Google Maps Getting Improved COVID Layer, Google Assistant Driving Mode, and More Google is rolling out a new update to Google Maps to help users travel safely during the holiday season. The update brings more information to the COVID layer, live status of takeout and delivery orders, an early preview of Assistant driving mode, and more. Improved COVID layer In September,Google Maps gained a COVID layerthat shows weekly averages of new COVID cases across 220 countries....

Google Released Apple M1-optimized Version of Chrome but Pulled it Due to Crashes Apple’s new Macs with M1 chips are now out there in the world, and that means developers are hard at work porting their x86 Intel apps to ARM in order to make them run natively on the newMacBook Air,MacBook Pro, andMac Mini. Yesterday, Adobe released aPhotoshop beta with support for ARM processors, and Google has followed suit. The Mountain View giant released an M1 optimized version of the popular browser for the new Macs....

Instagram Enables Keyword Search; Expands ‘Guides’ to All Users In a move that is expected to significantly increase the scope of the search functionality on the platform,Instagramis letting users find content by keywords for the first time. According toThe Verge, the feature isrolling outto all users in six countries, including the UK, US, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. It will, however, only be available in English, with no definitive timeline on when it might be rolled out in other regions and in more languages....

iPhone 12 Pro Max Gets ‘Best Smartphone Display’ Award; Sets 11 Records Display panel calibration and optimization service,DisplayMate, has awardediPhone 12 Pro Maxthe ‘Best Smartphone Display’ award for notching up its ‘Highest ever display performance grade of A+’. A detailed review of the phone’s Super Retina XDR display by the company further revealed that iteither matched or bettered 11 smartphone display performance records, possibly making it one of the bests in its category....

Microsoft Announces ‘Pluton’ Security Processor for Windows PCs Microsofthas today announced that it’s making a new ‘Pluton’ security processor for Windows PCs to improve security and threat protection for users. The company is developing the new processor in partnership withAMD, Intel, and Qualcomm, which means when it actually becomes available, it should be present on almost every Windows PC, including ARM based systems running Qualcomm’s processors such as the 8cx or the SQ1/ SQ2 chipsets in theSurface Pro X....

Microsoft Edge Canary and Dev Now Syncs History and Open Tabs Across Devices Ever since Microsoft releasedEdge browser based on Chromium, users have been waiting for the company to add support for history sync across devices. After testing with a limited set of Edge Canary insiders in October, Microsoft has finally started rolling out the feature with the latest Canary and Dev builds of Edge. Alongside history sync,you will notice a new ‘Tabs from other devices’ sectionthat lets you seamlessly pick up right where you left off, across Edge onWindows,macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android....

Oppo Find X3 with True 10-Bit Color Support for Camera & Display Arrives in 2021 After showing off its crazyrollable concept phoneat INNO Day 2020, Oppo has now started talking about its next flagship smartphone. It will be the Find X3 series that arrives in 2021 and we have learned about a notable feature of this smartphone. The Oppo Find X3 will be the first to arrive with a full DCI-P3 wide color gamut and true 10-bit color depth support....