Microsoft’s Windows-flavored Android 12L arrives on the Surface Duo

Image: Microsoft The Microsoft Surface Duo is getting Windows-like UI tweaks, as well as the improvements that come with Android 12L, an operating system built specifically for devices with larger screens. In an update on its blog, Microsoft shared some of the changes coming to its folding phone, which include revamped icons, colors, and controls…

After complaints, Volkswagen will ditch capacitive steering wheel controls

Enlarge / The offending wheel in question. (credit: Volkswagen) It can sometimes feel like the arc of progress only moves in one direction and that it’s always making our lives worse. As car makers get turned on to technology—pushed by customers begging to see smartphone-like features in their cars—we’ve been foisted some clangers, like pure…

NASA’s new investigation seeks to explain unusual phenomena in the sky

The panel has nine months will focus solely on unclassified data. Deposit Photos NASA’s independent study into Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs) begins today, and we have the names of the 16 people comprising the team. First announced in June, the task force is charged with identifying how unclassified data gathered by civilians, government entities, commercial…

What does Instacart’s supposedly delayed IPO teach us about how unicorns think?

Instacart has left us IPO nerds feeling whiplashed. Late last week, Reuters reported that the American grocery delivery and technology company might probably shelve its IPO until next year. The richly valued startup was poised to become the splashiest public offering of the year in the United States, but now it appears we won’t get…

Arrival restructures (again), Bird shrinks and highlights from Disrupt

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