Google WiFi updated with site blocking and family controls

Google WiFi is already one of the most powerful and innovative MESH router systems and it just got better specially for families of young children. A recent update enables blocking websites with violent or suggestive content. The update also adds the ability to add Scheduled Pauses for bedtime and distraction-free moments (meals, homework time). 

Google Wifi’s site blocking feature can automatically block millions of sexually explicit websites from your kids’ devices with Google’s SafeSearch technology.

Microsoft launches Surface Book 2 with 13 and 15-inch variants and USB Type-C

Just in time for the release of the Windows 10 Creator's Update Fall Edition, Microsoft has updated its Surface Book line of detacheable 2-in-1 flagships. Featuring the latest Intel processors, a range of video cards and now a choice between 13 and 15-inch models. The new Surface Book 2 models also adopt USB Type-C connectors which are quickly becoming the industry standard. Canadian pricing and availability remains a mystery as of the time of this post.

Hands on with Microsoft 'Mixed Reality'

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

I recently tried Microsoft's new 'Mixed Reality' experience which was demoed with Acer's new headset and hand controller which was connected to a gaming notebook. 

Windows Mixed Reality capabilities are coming to Windows 10 Fall Creators update, but you need to be running a 7th generation Intel Core processor at the very minimum, which means most Windows users will likely need to upgrade to be able to take advantage of this feature.

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Walt Mossberg to write a book focusing on the personal tech revolution

Photo by James Bareham / The Verge

Renowned American tech journalist Walt Mossberg is bring his many years of experience into one book. Mossberg signed a deal with St. Martin’s Press to write about the ascent of tech in the past 40 years and what we can expect in the coming decade. Tim Bartlett will serve as his editor and he plans to release the book in the early fall of 2019. Mossberg says his final column with The Verge is “not a bad outline” for the book.

It’ll focus on how our important personal tech devices—like laptops, phones, the iPod, and e-readers—has affected “the world at every level, in every walk of life,” despite these being less than 40 years old. The book will also feature stories from the people behind these products, some will be tales Mossberg hasn’t told before. He won’t focus on successes but will also look into products that were flops but were considered important for the industry. He also wants to highlight the responsibility the tech companies have now. Mossberg tells The Verge, “I’ve been preaching privacy, security, and fairness to consumers for a long time. I think you can do that and also say these things are cool and useful.”