Apple recently showcased the MacBook Pro featuring a brand new Touch Bar, which looks to offer contextual shortcuts depending on the app currently in use. However, while the Touch Bar is a ...

While the Touch Bar offers a virtual Escape key, it's located in a different place, and depending on the app in use, isn't even always visible.

You could previously remap the functions for the caps lock, control, option, or command keys. It is, however, the first time that you can remap the Escape key without using a third-party utility.

You may not want to use Control or Option, either, for the same reason. In my example, I’m reassigning the Caps Lock key to be my new Escape key.

Google engineers are planning to change how the Escape key works in the Chrome browser, and it's all being done as part of a security-focused change meant to make it harder for shady sites to open ...