New iPhone 15 Pro camera’s Portrait mode cat photography is blowing my mind
Portrait mode enhancements on iPhone 15 make pet photography on iPhone better than ever before.
Read MorePortrait mode enhancements on iPhone 15 make pet photography on iPhone better than ever before.
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Intel has teased a “Windows refresh” for 2024 which it hopes will boost its revenues. During Citi’s analyst conference last month Intel CFO David Zinsner discussed a Windows refresh next year, suggesting that consumers might upgrade their PCs because of a new release of Windows. “We actually
Read MoreJava software and services provider Azul has added a code inventory capability to identify “dead” code via its Azul Vulnerability Protection agentless cloud service for Java applications. Introduced October 4 and available now at no additional cost to Azul Vulnerability Detection users, the Code Inventory feature offers developers and devops teams a catalog of source
Read MoreThe Google Pixel Watch 2 is now official, with pre-orders starting immediately. Google’s latest watch has a lot in common with its predecessor, though it adds several new sensors and improvements. Can it stand against the mighty Apple Watch? Let’s take a closer look at how they stack up in this Google Pixel Watch 2
Read MoreBloomberg: A look at SoftBank-owned PayPay, which holds a two-thirds share of the QR-code payments market in Japan and could be next in the conglomerate’s IPO pipeline — – Firm chases gross merchant value growth of over 30% this year — PayPay seen to be next in SoftBank’s arsenal of possible IPOs
Read MoreA “friendlier” front for racist extremism has spread rapidly across the US in recent months, as active club channels network on Telegram’s encrypted messaging app.
Read MoreThe new extensions released for Google’s chatbot are clunky, but they might be helpful with a hefty dose of patience.
Read MoreCNBC: Several users on Seller Central, Amazon’s forum for merchants, welcomed the FTC’s lawsuit against the company, while others remain skeptical about its outcome — – Amazon’s massive third-party seller base anxiously anticipated the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust complaint, which was years in the making.
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Political advertisers have raised concerns about X’s Community Notes after major brands like Apple, Samsung, and Uber had critical notes attached to their ads — Major brands including Apple and Samsung have had critical notes attached to ads. Political advertisers have raised concerns about the tool heading into campaign season.
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: AllianceBernstein: Netflix has ~6.5M subscribers in India, Prime Video has 20M, and Disney+ Hotstar has 40M+; Netflix’s slow growth due to lack of local content — Netflix has “not succeeded” in scaling up its business in India despite the global streaming giant consistently lowering …
Read MoreSean Hollister / The Verge: Even though the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro have the same Tensor G3 chip, features like Night Sight Video and enhanced Magic Eraser are exclusive to the Pixel 8 Pro — I can’t believe Google finally did it. I’m still in disbelief. … It’s unheard of. It’s historic.
Read MoreA common hacker upgrade to an espresso machine is to improve stability and performance with a better temperature controller, but [Schematix]’s Smart Coffee project doesn’t stop there. It entirely replaces the machine’s controller and provides an optional array of improvements for a variety of single-boiler machines (which is most of them). Smart Coffee isn’t free,
Read MoreIf you like math, you should enjoy [kynd’s] page about simulating fluid in p5.js. You might still enjoy the pretty colors and shapes if you aren’t into math. What’s scary is that the page promises to have as little math as possible, but there’s still quite a bit. Of course, we are sure you could
Read MoreReuters: The Delhi police accuse Xiaomi, Vivo, and others of helping transfer funds illegally to news outlet NewsClick, which is accused of spreading Chinese propaganda — Indian police have formally accused Chinese smartphone makers Xiaomi Corp and Vivo Mobile of helping transfer funds illegally …
Read MoreZhao Yuanyuan / The China Project: Genshin Impact developer miHoYo has made two short-lived attempts since August to set up a payment system for iOS users, to avoid Apple’s 30% App Store cut — The Chinese developer behind juggernaut mobile game Genshin Impact has tried — and failed — twice to create its own micropayment
Read MoreTake it from us, insomnia is no joke. But the wee hours can have a great effect on creativity, and if you’ve got a project in mind, doing that is way better than just sitting around, zoning out to infomercials and wishing for sleep. Over recent nights, [insomniacfactory] has been working on a Sharp C1
Read MoreImage: Ubisoft Amazon now offers the ability to buy games on its Luna cloud gaming service, but the new feature comes with a big catch: at least for now, you’ll only be able to buy select Ubisoft titles. For me, Amazon was advertising games you can buy right on the main Luna homepage, including the
Read More*Well, technically there is one — but “I” is intelligent and doesn’t have to be selfish Generative AI, particularly OpenAI’s ChatGPT, has been making waves in various industries, from content creation to customer service. Now, according to a recent report by Wired, it seems the sales sector is the next frontier of generative AI. AI-powered
Read MoreImage: Bethesda Softworks Remember Redfall? The blood-sucking shooter with soul-crushing problems? The game that released in May without a 60fps performance mode on Xbox? The game that, according to a Eurogamer article from earlier on Friday, hardly anyone has been playing on Steam? Well, it got a big new update on Friday — including that
Read MoreCecilia D’Anastasio / Bloomberg: PitchBook: VCs invested $700.3M in video game startups in Q3 2023, the lowest since Q2 2020; gaming attracted $2B+ for eight straight quarters through Q2 2022 — – Funding opportunities dry up with game companies cutting jobs — Total peaked when people were still indoors because of Covid
Read MoreParesh Dave / Wired: Sales teams at Google, Twilio, and other companies say productivity spiked after they started using ChatGPT-like tools to answer prospective customers’ RFPs — ChatGPT-style AI can tackle the drudge work of responding to RFPs faster than humans. Sales teams at Google, Twilio, and others say productivity is spiking.
Read MoreWhen it comes to famous operating systems for the Z80 and similar Zilog processors, the first and maybe only one to come to mind is CP/M, which was even made its presence known on the dual-CPU (8502 and Z80) Commodore 128. Yet Zilog also developed its own operating system, in the form of the comprehensively
Read MoreWhen it comes to famous operating systems for the Z80 and similar Zilog processors, the first and maybe only one to come to mind is CP/M, which was even made its presence known on the dual-CPU (8502 and Z80) Commodore 128. Yet Zilog also developed its own operating system, in the form of the comprehensively
Read MoreApart from Google itself, Samsung seems to be the one company pushing the idea of Android tablets as more than just media consumption devices. Even its mid-range FE tablets are sold as potential laptop replacements. Whether or not a tablet is that vital to you, how does the new Galaxy Tab S9 FE stack up
Read MoreWhat did Gary Wang commit? | Photo Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge Gary Wang supervised the code that gave Alameda special privileges at FTX. But it’s hard to conclude anyone but Sam Bankman-Fried gave the orders. Continue reading…
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