Since news of Apple being set on eliminating the 3.5mm audio jack, in the upcoming iPhone 7, and possibly in future iterations of more devices, the company has gained its fair share of attention, as it’s making it abundantly clear that music is very high up in Apple’s agenda, for 2016.

Intel Authenticate, is a technology announced recently, which will be integral part of the next generation Intel chips designed to power the next generation PCs for enterprise customers. The new chips will harbor as many as four built-in secure authentication methods, making the upcoming CPUs the first with built-in hardware-based four-factor authentication.

A patent for a stylus charging mechanism, was filed by Microsoft on New Year’s Eve 2015, suggesting that future iterations of the Surface Pen will replace the current design powered by triple-A button-cell batteries, with a rechargeable, Lithium battery.

Since version 10.0.342 of the Surface App, the configuration screen that allows to manage the Surface Pen settings, Microsoft has added some interesting functionality, especially to those used to similar advanced stylus products like Cintiq or Bamboo.