Tech

Vivaldi 5.0 makes web browsing on Android tablets fun again

Enlarge (credit: Vivaldi) Vivaldi is one of our favorite web browsers, and the company (of the same name) behind it recently announced another major release. Vivaldi 5.0 is now available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and, perhaps most notably given the changes in this release, Android. Version 5 of Vivaldi has some new features for the […]

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Tablet- and foldable-centric Android 12L update now available as a beta

Enlarge / A mockup of Android 12L running on different types and sizes of devices. (credit: Google) Google is taking another run at actually usable Android tablets in the form of Android 12L, which was announced and released as a developer preview back in October. And today, Google has released the first beta build that […]

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Android on Chromebook may be responsible for Chrome OS startup sluggishness

Enlarge (credit: Getty ) Upon startup, some Chromebooks take a while to fully respond to user inputs. It may sound like a small problem, but that sluggishness is part of what makes Chromebooks feel like a step down from other types of machines. But according to a commit spotted on the Chromium Gerrit this week […]

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Chrome OS update turns Chromebooks into scanners

(credit: Valentina Palladino) Chromebook cameras just learned some new tricks, as Google started pushing out Chromium OS 96 on Tuesday. As detailed by a Google blog post , the update brings the ability to use your camera to scan images and convert them into PDFs or JPEGs. If your Chromebook has a webcam and front-facing digital […]

Sport

Someone please think of the children of Chicago and spare them from Matt Nagy’s coaching

Can Bears’ head coach Matt Nagy do anything right? The supposed “offensive genius” currently has Chicago ranking second to last in total offense — more than 20 yards behind the third-worst team, Seattle — and tied WITH DETROIT for the third-fewest points scored in the NFL this season. Nagy has more than disappointed… Read more…