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  This is the 2022 Honda Civic sedan, the 11th generation of car to bear the Civic nameplate. [credit: Honda ]

In the past, I have been guilty of comparing the Honda Civic's looks to starfighters and Gundams. For that I'm sorry, and it definitely won't happen any more. That's because there's a new Honda Civic on the way, the 11th generation to bear the nameplate. And this one looks more grown-up and less like it might transform into a robot, at least based on the photos of the Civic sedan that Honda has shared with us.

The new vehicle is a complete redesign of Honda's bestseller, which dare I say looks Audi-like from some angles? Honda exhorts that the key to the new Civic's looks is the fact that the A pillars have moved about two inches rearwards, which extends the hood while also visually connecting the pillar to the front wheel hub. The new body shell is stiffer than before, which  makes it handle and ride better, with less road and wind noise.

The interior is similarly all-new, with a strip of honeycomb mesh across the dash which cleverly conceals the air vents. As with the previous Civic, Honda has opted for a traditional transmission lever as opposed to the push buttons that you'll find in many of its other vehicles.

Apple CEO Tim Cook announcing new products in the company's April 20, 2021, livestream. (credit: Nathan Mattise)

Apple released its Q2 2021 earnings report to investors today after the bell, and it was another huge year—so huge, in fact, that investors are concerned it's not sustainable as the world enters a new, later phase of the pandemic.

Revenue for the quarter was $89.58 billion, a record for the March quarter, and up 54 percent year-over-year. The number surpassed investors' and analysts' predictions and expectations leading up to the report. Gross margin was 42.5 percent.

Apple reported double-digit growth in every product category. Mac and iPad revenue were up 70.1 percent and 78.9 percent from last year ($9.10 billion and $7.8 billion, respectively), and the iPhone was up 65.5 percent (to $47.94 billion). Both Apple CEO Tim Cook and analysts have called the iPhone 12 launch a "super cycle," in which adoption, upgrades, and sales are particularly strong due to various factors.

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  Rumor has it Calibri is already working on its goodbye note. [credit: Nathan Mattise ]

In tech, all good defaults (that aren't the Mac startup chime, at least) must some day come to an end. Today, Microsoft announced its Office font since 2007—the everyman sans serif, Calibri—would soon join Clippy, Internet Explorer, and the Windows 8 Start button in the big Windows graveyard in the sky.

"Calibri has been the default font for all things Microsoft since 2007, when it stepped in to replace Times New Roman across Microsoft Office," the Microsoft Design Team opined in Calibri's de facto obit. "It has served us all well, but we believe it's time to evolve."

Microsoft is now on the hunt for tech's next great default font. Rather than going the reality competition route and opening up the search to any old handwritten font family, the company has commissioned five custom fonts that will now vie for this cushy gig.