Category: Operating systems

April 21, 2021

Right on schedule, Google today launched the third developer preview of Android 12, the latest version of its mobile operating system. According to Google’s roadmap, this will be the last developer preview before Android 12 goes into beta, which is […]

April 20, 2021

During its Spring Loaded event on Tuesday morning, Apple revealed that iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5 will finally be out on supported iPhone and iPad models next week. This is shaping up to be the biggest software update for the […]

April 20, 2021

Node.js 16 was released on April 20, adding Apple Silicon binaries and additional stable APIs to the popular JavaScript runtime. The release is the first to ship with prebuilt binaries for Apple Silicon. While Node.js will provide separate tarballs for […]

April 16, 2021

On Tuesday, MIcrosoft rolled out another broad series of updates across its Windows ecosystems, including four vulnerabilities affecting Windows that have been publicly disclosed and one security flaw — reportedly exploited already — that affects the Windows kernel. That means […]

April 15, 2021

Microsoft has made a notable change to its Timeline activity history feature in the latest preview of Windows 10. Timeline, which Microsoft introduced with the Fall Creators Update in 2018, shows users what they’ve been up to on their local […]

April 13, 2021

This has been a busy day for Apple. First, Siri leaked the date of the company’s next big event, then Apple confirmed the leak by sending out invites for its Spring Loaded event, and now new iOS 14.5 and iPadOS […]

April 12, 2021

The other day, the topic of RAM — and what’s the minimum amount needed now for a Windows 10 computer — came up in a Facebook IT consultant-based group I’m part of. Not long ago, for a nicely functioning Windows […]

April 9, 2021

Microsoft has released a 64-bit version of its OneDrive file-syncing app for Windows 10, bringing it up to par with the 64-bit version that’s available for Apple’s MacBooks. The OneDrive 64-bit syncing app is available in for now as a […]

April 9, 2021

A newly discovered cryptomining worm is stepping up its targeting of Windows and Linux devices with a batch of new exploits and capabilities, a researcher said. Research company Juniper started monitoring what it’s calling the Sysrv botnet in December. One […]

April 8, 2021

Microsoft has released a new preview of Windows 10 with a personalization feature for its News and Interests taskbar widget and announced updates on its classic Paint app and Snipping Tool. The latest preview of Windows 10 doesn’t add much […]