Facebook will now let you post 3D photos to your timeline from the Facebook app even if you have a phone with a single camera, the company announced today. In theory, this should make it possible for a lot more phones to take 3D photos — and Facebook says it also means you can use
Read MoreThe company has said the new virus has affected demand from Chinese customers and production capabilities in the country. Apple CEO Tim Cook says China is getting coronavirus 'under control' – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe UK scientist tackled quantum physics and nuclear politics and came up with the idea of Dyson spheres that span an entire solar system. Freeman Dyson, famed physicist and creative force, dies at 96 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreImage: Byte Byte plans to start paying creators in April, offering $250,000 in total payouts to the first group of creators in its partner program. The program will be fairly limited at first. Only up to 100 creators will be included, and they have to apply and be chosen by Byte. Byte says it’s looking
Read MoreImages: Audi Audi will make and sell sportier performance versions of its E-Tron and E-Tron Sportback electric cars powered by a three-motor system, the company announced on Friday. The news comes as parent company Volkswagen says it has tapped Audi to “take the lead for research and development” for the entire Volkswagen Group. The new
Read MoreAs a tech reporter, I’m used to seeing companies announce a product early only to delay it by months come release time. So it was a pretty big surprise to read a Windows Central report claiming Microsoft may release the Surface Duo–its dual-screen Android phone–months earlier than anticipated. When Microsoft announced the Duo and Neo–its larger
Read MoreAlthough most of the options nominated weren’t dipping sauces at all (turns out, even true democracy is flawed), Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ sauce has been elected the best dipping sauce by our readers after two rounds of voting. Sweet Baby Ray’s took home 1,039 votes, almost half the total at 43%. Read more… Sweet Baby
Read MoreWith so many Android devices still waiting on Android 10, it’s hard to believe the first preview builds of Android 11 are already available. There’s currently no official release date for Android 11 and it’s going to be a while before general users will have chance to check out a public beta version, but early
Read MorePhoto: Pontifical Academy for Life Vatican officials are calling for stricter ethical standards on the development of artificial intelligence, with tech giants IBM and Microsoft being the first companies to sign its new initiative. The “Rome Call for AI Ethics” lays out six broad principles: transparency, inclusion, responsibility, impartiality, reliability, and security and privacy. These
Read MoreImage credit: Moment Moment has informed users that it will no longer be developing its Moment Pro Camera app for Android (via Android Police). The app isn’t required to use Moment’s lenses, but it provided additional controls for serious photographers. Moment blames the difficulty of making the app compatible across the many different versions of
Read MoreWith his FlexLED project, [Carl Bugeja] is trying to perfect a simple and affordable persistence of vision (POV) display capable of generating “holographic” characters in mid-air. Traditionally POV systems spin LEDs rapidly to create the desired illusion, but that means motors, slip rings, and noise. As the name implies, the goal with this project is
Read MoreThe proposed penalties are among the largest the F.C.C. has sought in years, and come after the data was misused by rogue law enforcement officers and others. Cellphone Carriers Face 0 Million Fine for Not Protecting Location Data Source: NY Times Tech
Read More{$inline_image} Nicole Wetsman / The Verge: Amazon restricts employee travel in US, Google restricts travel to Italy, Iran, Japan, and South Korea as a Google employee in Zurich is diagnosed with COVID-19 — A Google employee in Switzerland has a confirmed case of the virus — Google is preventing employees from traveling to Italy …
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Krales / The Verge Facebook Messenger is getting even simpler with the removal of the Discover tab, which was an attempt from the social network to inject its ill-fated chatbot platform into its private messaging app. The change was first announced in August of last year, and TechCrunch now reports that the
Read MoreThe first time a non-Pixar title was shown before a Pixar feature film in theaters, it was in November 2017 when Olaf’s Frozen Adventure played before Coco. Although the piece was contentious among filmgoers, the pairing made sense: Frozen was Disney’s biggest animated film in years, and the crossover between Frozen and Coco audiences was
Read MoreIt’s your move, Google and Apple. Facebook's F8 cancellation puts spotlight on other big tech events – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreVivo’s new phone has a curved waterfall display, 60-watt super-fast charging and a notch-killing in-screen selfie camera. Vivo Apex 2020 concept phone hides camera behind an immersive screen – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDon’t watch this if you’re squeamish about snakes, stomachs or beach towels. Watch vets pull an entire beach towel out of a python – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Olly Curtis/Future via Getty Images Google is preventing employees from traveling to Italy, Iran, Japan, and South Korea because of outbreaks of the novel coronavirus, Business Insider reported. Amazon is asking employees to defer all nonessential travel, a spokesperson confirmed to The Verge, which includes domestic travel within the US. Both companies had
Read MoreA Chromebook for $169, 55-inch Roku TV for $280 and more. It all ends tonight. Best Buy Flash Sale: The top 5 deals – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSometimes I get so focused on gin and amaro that I forget about the perfectly good bottles of whiskey I have just sitting there, waiting to be consumed. It’s kind of odd, actually, because I used to be deeply into Manhattans and Manhattan variants. Read more… Make an Extra Fancy Manhattan With Benedictine Source: Life
Read MoreThe fines proposed against AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile drew criticism from some regulators and watchdogs, who faulted the FCC for taking too long in its probe — and issuing too weak of a punishment. FCC proposes roughly 0 million in fines against wireless carriers for mishandling customers’ location data Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreGoogle released several new GIF search tools that should make it much easier to find the exact animate image you’re looking for. Users can use the tools—which use search data from the Tenor GIF app—to narrow down their search criteria more accurately and get suggestions based on the mood or context they want—no more… Read
Read MoreOne might say that parenting is one big, years-long game of “Pick Your Battles.” Sometimes, you’re really clear about rules and consistent with consequences. And sometimes, you’re like, “Screw it, I’m just trying to survive this day.” Read more… Which Parenting Battles Do You Wish You Had Waged? Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreReddit CEO Steve Huffman took a shot at TikTok during a conference this week, calling it “fundamentally parasitic” and comparing it to spyware. His specific concerns appear to be based on the fact that the platform uses a form of “device fingerprinting” to track user behavior. Huffman was responding to a question about what startups
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