Google has released the second Android 12 Developer Preview, bringing with it a number of tweaks and fixes, as well as a few new features that weren’t available in the first Developer Preview. It’s important to note that the Developer Previews don’t usually highlight many consumer-facing new features. The new features and visual tweaks are […]
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What’s new in the first Android 12 Developer Preview
Enlarge / This green circle (we added the background) is the Android 12 logo, we guess. The first Android 12 developer preview hit the streets Thursday, and we’ve played with it for a day. There’s not a lot to see in this release—at least not at first. Most of the interesting bits are hidden, and […]
Resident Evil VIII gets May release date, massive preview, playable demo
We’re suckers for classic leading women in giant hats. Unclear amounts of evil are just a bonus. Welcome to the new face of fear in Resident Evil VIII, coming May 7 to PC and consoles. Capcom An all-woman, all-spooky posse haunts and hounds you in Resident Evil VIII‘s spooky mansion. Capcom Towering over you once […]
Android 11 Preview 3 hands-on—Strange changes to Recent Apps and notifications
There’s a new Android 11 Developer Preview. This one is Preview 3, and it launched yesterday for Google’s Pixel line. Previous Android 11 previews haven’t had a ton of new additions, but this version has a lot of strange and interesting UI changes for us to discuss and puzzle over. Recent Apps loses the app […]
Android 11 Preview 2 hands-on: More polish and a new install method
It came out much later in March than we expected, but yesterday Google launched the second developer preview for Android 11, the next big version of Android due out at the end of the year. Despite the coronavirus disrupting just about every part of normal life, Google posted the same schedule it did with Preview […]
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with Cortana and WSL improvements
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview with Cortana and Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) improvements. The update bumps Windows 10 from build 18970 (made available to testers on August 29) to build 18975. These builds are from the 20H1 branch, which represents the Windows 10 update that will arrive in the first half […]
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with sign-in improvements
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview with sign-in improvements. The update bumps Windows 10 from build 18963 (made available to testers on August 16) to build 18965. These builds are from the 20H1 branch, which represents the Windows 10 update that will arrive in the first half of next year. Windows 10 is […]
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with Task Manager, virtual desktop, and mouse cursor improvements
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview with Task Manager, virtual desktop, mouse cursor, Notepad, and Chinese IME improvements. The update bumps Windows 10 from build 18956 (made available to testers on August 7) to build 18963. These builds are from the 20H1 branch, which represents the Windows 10 update that will arrive in […]
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with Network Status, Chinese IME, and Calculator improvements
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview with Network Status, Chinese IME, and Calculator improvements. The update bumps Windows 10 from build 18950 (made available to testers on July 31) to build 18956. These builds are from the 20H1 branch, which represents the Windows 10 update that will arrive in the first half of […]
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with Japanese IME and Snip & Sketch improvements
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview with Japanese IME and Snip & Sketch improvements. The update bumps Windows 10 from build 18945 (made available to testers on July 26) to build 18950. These builds are from the 20H1 branch, which represents the Windows 10 update that will arrive in the first half of […]
WireGuard on Windows early preview
WireGuard 0.0.14 pre-alpha, running on an x1.small machine at packet.net. It’s uploading across a WireGuard tunnel at 1.2Gbps to a Linux machine, also at packet. Jim Salter Here, it’s downloading across a WireGuard tunnel at 348Mbps from a Linux machine, also at packet. Jim Salter WireGuard is a new peer-to-peer VPN technology that has the […]
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with Your Phone improvements
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview with Your Phone improvements. The update bumps Windows 10 from build 18898 (made available to testers on May 15) to build 18908. These builds are from the 20H1 branch, which represents the Windows 10 update that will arrive in the first half of next year. Windows 10 […]
Microsoft publishes first Edge for macOS preview, promises to make it truly “Mac-like”
Enlarge Microsoft One of the most important ways that Microsoft wants to make the new Chromium-based Edge different from the current EdgeHTML-based Edge is in its support for other platforms. The original Edge was, for no good reason, tied to Windows 10, meaning that Web developers on platforms such as Windows 7 or macOS had […]
Digital Trends Live: Google I/O preview, Blue Origin rocket test, and more
On the latest episode of Digital Trends Live, host Greg Nibler and DT Senior Editor Caleb Denison discuss the top tech news, including a preview of Google I/O, the Pixel 3a leak, Blue Origin’s space tourism rocket, new contact lenses with augmented reality capability, Bethesda’s Rage 2 release, and more. Later in the show, Nibler […]
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview without File Explorer Friendly Dates
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview that removes a feature: Friendly Dates in File Explorer. The update bumps Windows 10 from build 18885 (made available to testers on April 26) to build 18890. These builds are from the 20H1 branch, which represents the Windows 10 update that will arrive in the first half […]