Google today announced it will make it easier to install and use third-party app stores with the release of Android 12 next year. From a report: Google also reiterated its existing Payments Policy for in-app purchases of digital goods: Android developers who want to distribute apps and games on Google Play, must use Play’s billing…

Specialty Vehicle Engineering is back at it again with another high-horsepower Yenko creation for Camaro fans. …read more Source:: CNet

In the dawning of the IBM PC era, the computer case was a heavy, stout thing. These were industrial machines, built with beefy paddle power switches, and weighing as much as a ton of bricks. Painted in only the ugliest beige, they set the tone for PC design for the next couple of decades. At…

Think your old tools can’t cut it? Here’s the proof Promo Incident response and detection is a critical part of your security operation – it’s hard to defend against what you can’t see, particularly when your attack surface now extends from on-prem and into the cloud.… …read more Source:: Register

Forget artificial sweeteners. Researchers are now developing new forms of real sugar, to deliver sweetness with fewer calories. But tricking our biology is no easy feat. From a report: Until the late eighteenth century, when sugar production started to become mechanized, most people consumed very little of what nutritionists call “free” or “added” sugars —…

New rules for public sector workers have been introduced this month, where expenses are paid for by employees who choose to operate from home. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Linux on Windows is continuing to grow ever more powerful and functional. Now, graphical Linux programs are being integrated into WSL. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Meet the new XPS 13, XPS 13 Developer Edition and XPS 13 2-in-1. …read more Source:: CNet

Blames market volatility caused by pandemic and US controls over Huawei Kioxia, the flash and SSD fabrication artist formerly known as Toshiba Memory Corp, has called off its initial public offering due next month, citing stock market volatility and the coronavirus outbreak.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

James Ball tells the story of the great co-operative experiment, now commercially captured, that is the internet. …read more Source:: ZDNet