The days of sprawling, never-ending experimental projects might be over for the tech titans. Microsoft is making one of the biggest pushes in their decades-long history to make Windows run about the same on multiple devices. Apple already has a streamlined interface for iOS devices, and the Mac is catching up with syncing services that actually work.

Today at their annual Google IO conference in San Francisco, the search giant announced Android M as a maintenance release that will refine the more radical interface changes they’ve made over the past year. New VR tech that uses a cardboard design you can make on your own enhances and tweaks rather than radically redefines.

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