from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/30ihSMD https://ift.tt/30kPklq
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Twitter removed 130 Iran-linked accounts during last night's debate
from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/30ihSMD https://ift.tt/30kPklq
Google's 'Hold for Me' Assistant feature appears first on new Pixel phones
from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/3l33csw https://ift.tt/33g6Xos
Chromecast with Google TV vs the “old” Chromecast series
via Android Authority https://ift.tt/34aAejP
Google says the Pixel’s Soli radar and Motion Sense will return
Image: Google
Google’s $799 Pixel 4 had built-in radar. The new $699 Pixel 5 does not — it ditches the sensor-laden forehead of its predecessor entirely in favor of thinner bezels and a hole-punch camera, like the $349 Pixel 4a before it. The result is more screen, but Google’s “Motion Sense” gestures and its answer to Apple’s Face ID are totally gone.
But Google hardware boss Rick Osterloh tells The Verge that the Project Soli radar and gestures will return. “They’ll be used in the future,” he says. They were just too expensive for the phone that Google wanted to build this time.
(He didn’t say whether they’d appear in a new phone, specifically; a recent FCC filing suggests they might come to a new Nest thermostat as well.)
from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2ELqNyq https://ift.tt/2GlqlYm
The just-announced Pixel 5 has somehow already been unboxed
The Pixel 5, Google’s latest Android flagship, was just announced today, and someone on YouTube has already posted an unboxing video of the new device ahead of its release (via 9to5Google).
What’s in the box is fairly standard — there’s the phone itself, as well as a charger, a USB-C to USB-C cable, and a USB-C to USB-A converter. The YouTube user who has the phone, who goes by the name Sergiu, does power it on, giving us a look at the phone’s 6-inch 2340 x 1080 OLED screen and 8-megapixel hole-punch selfie camera. Sergiu doesn’t use the phone all that much in the video, though, sticking mostly to the phone’s home screen.
Sergiu also zooms in on back of the Pixel 5, showing the phone’s aluminum back, fingerprint sensor, and square...
from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3jjLssD https://ift.tt/33fcX0G
Facebook has removed more than 6,500 militia groups and pages
from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/3jk2Hd4 https://ift.tt/2ChGGLV
Seattle law will force Uber and Lyft to pay drivers a minimum hourly wage
from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/3ig29Uy https://ift.tt/3kRZthw
AirVPN review: Good speeds and full of stats
via PCWorld https://ift.tt/36pAAG5 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Huawei Mate 40 Pro: Everything we know so far and what we want to see (Update)
via Android Authority https://ift.tt/2BLIZpM
Why Coinbase will struggle to ban politics from the workplace
Illustration by William Joel / The Verge
Programming note: There’s a presidential debate tonight! Here’s how to watch it online. And here’s Politico’s handy “pre-bunk” of 10 lies you’re likely to hear at the debate.
If there is a manager in your life, there is a good chance that they are miserable right now.
They are miserable for the reasons everyone is miserable: the pandemic; quarantine; the challenges of working from home while raising children; the steady erosion of American democracy. But unlike us working stiffs, managers are miserable for another reason: their employees are miserable, too — and worse, they expect the managers to do something about it.
In July I wrote about how a surge of employee activism inside tech companies was beginning to remake the relationship...
from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/33fUDEU https://ift.tt/36ihNwf
Twitter will add voice tweet transcriptions following criticism over accessibility
from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/3jhyv2s https://ift.tt/33fInEn
YoSmart YoLink Hub review: A robust, long-range solution for smart home control
via PCWorld https://ift.tt/34adQa9 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
3 ways gaming phones excel: You don't get this in an iPhone or Galaxy
via PCWorld https://ift.tt/3ijIC5o https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Last minute Pixel 5 images hint at a departure from huge flagships
via Android Authority https://ift.tt/3n5FUnB
Realme 7 series is heading to Europe with one key difference
via Android Authority https://ift.tt/36jhtgP
Amazon starts offering virtual classes and sightseeing tours via new Explore platform
Image: Amazon
Amazon has launched Explore, a new platform which it promises will let you “explore anything from lessons to landmarks.” It works via a video stream, with tour guides, instructors, and personal shoppers providing one-on-one sessions. Amazon says the video is one-way, meaning only the host is on camera during the virtual experience, but the audio is two-way so you can ask questions and make requests.
The Explore page provides an idea of the range of experiences on offer. These include relatively cheap sessions like a $10, 40-minute virtual shopping experience in Ridgeland, USA, to a 45-minute virtual tour of a mansion in Lima, Peru for $70, or a $129 bagel cooking class. In some cases Amazon lists ingredients and supplies to buy before a...
from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3ihHOOm https://ift.tt/36fGmtH
Ford makes the 2021 Mustang Mach-E a little cheaper
from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/344fdac https://ift.tt/3jhc7Gq
Amazfit Neo is a budget smartwatch in a retro body (Update: India launch!)
via Android Authority https://ift.tt/3ijiDw0
The FCC's new anti-robocall rules prevent surprise charges for consumers
from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/3l5bNLz https://ift.tt/3giiQ0l
Report: US could sue Google for search, advertising dominance
via Android Authority https://ift.tt/3l27rEC
The Poco X3 makes a big trade-off in India, but is it for the best?
via Android Authority https://ift.tt/3kvv3S2
Tuesday, 29 September 2020
Google Meet's 60-minute limit on free calls won't kick in until 2021
from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2Sa33Y7 https://ift.tt/3ihavuQ
What's on TV: 'Super Mario,' 'Star Wars: Squadrons' and 'Walking Dead'
from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/3cJdOKc https://ift.tt/2Gjjv5u
911 outages have become a fact of life — are we even fixing this?
In 2014, after what we described as “frequent failures,” a previous administration’s FCC attempted to change how the United States’ emergency 911 system works, including making it clear who’s responsible when multiple states inexplicably lose the ability to dial 911 at once.
Some of that accountability might have come in handy this week — because we still don’t know what caused yesterday’s 911 outage. And it’s not clear anything would change even if we knew.
Yesterday, 911 services reportedly disappeared in at least 14 states nationwide, some for as long as an hour and a half. Police departments and public safety agencies across the country had to hand out alternative numbers to call — and in some cases, warn residents not to dial 911...
from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/33fZAgR https://ift.tt/30jGQvc
Apple outage affects App Store, Apple Music, Apple TV Plus, iCloud, Photos and more
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Many Apple services were hit by outages Tuesday evening, including the App Store, Apple Music, Apple TV Plus, and Apple Arcade, according to Apple’s system status page. For all of the affected services, Apple vaguely says that “some users are affected.” However, as we were writing this article, some of the services were upgraded from being affected by an “issue” to having a full-on “outage.”
Here is the full list of affected services:
- Find My
- Game Center
- iCloud Account & Sign In
- iCloud Backup
- iCloud Calendar
- iCloud Contacts
- iCloud Mail
- iCloud Web Apps (iCloud.com)
- iWork for iCloud
- Photos
- Apple Arcade
- Apple Music
- Apple Music radio
- Apple TV Plus
- Radio
- App Store
- Apple Books
Apple didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment.
Apple...
from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3i9JedS https://ift.tt/3kWIdrp
Apple outage is causing iCloud, App Store, Music and TV+ problems
from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/36hlVfZ https://ift.tt/3jaI9DX
Twitter’s voice tweets are rolling out to more iOS users, and transcriptions are on the way
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Twitter has just expanded its voice tweets feature, which lets you record a snippet of audio to include with a tweet, to more users on iOS. But perhaps more significantly, Twitter is now saying it plans to add transcriptions to voice tweets to improve accessibility, which could help address criticisms from the feature’s June 17th launch.
If you want to get an idea of how voice tweets work right now, just press play on the below tweet to hear a voice clip from my colleague Tom Warren. There’s currently no way to see captions or a transcription of what he’s saying. (Note: Tom is not actually sharing exclusive next-gen console news.)
Twitter just launched voice tweets. Here’s some exclusive next-gen console news p...
from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3kWC926 https://ift.tt/3n4Bei4
Cyberpunk 2077 dev breaks promise, will force employees to work six days a week
Image: CD Projekt Red
Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red has told employees that six-day workweeks will be mandatory ahead of the game’s November 19th release date, even though the studio has repeatedly and explicitly promised it would never do that, Bloomberg reports.
On two separate occasions in 2019, studio co-founder Marcin Iwiński told game journalist Jason Schreier how it would address crunch, once even saying that “we want to be more humane and treat people with respect.” It seemed pretty clear from excerpts like this that mandatory crunch was not going to be part of it!
Jason: If I’m a designer at CD Projekt Red and I say you know what I have kids, I have a family, I’m going to work from 10am to 6pm every day, and that’s it. Even until the...
from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2G1CS3p https://ift.tt/3cJSwfB
'Pokémon Go' will roll back some of its COVID-19-related changes
from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2Ge1VAf https://ift.tt/36gFXXN
The first foldable PC is here: Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold goes on preorder
via PCWorld https://ift.tt/3cFV26p https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Lenovo ThinkBooks offer Intel or AMD CPUs and a few surprising features
via PCWorld https://ift.tt/36hUl1V https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Lenovo starts taking pre-orders for the world’s first foldable PC
via Android Authority https://ift.tt/3icMOUK
Running Stadia on iOS gets a lot easier with Stadium workaround
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
A new browser app which you can download directly from the App Store provides a relatively simple way to play Google Stadia on iPhones and iPads, Engadget reports. Apple’s rules currently mean that game streaming services like Stadia, xCloud, and GeForce Now are not yet officially available on iOS or iPadOS.
The app, Stadium, isn’t the first workaround that’s managed to get Stadia running on Apple’s mobile devices, but it makes the whole process a lot simpler. Its developer, u/zmknox, outlines how the process works in a Reddit post here. It’s as easy as downloading the app, entering a few details, and logging into your Google account. Other Reddit users have previously reported being able to use existing browsers to achieve the same...
from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3jbSDTG https://ift.tt/2G2p4pk
Polaris and Zero Motorcycles are teaming up to make electric off-road vehicles and snowmobiles
Xinhua/Zou Zheng via Getty Images
Minnesota-based power sports outfit Polaris is teaming up with Zero Motorcycles to co-develop electric vehicles, including ATVs and snowmobiles. The two companies have signed an “exclusive, 10-year agreement,” which Polaris said will help kick off an effort to have an electric version of every vehicle type the company offers by 2025.
Polaris makes a variety of off-road vehicles, including the popular RZR lineup as well as garish three-wheelers like the Slingshot. It also owns Indian Motorcycle, which it acquired in 2011. California-based Zero, which was founded in 2006, currently has nine electric motorcycles in its product lineup, including the recently released SR/S. Both companies hope to seize upon what they think has been an...
from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3l0ZbFb https://ift.tt/3ienKg3
Amazon One lets you pay with your palm
Amazon One reader. | Amazon
Amazon is unveiling its own palm recognition technology today that will be used initially to turn your hand into a personal credit card inside the company’s physical retail stores. Amazon One uses the palm of your hand to identify you, using a combination of surface-area details like lines and ridges, alongside vein patterns to create a “palm signature.”
At first, this palm signature will be used in Amazon’s own Go stores in Seattle, and the company also plans to add Amazon One to other Amazon stores in the coming months. Amazon One usage will eventually extend beyond just palm-based payments. “We believe Amazon One has broad applicability beyond our retail stores, so we also plan to offer the service to third parties like retailers,...
from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2SaCl1g https://ift.tt/3i7rwrq
Scientists find evidence of multiple underground lakes on Mars
from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2Gc3crn https://ift.tt/30faYYg
Everything Xiaomi announced at its Smarter Living event
via Android Authority https://ift.tt/339pVx5
Xiaomi’s new India products include a speaker, a soap dispenser, and shoes
Xiaomi has announced a wide range of new products for India under the tagline “smarter living,” further pushing the devices in its ecosystem beyond smartphones. Some of them have already gone on sale in China in altered form, but they’re all new for India.
First up is the Mi Watch Revolve, which looks very similar to a product sold in China as the Mi Watch Color, which was itself almost identical to the Amazfit GTR. The Revolve has a 1.39-inch round OLED screen with 326 ppi, and Xiaomi is claiming up to a week’s battery life.
It’s not clear what software the Revolve is running, but in screenshots it looks similar to what ships on Amazfit watches like the T-rex, and it certainly isn’t Wear OS. Amazfit is part of Xiaomi’s ecosystem, so...
from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3n0186m https://ift.tt/3cGnEfT
Noise cancellation comes to Google Meet on Android and iOS
from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/3iaIuoY https://ift.tt/2EGyZ2X
Nissan's Re-Leaf prototype is a mobile power supply for disaster response
from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2Gm1Sln https://ift.tt/3jdQDdw
Xiaomi launches massive 82-inch 8K TV with mini-LED tech, 5G connectivity
via Android Authority https://ift.tt/339hOR3
When will your phone get the Android 11 update? (Updated September 29)
via Android Authority https://ift.tt/32cIRL0
Monday, 28 September 2020
Adobe Lightroom is getting cinema-style color grading
Adobe is adding a new advanced color grading feature to Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, and Camera Raw, bringing a tool more commonly associated with cinema editing to its pro photography apps.
Lightroom will now have a new color grading panel similar to the Lumetri panel from Adobe’s Premiere Pro video editor, letting you separate out midtones from shadows and highlights with a new three-wheel system. There’s also a global luminance wheel and a blending slider.
Adobe hasn’t said when the new color grading features will be available, but in the video above, Pei Ketron from Adobe’s Lightroom team says there’ll be more information at the company’s virtual Adobe Max conference beginning October 20th.
from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3cFj5Ct https://ift.tt/3l0FNIp
NASA schedules the first Crew Dragon operational flight for Halloween
from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2SeEmJL https://ift.tt/2S4Wmq2
Hyundai's new studio hopes to develop a 'transformer-class' vehicle
from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/34n3Har https://ift.tt/2EG76bh
Microsoft says it has resolved its Microsoft 365 service outage
via PCWorld https://ift.tt/342kbo4 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
TCL rolls out new Roku Ready Alto sound bars with Dolby Atmos
from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/338UAui https://ift.tt/3mZsSIi
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)