Now, the experimental OS has support for Google’s Pixelbook, and that makes things a lot easier. Ars Technica has managed to get the OS up and running, and so far things look quite promising. Unlike Android, Fuchsia doesn’t rely on Linux, and has instead been built from the ground up by Google. It utilizes Google’s Zircon kernel and a UI named Armadillo. As well as a desktop mode, the OS can be switched to smartphone view, and will eventually be released on both....

That may be changing as Apple is reported to be implementing real-world autonomous driving technology for the first time. However, it will not be a service that customers will use. Instead, the company is creating a driverless system that will shuttle employees around its new headquarters. According to The New York Times, Apple has had a hit and miss history while developing autonomous technology. However, one project still active is the autonomous shuttle service....

Incremental updates have defined the iPad through its 8-year life. The most significant change was the introducing of the iPad Pro, with its beefy specs and sleek design. However, for the most part, even the Pro did not depart too much from the original iPad. Apple’s dedication to that original design may finally come to an end at tomorrow’s event. That’s because the company is expected to deliver a drastically different iPad experience....

It is believed the company will launch the chips at the conference to give developers time to work with them ahead of new Macs coming this fall. Apple has never confirmed if it is interested in ARM processing on Mac, or whether it plans to move away from Intel. However, we did report last year on the company seemingly hiring people with an ARM switch in mind. Apple is already a major ARM partner, using the British company’s processors in its A-series CPUs in iPad and iPhone....

9to5Mac reports developer Steve Troughton-Smith says there is evidence to suggest Apple is working on individual apps for Music, Podcasts, and maybe Books for macOS. The move coincides with the recently announced Apple TV service and the related TV app for Mac. People started speculating Apple would launch its other apps individually on MacOS and Troughton-Smith believes this is the case. It is worth noting this seems to be specifically for Mac at the moment and not for iOS devices like iPhone and iPad....

Researchers at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and Purdue University call the Bluetooth bug “BLURtooth”. According to the team, the flaw (CVE-2020-15802) is high-severity and is found in the pairing technology for Bluetooth 4.0 and 5.0. Specifically, a problem in the Cross-Transport Key Derivation (CTKD) could give an attacker within wireless range access to communications on a victim device. This would include spying on communications and altering the link between devices....

Shortly after announcing Windows 11 last summer, Microsoft said third-party widgets would come to the OS. Although, the company also said that support would not come until a later date. Now with confirmation of support, Microsoft is giving developers the ability to build companion widgets for their PWA and Win32 applications. “We’re energized by the customer feedback on Widgets to date, people are enjoying the quick access to content most important to them in a way that is seamless without breaking their flow,” says Panos Panay, head of devices and Windows at Microsoft....

There are a lot of misconceptions about bad credit loans. Some people think that you have to be a huge company with bad credit in order to get a loan. This is not the case! In fact, small businesses can apply for bad credit loans online and get the money they need to grow their business. There are many different lenders who offer these types of loans, and you can find the best deal for your needs by doing some research....

Microsoft has recently confirmed stolen Azure/Microsoft 365 credentials and access tokens are being used by attackers against its customers. This is related to the Solarigate malware attack against the SolarWinds Orion app. CISA has previously warned about rushed Office 365 deployments causing security holes for organizations. Following the latest disclosure, CISA has developed a tool to help detect apps with potential malware. Microsoft is urging its customers to review its disclosure and learn how to sport potentially harmful behavior in apps....

“Where it is technologically and financially possible, the city will put emphasis on open standards and free open-source licensed software,” says a recently agreed coalition between the elected Green party and the Social Democrats. Under the terms of the agreement, the government will make all software code public unless there is personal information involved. Munich is the hub of Bavaria and the third largest city in Germany with a population 1....

Collaboard, a virtual workspace solution that can be used among different Windows 10 devices simultaneously, is one of the few adding real value to the Surface Hub. It allows for more interactive meetings, where all participants can join in with their own devices, bringing their ideas to the big screen in different ways without having to actually standing next to it. Thanks to real time synchronization among all connecte devices, the main presenter and attendees can work more closely together....

Microsoft’s headquarters is located in the Seattle area and thus many of its employees will be affected by the move. With children to care for during the day, they may not be able to properly perform their job. On Thursday, Washington State announced school closures in three counties, including Pierce, Snomish, and King. No doubt this will further increase the number of parents that would have been under stress. “We are seeing many school closings in affect regions across the world,” DelBene reportedly said in the email....

Activision Blizzard King (ABK) is the company merger between Activision Blizzard and King, the developer behind Candy Crush and other social games. Microsoft will take control of King as part of its buyout of Activision Blizzard. In part of the filings to the UK Competition & Markets Authority (CMA), Activision Blizzard that Epic Games brought a lawsuit accusing the company of receiving $360 million not to build a rival app store....

This article was contributed by Cynthia Madison who works as an author at SmallBizClub.com. Computer batteries may not explore that often, but you need to be cautious when they do. The problem is, how do you tell your laptop is going to crash? Regardless of their quality or price, computers don’t last forever, and this is a well-known fact, at least, we hope so. Viruses, Windows issues, and malware scans are real problems, but a battery explosion beats them all....

The filing mentions a pen with a “charging coil”, the internal tech used in phones and accessories to receive power wirelessly. A similar method has been used in Samsung’s S-Pen, as well as the Apple Pencil 2. As a result, it would make sense for Microsoft to match the competition. You’d be able to snap the Pen onto your Surface Pro and have it charge automatically when you aren’t using it....

If you’re unfamiliar with token scanning, it is a feature announced around several years ago. It allows users to identify cryptographic secrets and revoke them before bad actors can exploit them. Last year, GitHub expanded the capabilities of token scanning to support more credential types. In a blog post, GitHub engineering manager Patrick Toomey said repositories are token scanned within minutes of going public. If a match to an encrypted SSH private key is found, GitHub informs the service provider with enough time for them to revoke tokens and notify the user....

Chris Peterson, Technical Program Manager for Mozilla found the technology that underpins Polymer is only available in Chrome. He took to twitter to explain this means Edge and Firefox run the video site slower: “YouTube page load is 5x slower in Firefox and Edge than in Chrome because YouTube’s Polymer redesign relies on the deprecated Shadow DOM v0 API only implemented in Chrome,” Peterson explained. “YouTube serves a Shadow DOM polyfill to Firefox and Edge that is, unsurprisingly, slower than Chrome’s native implementation....

The academics were appointed by European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager last year to look at the challenges facing regulators when dealing with digital technologies. They say forcing tech companies to share data with rivals will be more effective then breaking them up. Furthermore, the academic say swifter investigations are needed to move with the rapidly changing technology sector. Then there is Facebook, which throughout 2018 fell from one data privacy scandal to the next....

In an effort to promote a more democratic election, Google has taken a tough stance on political ads it allows. The company says it will now top advertisers from creating targeted ads based on political leanings of users based on public voter records. Google’s new policy has already been effective. During the summer, Google and YouTube removed over 300 ads focused on Trump. According to the search giant, the ads were “violating company policy”....

These companies also produce Android devices, including smartphones, and they are concerned Google would punish them on other products. Agreement TCL has already announced it will launch Fire TV products in Europe, while Hisense and Xiaomi had previously pre-emptively made similar announcements. Tip of the day: With many reachable wireless access points popping up and disappearing again, the available networks list can become quite annoying. If needed you can use the allowed and blocked filter list of Windows to block certain WiFi networks or all unknown WiFi networks....