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Google’s new Fuchsia OS arrives first on old Nest Hub

The Verge

Google’s work on Fuchsia OS first emerged in 2016 , and the open-source operating system is notable for not being based on a Linux kernel, instead using a microkernel called Zircon. You don’t ship a new operating system every day, but today is that day,” tweeted a Google technical lead on the Fuchsia OS project, Petr Hosek.

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Fed Tech Roundup January 4

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Noblis CEO Amr ElSawy to Keynote 2016 CES Government Conference. Rollout of Faraday Future car among most highly anticipated moments at 2016 CES - VEGAS INC. 2016 will see research continuing across all of North Dakota's energy sectors - Grand Forks Herald. ED's Top Tech Director Steps Down To Head Home - T.H.E. Minnesota Gov.

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Microsoft says it will end OneDrive updates to Windows 7 and 8 in March

The Verge

According to Microsoft, the reason for the change is “to focus resources on new technologies and operating systems, and to provide users with the most up-to-date and secure experience.”. The lifecycle for Windows 8 ended in 2016 , with Microsoft halting mainstream support for Windows 8.1 will lose support on January 1st.

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Microsoft to fully remove Adobe Flash from Windows 10 in July

The Verge

The Windows 10 “Update for Removal of Adobe Flash Player,” which permanently removes Flash as a component of the operating system, will become mandatory starting in July. The update that removes Adobe Flash will also be available for older operating systems like Windows 8.1,

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Tech Moves: Appen lands ex-Upwork CTO; DocuSign hires former Amazon GM

GeekWire

Bahadur also worked at Microsoft for a decade years and helped develop the Windows mobile operating system. Gennev, which launched as Genneve in 2016, was acquired by Florida-based women’s healthcare company Unified Women’s Healthcare in October. He also spent ten years at Intel in engineering and management roles.

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OnePlus says no 9T this year, 2022 flagship will run merged Oppo OS

The Verge

He also announced that next year’s OnePlus flagship phone would run on a newly unified operating system, following the company’s integration with fellow BBK Electronics subsidiary Oppo. OnePlus announced it would be merging the codebases of its Android-based OxygenOS operating system with Oppo’s ColorOS in July.

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Google to shut down Android Things, a smart home OS that never took off

The Verge

The smart home project got its start in 2015 under the name Brillo, which was meant to provide the “underlying operating system for the internet of things.” The OS never really got off the ground, so this isn’t all that much of a loss, but it is yet another entry in Google’s expansive graveyard of shut-down projects.

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