SEC rejects Winklevoss twins’ plan to trade Bitcoin as stock

A plan from the Winklevoss twins that would have allowed stock traders to buy and sell Bitcoin without setting up a personal Bitcoin wallet has been denied by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. In an order handed down on Friday, the commission declared that the unregulated nature of Bitcoin markets would have made the proposed fund too difficult to monitor, and therefore ripe for fraudulent activity.

As The Verge notes, the proposed Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) would have created a common stock fund tied to the price of Bitcoin. Traders who purchased shares of the Bitcoin Trust ETF would be investing in the cryptocurrency’s value, without actually owning — or being able to spend — any Bitcoin themselves. Although experts speculated that the price of Bitcoin would double if the Winklevoss ETF was approved, the price of Bitcoin actually sank dramatically after the SEC’s announcement.

While the SEC ruling is definitely a setback for the currency’s official acceptance, it’s unlikely to have a longterm effect on Bitcoin values overall and several hours after the SEC’s announcement, Bitcoin values had started to bounce back. Meanwhile, two other ETFs that were awaiting an SEC ruling are also unlikely to win approval. “We remain optimistic and committed to bringing COIN to market, and look forward to continuing to work with the SEC staff,” Tyler Winklevoss told CNBC. “We began this journey almost four years ago, and are determined to see it through. We agree with the SEC that regulation and oversight are important to the health of any marketplace and the safety of all investors.”

Source: Coindesk

Nintendo prez discusses Switch docks and left Joy-Con issues

Engadget editors have let you know how we feel after extended time with the Nintendo Switch, and in an interview with Time, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime gave us some updates from within the company. Through its first five days on sale, the Switch continued to be Nintendo’s fastest-selling console ever in the US, but the biggest questions are about issues some owners are experiencing. When it comes to that occasionally-finicky left Joy-Con, Fils-Aime said “all I can tell you is that we are aware of and have seen some of the reports. We’re asking consumers a lot of questions….we’ll look and see what the next steps are.”

Nintendo PR followed up with a statement which mentioned: “There are no widespread technical problems, and all issues are being handled promptly, including the reports regarding the left Joy-Con Bluetooth connection.” We don’t know what this means going forward, but for now, if you’re having problems staying connected we’d recommend calling support instead of trying any DIY repairs.

The exec also spoke to owner’s desire for spare Switch docks, saying that “more will be available shortly,” however, don’t expect a Nintendo-made cable that replaces the dock functionality. The way the company sees it, using the dock protects the console from damage, so making a combo USB-C/HDMI cable that’s easier to carry may fall to a third-party.

Source: Time

5 best Google Home compatible devices you can buy today

Google Home is more than just an internet-connected speaker with a voice assistant. It also works as a smart home hub.

Like the Amazon Echo, Google Assistant on Google Home can control smart home devices, although it doesn’t support as many products. But Amazon has spent a couple years integrating and partnering up with third-party manufacturers, whereas Google Home is not even a year old. So, for those of you who opted for Google’s speaker over Amazon’s, here’s a list of devices that respond to “OK Google”.

• What is Google Home, how does it work, and when can you buy it?
• What is Google Assistant, how does it work, and which devices offer it?
• Google Assistant tips and tricks: Master your Android assistant
• Google Home review: Better than Amazon Echo?

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Nest Thermostat

With Google Assistant on Google Home, you can use your voice to control the temperature in your home, switch between heating and cooling modes, and more. It therefore of course works with Nest Thermostat, a product from Google-owned Nest, which actually sells smart devices other than thermostats. But, for now, Google Home only interfaces with Nest Thermostat.

To adjust the temperature, say “Make it warmer/cooler” or “Raise/lower the temp” or “Raise/lower temp 2 degrees” or “Set the temperature to 72″. To switch heating or cooling modes, say “Turn on the heat/cooling” or “Set the thermostat to cooling/heating” or “Turn thermostat to heat-cool mode”. And to set the mode and temperature, say “Set the heat to 68” or “Set the air conditioning to 70”.

Buy Nest for £199 from Amazon UK or for $249 from Amazon US

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Honeywell

Google Home works with the Total Connect Comfort line of thermostats. If you want to use Lyric thermostats, like the Honeywell Lyric T6R smart thermostat, you’ll need to use a smart hub (like SmartThings) to connect. Check out Google’s FAQ page for more details about using smart hubs with Honeywell products.

Oh, and all the same commands you can use with the Nest Thermostat also work with Honeywell thermostats.

Buy the Honeywell Lyric T6R for £198 from Amazon UK

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Samsung SmartThings

Speaking of SmartThings, Samsung’s family of smart home devices offer compatibility with Google Home. That includes several smart lightbulbs, which you can turn on and off, brighten, and dim, as well as motion sensors, which interface with IFTTT so you can really level-up your home automation. As for the SmartThings hub, it opens Google Home up to even more connected devices.

SmartThings hub devices work with a wide variety of smart home products from brands like Philips, Osram, Leviton, Honeywell, and Ecobee, and because Google Home is compatible with this platform, it ensures that SmartThings users have a non-Echo option for a smart home assistant and speaker device. All you have to do is say “Ok Google” to seamlessly turn on lights, adjust thermostats, and more.

Buy the SmartThings hub for £99 from Amazon UK or for $99 from Amazon US

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Philips Hue Lights

You can use your voice to control the Philips Hue lights around your house without touching a switch. You have the ability to turn lights on or off throughout a house, as well as the option of adjusting their brightness. You can say things like “Turn on <light name>”, “Dim the <light name>”, “Brighten the <light name>”, “Set <light name> to 50 per cent”, “Turn <light name> green”, etc.

Buy the Hue starter kit for £149 from Amazon UK or for $199 from Amazon US

Belkin

Belkin WeMo

If you hook up a compatible hub (again, like SmartThings), the entire WeMo family of devices can be controlled through Google Home. Those of you without a hub will be limited to a few smart plugs and switches.

Browse the Belkin WeMo family of products on Amazon US

Is that it?

Yes. Well, Google Home also works with some smart TVs and streaming devices, including its own Chromecast devices, as well as products from brands like Toshiba, Philips, Sony, Bang & Olufsen, B&O Play, Grundig, and Polk Audio. With Chromecast, you can play YouTube videos, display photos on a TV if you already own the $35 device, and more.

Trump adviser spoke with DNC hacker during the campaign

Roger Stone, an adviser to Donald Trump during his successful presidential campaign, exchanged private messages with Guccifer 2.0, the person (or group) that hacked and leaked documents from the Democratic National Committee in 2016. The DNC hack occurred in July and was followed by multiple other breaches of Democratic party systems.

Stone and Guccifer 2.0 communicated via Twitter private messages in mid-August, according to The Washington Times. The messages were sent about two weeks after Stone published an article on Breitbart claiming Russia didn’t hack the DNC — Guccifer 2.0 did.

The US Intelligence Community found in October that top Russian officials orchestrated the DNC and other hacks throughout the 2016 campaign season, and in January those same officials said they had “high confidence” the Guccifer 2.0 account was a Russian front.

On August 14th, Stone sent Guccifer 2.0 a direct message on Twitter saying he was “delighted” to see the hacker’s account reinstated, The Washington Times says. According to the report, Guccifer 2.0 responded as follows:

“wow. thank u for writing back, and thank u for an article about me!!! do u find anything interesting in the docs i posted?”

Two days later, Stone asked Guccifer 2.0 to retweet a column he had written, the report says. On August 17th, Guccifer 2.0 apparently sent another message to Stone, reading, “i’m pleased to say that u r great man. please tell me if i can help u anyhow. it would be a great pleasure to me.”

As The Hill points out, Stone publicly denied his connection to the Russian-backed hacks in October, after he seemed to predict the leak of emails stolen from Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta. Stone tweeted the following message on August 21st: “Trust me, it will soon the Podesta’s time in the barrel. #CrookedHillary.” Podesta’s emails were made public on October 9th.

Trust me, it will soon the Podesta’s time in the barrel. #CrookedHillary

— Roger Stone (@RogerJStoneJr) August 21, 2016

Stone tells The Washington Times his contact with Guccifer 2.0 was meaningless. “The content of the exchange is, as you can see, completely innocuous and perfunctory,” he said. Stone continued in a later response: “Even if [Guccifer 2.0] is/was a Russian asset, my brief Aug. 14 correspondence with him on twitter comes AFTER I wrote about his role in the DNC hacks (Aug 5) and AFTER Wikileaks released the DNC material. How does one collaborate on a matter after the fact?”

Russia influenced the US presidential election with the intent to have Trump elected, according to the US Intelligence Community, which comprises 16 separate government organizations including the NSA, FBI, CIA and military intelligence branches. Trump campaign advisers and White House staffers have repeatedly denied any contact with Russian officials or hackers throughout the 2016 presidential campaign. However, it’s been found that multiple Trump appointees have deep ties to Russia or communicated directly with Russian authorities throughout the campaign.

Source: The Washington Times

Watch how ‘Alien: Covenant’s’ android is born

Another Alien film, another terrifying android that could spell humanity’s downfall. In Prometheus, we were introduced to Michael Fassbender’s David, a robot who was a bit too curious about the nature of extraterrestrial life. Now Fassbender is back in Alien: Covenant as “Walter,” a slightly tweaked android with one important difference: He has no human emotions. That should make conversation a bit tougher, but hopefully it will prevent him from using his crew as human guinea pigs.

And if you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to buy an android helper of your own, check out the stylish promo below (directed by Ridley Scott’s son Luke). It gives us our first clear glimpse at how androids are born in the series, and it hints at even more trouble when Alien: Covenant hits theaters on May 19th.

Via: Slashfilm

Source: 20th Century Fox (YouTube), Meet Walter

PSVR goes on safari with ‘Virry VR’ nature documentary

Slowly but surely, PlayStation is releasing more non-gaming offerings for the PSVR headset. Next up is Virry VR, an app that wants to put you within arm’s reach of Kenyan wildlife. Among other things, you’ll see rhinos bathing and lions eating according to the European PlayStation Blog. The entirety of the video was filmed at Lewa Downs, a UNESCO heritage site home to elephants, Grevy’s zebras, hyenas and leopards.

From the sounds of it, this isn’t solely a passive experience either. “Virry immerses players in the lives of real animals, encouraging discovery, empathy and problem solving,” the post reads. To aid in building intimacy, the filmmakers apparently used a special camera setup that allowed them to get even closer than usual.

“Most VR footage is filmed using camera rigs which film at a maximum of two meters away from the action. However, Virry VR uses of a special rig allowed action to be recorded just two centimeters from the camera.”

If there’s anything that could affect the immersion though, it’s the PSVR’s lower native resolution. For example, 360-degree YouTube videos don’t look so hot on the headset, so the trailer below likely isn’t an accurate representation of what you’ll experience firsthand.

I’m disappointed to report that it isn’t available in the US PlayStation Store yet, but I’ve reached out to Sony for info about if that’s going to change. Given that remastered versions of PlayStation 2 games have shown up on the European PS Blog prior to the US one, that could be the case here too. Of course, that’s never stopped anyone from creating a PSN account based outside their home region and downloading stuff that way in the past.

Source: PlayStation Blog (Europe)

Delidding AMD’s new Ryzen 7 CPUs just isn’t worth the risk, recent test shows

Why it matters to you

This test proves previous talk that AMD designed its Ryzen desktop processors to be efficient in regard to keeping the chip cool, removing the need to rip off its lid.

Three new AMD desktop processors for enthusiasts are now out: The Ryzen 7 1800X, the 1700X, and the 1700. In a performance-versus-price scenario, the chips are rather cheap compared to Intel-based CPUs offering the same performance for twice the price. But overall, the Ryzen 7 chips aren’t exactly cheap, which is a good reason not to rip their lids off for assumingly better cooling and faster performance.

So why would anyone take the lid off their processor? The practice seemingly started with Intel’s third-generation Ivy Bridge desktop CPUs, as Intel used a cheap thermal interface material (TIM) for transferring the heat from the Integrated Heat Spreader (IHS) to the cooling fan mounted above. The IHS wasn’t soldered to the processor die but positioned using thermal paste and the TIM was simply glued on.

More: Ryzen proves the PC industry can no longer ignore AMD’s comeback

To boost performance, users delidded the processors and either removed the glue so the IHS could sit closer to the processor die, removed the IHS completely, or inserted a high-performance TIM. But the process requires one of two physical means of popping the processor hood — a vice and hammer or using a razor blade. That said, delidding ultimately maximizes cooling and boosts the chip’s speeds.

However, previous reports indicated AMD’s Ryzen processors should not be delidded. The IHS is not only soldered down, but it includes sensors for better temperature management. But that didn’t stop pro-overclocker Der8auer from experimenting with AMD’s Ryzen 7 chips to see if delidding would increase performance due to possible cooler temperatures.

That said, he destroyed two processors before successfully delidding a third. The big roadblock is that there are a lot of components surrounding the CPU die on the printed circuit board including resistors and capacitors. So the first step was to grab a razor blade and carefully go around the IHS to remove the glue. After that, he put the CPU on a heat block to heat up and remove the IHS.

Part two of his video coverage is where he revealed his delidding opinion. He first scratched off a layer of Indium using a razorblade, applied a liquid metal compound directly on the processor die, and then mounted Raijintek’s huge Ereboss cooler onto the CPU for direct metal-to-metal contact. With everything cleaned and mounted, he tested the temperatures.

The conditions of his testing consisted of the chip clocked at 3.9GHz, cores running on 1.3 volts, and a room temperature of 71.78 degrees Fahrenheit:

Maximum
Average
Lidded:
177.98 degrees
169.88 degrees
Delidded:
176.18 degrees
163.22 degrees

As the numbers show, delidding the processor isn’t worth the financial risk of ruining an expensive chip. However, he added that with the lid on, he managed to overclock the chip to 4,000MHz, but not 4,025MHz or 4,050MHz. Yet with the chip delidded, he did manage to achieve 4,025MHz, but he admitted that could have been luck. As it stands now, one degree maximum and three degrees average isn’t enough to justify voiding the warranty and possibly damaging the product

HTC wants U! Everything you need to know about the HTC U Ultra and U Play

Just a few days after the start of 2017, HTC launched two new smartphones, the U Ultra and the U Play. The U Ultra is its major hope for capturing your attention over the coming months, and while the U Play shares a similar look, it’ll likely be a more reasonably priced alternative.

Here’s everything you need to know about the two new HTC phones.

More: Read our first impressions of the HTC U Ultra and U Play here

It’s all about U

HTC U Ultra

What’s with all the U business? HTC is using the letter U everywhere: In the name, in the promotional images, the videos, and in the features itself. The U Ultra and U Play are all about you, due to the inclusion of HTC’s first artificially intelligent assistant, called the Sense Companion.

AI assistants are everywhere at the moment, and HTC’s Sense Companion provides many of the same features we’ve seen elsewhere, but implements them in a different way. For example, instead of it simply telling you the weather when you ask, it’ll tell you to dress warmly. When you’re out and about and it’s the time you normally eat, Sense Companion may recommend a restaurant based on your preferences as you walk by.

Sense Companion has voice recognition that makes use of the four omnidirectional microphones inside the U Ultra’s body, and can be commanded to navigate the phone, make calls, send messages, or turn off alarms. It also integrates with some third-party apps, and machine learning means the Sense Assistant should get more useful the more you use it.

It’s part of both the U Ultra and U Play.

HTC U Ultra

You certainly won’t mistake the U Ultra for any other phone. HTC has used a 3D contoured glass body with what it calls “liquid surface,” and other special processes to make it shimmer, shine, and reflect light in an eye-catching way. It looks fantastic. Like the LG V20, the U Ultra has two displays, a main 5.7-inch Super LCD with a 2560 x 1440 pixel resolution, and a second 2.05-inch screen with a 160 x 1040 pixel resolution above it, where notifications and short cuts are shown.

Android 7.0 Nougat with HTC Sense over the top is the main operating system, and the phone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor and 4GB of RAM. The phone comes with either 64GB or 128GB of internal memory, plus space for a MicroSD card. If you select the 128GB model, it comes with a sapphire glass screen for extra protection against scratches, rather than the Gorilla Glass 5 over the 64GB model.

Audio fans will be sad to note there’s no 3.5mm headphone socket on the device. However, the U Ultra does support hi-res audio files, and comes with USonic, a feature that tailors the sound of your headphones to your ears, enhancing the sound based on the way you should be listening to music.

There are two cameras on the U Ultra. A 12-megapixel UltraPixel 2 cam on the back, with laser autofocus, an f/1.8 aperture, and 4K video recording; while on the front is a 16-megapixel selfie camera with 1080p video recording. Depending on the lighting, the front cam has a 4-megapixel UltraPixel mode, that may help in lowlight situations. Finally, HTC has placed a 3,000mAh battery with Quick Charge 3.0 inside the U Ultra.

HTC U Play

The U Play shares the U Ultra’s gorgeous shimmering glass body, but is smaller and lighter than the flagship model, coming with a 5.2-inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution display, and weighing 145 grams compared to the U Ultra’s 170 grams. You don’t get the second display on the U Play. It also uses the same Android operating system, but the exact version hasn’t been confirmed yet. HTC Sense Companion is onboard ready to help out.

A MediaTek Helio P10 processor with either 3GB or 4GB of RAM powers the phone, with a choice of 32GB or 64GB internal storage. Different regions and carriers will get different versions of the phone, so don’t expect to be able to walk in and choose between them. You may only get one option.

The U Play’s front camera is the same as the U Ultra’s, with 16-megapixels and a 4-megapixel UltraPixel mode; but the 16-megapixel rear camera has an f/2.0 aperture, no laser autofocus, and no 4K video recording. The battery has been reduced in capacity to 2,500mAh, with normal fast charging through a USB Type-C connector.

Where to buy one?

HTC U Ultra

HTC offers the U Ultra through its own online store in the United States. The HTC U Ultra began shipping on March 10 at $750, however the HTC U Play isn’t available just yet.

Prices in the U.K. start at 649 Pounds and we know the U Ultra and U Play will be sold through the Dixons Carphone retail stores, and through Amazon, HTC.com, and Very.co.uk.

Updated on 03-10-2017 by Christian de Looper: Added that HTC U Ultra is now shipping.

Learn Languages VR: Our first take

What if you could have a conversation with someone speaking in a different language, without being spoon fed individual words, whenever and wherever you want? This has long been the holy grail of language, and software has chased it for decades — with marginal success.

Yet there’s new hope to be found in virtual reaility, and Learn Languages VR by Mondly, the company’s first virtual reality application, shows why. In Mondly VR, you don’t interact with an instructor. Instead, you have conversations with a chat bot represented by a variety of digital characters, which asks you questions in the language you have selected.

More: Hands on with DirecTV Now, AT&T’s new streaming service starting at $35

During your conversations you are prompted with common responses to what the character says, and every answer you give is transcribed on screen, so you can see where you messed up. If you answer correctly, a green check mark will hover over the transcription of what you just said. Answer wrong, and the character will repeat the question. Not many human teachers would have this level of patience, but the chatbot is ready to repeat as often as needed.

Learn Languages VR doesn’t stop at chatbots. People learn best through real-world practice, and the application emulates that. You can choose from three VR experiences that test you knowledge — ordering at a restaurant, meeting someone on a train, and checking into a hotel.

So, can you really learn a new language in virtual reality? We gave it a go.

Robot Learning

Mondly is based on a server-side chat bot, which enables the app to speak with you without an actual person feeding it answers. Popular language learning program Rosetta Stone only teaches you new languages in conversations if you schedule a video chat session with one of its tutors. Being able to hear a voice recite a question often times made it easier to understand the pronunciation and context of how to use suggested phrases. And if you are planning to vacation in Barcelona, knowing how to say “can I get a cab” rather than simply a “cab” will certainly help you fit in.

The Mondly experience leverages the immersive quality of VR by the amount of interactivity you can access with just voice and head movements. You stare at the character in your simulation and as you speak, which is a much more natural environment than looking at a book or screen. With just the slightest head movement, you can view and access a transcription of what the chatbot said, see answer suggestions, view English translations, start audio recitations in the selected language, and more.

To get an English translations of suggestions and the chatbot’s answer, you simply hover the cursor over the phrase, and the translation will appear below. Hovering over the speaker icon near any phrase will prompt a voice to recite it back in the selected language. This helps pick up the nuances of languages predicated on vocal inflections, such as Japanese. But, sometimes the app accepts an answer that correctly pronounces a part of the phrase with a different inflection, if the app feels you got the gist of the response across.

Can You Hear Me Now?

The most important part of Mondly is not how intelligent it is, but how well it can hear. Learn Languages VR relies on the illusion of conversing with a person, and that means constant coordination between audio and visual components in order to make you feel like you are somewhere you actually are not. If you are learning a new language in VR, any noticeable lag or miscommunication between you and the instructor means the illusion is gone, which destroys the experience.

“The toughest challenge was to make the speech interaction feel natural in VR.”

“The toughest challenge was to make the speech interaction feel natural in VR,” Mondly co-founder Alexandru Iliescu wrote in a press release for the app. The primacy of sound to the experience is paramount. Before each experience you are prompted to remain quiet as Mondly’s voice detection system calibrates the microphone to the room’s background noise in order to ignore unintended sounds. I used Mondly in a silent office space and in a communal area with constant chatter around, and noticed no difference in the voice recognition.

Even so, the software has some issues to work out. Mondly’s voice recognition is consistently perfect…as long as it’s asked to handle phrases just a few words long. While trying to ask for a beer at a virtual restaurant in French, I could see only parts of my response transcribed.

Seeing the app wasn’t working, We decided to slowly say the sentence word-by-word to see if I was jumbling the pronunciation. When we did, the app displayed different words than what I was speaking, consistently. I yelled “Bier” in French 4 times, and was met “Heir.” Eventually, we gave up.

Too Smart To Teach

Mondly teaching you how to speak a different language through conversations is a double-edged sword. It is a crash course on context, verb tenses, and pronunciation in a language you probably never spoke before. The learning curve can be steep, and the app tends to throw users into the deep end before teaching them to swim.

We found a lesson might start with a simple phrase, then follow up by asking us to recite an eight word sentence introducing ourselves. This seems to make the app most useful to those who can read the language they wish to learn, but don’t know how to form sentences. Those Spanish classes you took in high school could come in handy.

Each experience yields different levels of difficulty, as well. We talked through a light conversation on the train in German without much trouble. Trying to reserve a room with a shower was considerably more complex. After numerous failed attempts at complete phrases, we would repeat each word of the phrase, one by one, to see which words were correct or not. The recognition issues already we mentioned earlier made this process even more arduous.

Mondly is not for beginners, and may not be developed enough for those who just want to brush up on their other languages. It does not necessarily teach you a new language as much as it helps you learn a new language. The average instructor would help you learn words — the building blocks of most languages — before jumping into full sentences.

In the end, Learn Languages VR by Mondly will frustrate you, but if you stick through it, you’ll learn a thing or two. The app is free to download in the Oculus Store for the Samsung Gear VR.

Highs

• Wide variety of languages to choose from at launch
• Can detect voice even in noisy enviornments
• Intuitive controls

Lows

• Voice detection accuracy needs work
• Doesn’t provide language fundamentals

Chrome 57 catches up with Firefox, now supports WebAssembly

Why it matters to you

You’re now one step closer to faster and smaller web apps as Chrome 57 follows Firefox 52 with WebAssembly support.

WebAssembly is a portable code format under development that aims to speed up web apps and create support for cross-browser languages other than JavaScript. Apps created with WebAssembly should run faster and use less code, allowing for faster delivery.

Firefox 52 was recently released with support for WebAssembly and now Google released Chrome 57 with support for the same. WebAssembly support was available in beta versions of Chrome and now it is available to everyone, Liliputing reports.

More: Firefox browser adds WebAssembly support, disables plugin support and prevents fake ‘secure’ cookies

If you want to check out what WebAssembly is capable of accomplishing, then you can fire up Chrome or Firefox and play some games. Tanks! Demo and Cube 2 are two examples, but make sure your browser has updated first before attempting to run either of them. Otherwise, you will get either a crash or an error message.

Chrome 57 also supports the new CSS Grid Layout specification, which makes it easier for web designers to create two-dimensional layouts using grids. Intended to provide for responsive user interface designs, the new layout allows grid elements to span multiple columns or rows. Developers can name CSS grid regions, which should make it easier for others to understand the layout code used to develop web pages.

Google also fixed up the usual bugs in the latest version of Chrome and enhanced some features in Chrome for Android. For example, progressive web apps can now be added to the Android home screen and app drawer, and Google has added a new Media Session API letting developers create custom media notifications that allow for handling media-related events like seeking through or changing tracks.

To get the latest version of Chrome, go to the menu and select Help > About Google Chrome. You will be looking for version 57.0.2987.98. If you were using Chrome when the update was installed, then you will need to relaunch to switch to the new version.