The Verge | HarmonyOS is a strategically important project for Huawei, as it could serve as a bulwark against sanctions prohibiting the Chinese giant from doing business with American companies. Huawei is currently forced to ship its Android-based phones without Google services, crippling its app ecosystem and functionality for users outside China.

BetterCloud Monitor | Confidential and personal identification data leaks happen more often than you think. It’s the email containing personal information that got sent to the wrong person. Or it’s a restaurant’s proprietary recipes stored in Box with public file sharing settings. Time for automated content scanning for sensitive data.

Ars Technica | Apple has announced the date for its next big product reveal event: September 15. As usual, the company is saying nothing at all about what to expect from it, but likely new product launches this fall include new 5G iPhones, new Apple Watch models, and an Apple Silicon-equipped Mac of some kind.

ZDNet | For those wondering whether Microsoft might proceed with its usual fall Surface hardware launch, it's looking like the answer is yes. And one of the new PCs likely to headline the potential October 2020 virtual launch event is a 12.5-inch, Intel Core i5-based clamshell laptop codenamed "Sparti."

OnMSFT | Nothing is worse than putting all of your hard work into an Excel notebook, only to see that it didn’t save as you close the app. Often, you’d think this means your file is gone for good, but did you know that you can still recover it?

MakeUseOf | Plugged your external hard disk drive into your computer and noticed it's slower than it used to be? Here are the potential causes and how to fix the issue.

BetterCloud Monitor | Last week was another busy week for Google. G Suite received a number of updates ranging from new filtering options for audit logs and usage reports to more robust moderator capabilities for Education users. Learn more about these new features and more in the links.