Apple has released detailed mobility datagleaned from its Maps app that dramatically shows how the public's walking, driving and public transit use has changed amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

We&re traveling a lot less

The information shows huge reductions in travel taken across most countries and larger cities globally.In London, people are using public transit 89% less frequently than they were before, the data shows, while in San Francisco transit travel has fallen 84%.

Apple published this information to provide government and health authorities with information that may help them make informed decisions during the pandemic, the company said.

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Chromebooks started out all about simplicity. Lately, though, they've gotten kinda complicated.

Maybe it's an inevitable side effect of growth — or maybe just the piecemeal manner in which Google's Chrome OS platform has expanded — but Chromebooks today have so many program-running possibilities, it's damn near impossible to keep 'em straight. The computers can still run web apps, of course, just like in their earliest days, but they also now support the similar-looking-but-more-powerfulprogressive web apps, the on-their-way-out-but-still-present Chrome apps, the familiar-from-your-phone Android apps, and even the clunky-but-capableLinux apps. Sheesh!

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