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Apple macOS 11 Big Sur review: a long time coming

The Verge

I’ve been using the operating system on a 2019 MacBook Pro 13 for the past several weeks. The whole OS has a new look, which Apple says is its biggest design update to its desktop operating system since the debut of OS X. Overall, though, they contribute to a new, distinctly iPhone-y look and feel.

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The quirks and features of YouTube car reviews with Doug DeMuro

The Verge

A lot of cars seem to run the same operating system inside and they have the same button layouts. As a reviewer, are you seeing software just eat the car the way that it’s sort of eating everything else, and the cars are getting similar? Do you think about software updates? But it’s still really manufacturer-dependent.

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Microsoft avoided a round of Big Tech scrutiny. Then it bought a company for $69 billion.

Vox

There’s nothing more metaverse-y than games, where people already create virtual versions of themselves and navigate virtual worlds, often interacting with virtual versions of other, real, people along the way. A judge ordered Microsoft to break up into two different companies: one for the operating system, and one for everything else.

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Antitrust investigations aren’t the biggest threat to Facebook’s future

The Verge

The legal answer to that question, should it eventually be made by the FTC, will surely run dozens of pages, and be supported by mountains of supporting briefs and other documents. Google and Apple’s COVID-19 exposure notification system was supposed to preserve people’s privacy. Tim Fitzsimons / NBC). Michael Kwet / The Intercept ).