in Windows 11 and Windows 103 How to Use Reliability Monitor to Analyze System Crashes and Freezes in Windows 11 / Windows 10 What are Windows system memory dump/crash dump files? A Windows 10/Windows 11 memory dump is a copy of your computer’s memory at the time of a crash. It’s because of this that you may have heard to them referred to as Windows 10 or Windows 11 crash dumps....
1 How to Paste Without Formatting From a Document to an Email2 How to Paste Without Formatting in Word and Microsoft Office3 How to Copy Text Without Formatting Using a Text Editor4 How to Clear Formatting in Word and Remove a Horizontal Line Unfortunately, however, that is often hampered by the formatting of the text’s source. When pasting from an article, for example, the pasted text may retain any headings, italics, and more....
1 How to Clean Boot Windows 102 How to Identify Software Conflicts in Clean Boot3 How to Return to Normal Functioning After a Clean Boot What is a clean boot in Windows 10? A Windows 10 clean boot starts your operating system with a minimal amount of drivers and services. This helps you to troubleshoot without disruption and allows you to systematically enable services until you find the one that’s causing the issue....
1 How to Show or Hide the Bookmarks Bar in Chrome, Edge, and Firefox with a Keyboard Shortcut2 How to Show or Hide the Bookmarks Bar in Edge via Settings3 How to Hide the Bookmark Bar in Chrome or Edge via Menu Options4 How to Hide Bookmarks in Chrome via Settings5 How to Show or Hide the Chrome Bookmarks Bar via Registry Edit6 How to Show or Hide the Firefox Bookmarks Toolsbar via Menu Options7 Extra: How to Enable or Disable the Integrated PDF reader in Edge, Firefox, and Chrome8 Extra: How to Turn on Caret Browsing in Chrome or Edge...
1 How to Zip a Single File or Folder in Windows using ‘Send To’2 How to Zip Multiple Files and Folders with ‘Send To’3 How to Add Folders or Files to an Existing ZIP File4 How to Make a ZIP File Out of Multiple Files or Folders with File Explorer’s Ribbon Bar5 How to Zip or Unzip via the Command Line in Windows6 How to Extract All Files and Folders from a Zip File7 How to Extract a Single File from a Zip File...
The exception is Huawei, which just confirmed its work on a foldable and now that it’s 5G. CEO Ken Hu was straight to the point in an interview with Digital Trends, shortly after the launch of the Mate 20. “We are working on foldable phones. Foldable 5G phones,” he said. Yu said some of the devices may launch in 2019, but that plans may change. “maybe sometime we will launch that, but not this time”, he said, while noting that it’s “not commercialized yet”....
For users used to seeing tech companies consistently roll off version numbers, it’s novel thank Inkscape has taken so long to leave pre-release. Inkscape 1.0 is now available across Windows, Linux, and macOS. It is worth pointing out that the tool has already been a valuable and respected editor throughout most of its pre-1.0 life. In other words, reaching 1.0 is hardly going to change what users think of the service....
As you may know, Stories is a feature that was first used by Snapchat and helped that service reach widespread popularity. Instagram decided to wholesale copy the idea. The result has been the service becoming ever more popular, while Snapchat has lost its unique feature. In June, Facebook confirmed 400 million daily active users use the Stories feature, and Facebook thinks it will replace the News Feed on its social network....
During Intel’s “Architecture Day” at its Los Altos headquarters, the company wheeled out cofounder Robert Noyce, architects and executives to sing from the same hymn book. The consensus is the next decade will produce a major change in how Intel generates income and the overall development of computing power. Regarding the former, the company says the next ten years will produce more evolution of computing architecture than has happened in the last half century....
Intel has showcased a laptop Tiger Rapids prototype that is comprised of a dual screen. The device is aiming to change how we see and use laptops. That is not necessarily a good thing considering the laptop form has stayed the same for decades. There’s a reason for that; the screen with a keyboard deck form factor simply works. We have heard before (for Microsoft) that the keyboard could eventually go away....
A quarter of a century down the road, Lenovo is one of the biggest names in PC and ThinkPad is an iconic brand. The new limited-edition laptop was debuted at an exclusive event. In its Yamato Labs in Japan, where the OG model was built, Lenovo unveiled the new machine. As you would expect, the 25th Anniversary Edition ThinkPad blends old with new. Specifically, it gets the classic features, such as design, but with wholly modern specs....
