Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google Photos is adding a new “Enhance your video” feature. It automatically applies brightness, contrast, saturation, and other adjustments to a video with a single tap. The feature is not available to everyone right now, but should roll out in the near future. Google Photos is preparing to add
Read MoreIt never fails. Lay down some kind of superlative — fastest, cheapest, smallest — around this place and someone out there says, “Hold my beer” and gets to work. In this case, it’s another, even simpler audio oscillator, this time with just a loudspeaker and a battery. Attentive readers will recall the previous title holder
Read MoreThe Rabbit R1 is an AI-powered, handheld gadget that seems to run Android under the hood. Many reviewers have criticized the utility of AI gadgets like the Rabbit R1, noting that they do little to supplant the smartphone and should just be an app instead. In fact, the R1’s entire UI seems to be handled
Read MoreDr Joanne Masterson discusses her work on rare, or not so rare, diseases and some of the challenges of biomedical research. Read more: Dr Joanne Masterson: ‘We need to heal disease from within the tissue’
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: U.S. wind power slipped last year for the first time in a quarter-century due to weaker-than-normal Midwest breezes, underscoring the challenge of integrating volatile renewable energy sources into the grid. Power produced by turbines slipped 2% in 2023, even after developers added 6.2 gigawatts of new capacity,
Read MoreMillions of people relied on the federal Affordable Connectivity Program to stay online and access work, health care, and school. Now that the program has expired, some fear being cut off.
Read MoreMishaal Rahman reports via Android Authority: Earlier today, a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google who, according to their LinkedIn, leads the Android Systems Team and works on Android’s Linux kernel fork, submitted a series of patches to AOSP that “remove ACK’s support for riscv64.” The description of these patches states that “support for risc64
Read MoreKaiser Permanente is the latest healthcare giant to report a data breach. Kaiser said 13.4 million current and former insurance members had their patient data shared with third-party advertisers, thanks to an improperly implemented tracking code the company used to see how its members navigated through its websites. Dark Reading reports: The shared data included
Read MoreAn anonymous reader shares that IPv6rs has debuted a new one-click self hosting system: Everyone seemed like they were talking about self hosting, but we didn’t understand why it wasn’t more prolific. Thus, we conducted a survey to hear reasons. It turned out the two most common reasons were: 1. Lack of an external IP
Read MoreAre you interested in the history of beer, food science, or just a fan of gathering “um, actually” details about things? Well you’re in for a treat because FoodCult (exploring Food, Culture, and Identity in early modern Ireland) has a fantastic exhibition showcasing their recreation of beer last brewed in the sixteenth century by putting
Read MoreMishaal Rahman reports via Android Authority: Earlier today, a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google who, according to their LinkedIn, leads the Android Systems Team and works on Android’s Linux kernel fork, submitted a series of patches to AOSP that “remove ACK’s support for riscv64.” The description of these patches states that “support for risc64
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Foss Outpost: Systemd lead developer Lennart Poettering has posted on Mastodon about their upcoming v256 release of Systemd, which is expected to include a sudo replacement called “run0”. The developer talks about the weaknesses of sudo, and how it has a large possible attack surface. For example, sudo
Read MoreWe love LEGO, we love keyboards, and when the two join forces, we’re usually looking at a versatile peripheral that’s practically indestructible. Such seems to be the case with [joshmarinacci]’s LEGO-compatible 3D-printed plate for a three-key macro pad. For a first foray into scratch-built keyboard construction, we think this is pretty great. The idea here
Read MoreArcade giant Dave & Buster’s said it will begin allowing customers to bet on arcade games. “Customers can soon make a friendly $5 wager on a Hot Shots basketball game, a bet on a Skee-Ball competition or on another arcade game,” reports CNBC. “The betting function, expected to launch in the next few months, will
Read MoreThe second-gen AirPods Pro offer a wealth of ecosystem tricks, along with some of the best ANC you can get in a pair of earbuds. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Earlier today, Beats announced the Solo 4 alongside the forthcoming Solo Buds. The latter joins a burgeoning lineup of wireless earbuds under
Read MorePhoto by Dan Seifert / The Verge Pretty soon, Apple might let you send your iPhone in for repair without disabling Find My and Activation Lock. In the fourth iOS 17.5 beta, 9to5Mac and MacRumors found that Apple is planning to introduce a new “Repair State” mode that keeps the anti-theft measures on while your
Read MoreBinance founder Changpeng Zhao has been sentenced to four months in prison after pleading guilty to charges related to enabling money laundering through his cryptocurrency exchange. CNBC reports: The sentence handed down to Zhao in Seattle federal court was significantly less than the three years that federal prosecutors had been seeking for him. The defense
Read MoreUserware has released OpenSilver 2.2, an update to the company’s open-source replacement for Microsoft’s Silverlight rich internet application framework. This release lets legacy Visual Studio LightSwitch applications run on modern browsers via a compatibility pack. OpenSilver 2.2 and the LightSwitch Compatibility Pack were announced April 30. Developers can download OpenSilver 2.2 and sign up for
Read MoreApple has released a firmware update for the USB-C Apple Pencil launched in 2023. It enhances the functionality and overall performance of the accessory. Apple enhances USB-C Apple Pencil with new firmware update The update, which transitions from version 10M5164 to 10M6060, is available via a connection of the Apple Pencil to an iPad using
Read MoreThis could be the perfect gas to get Google I/O started this year. | Illustration: The Verge / Shutterstock I simply don’t know how to feel about an incoming update to the Google Phone app that adds sound effects to the Android dialer. First spotted as part of a beta update by 9to5Google, the app
Read MoreImage: Fubo The face-off between streaming TV service Fubo and Warner Bros. Discovery is continuing to escalate. Fubo announced via a late afternoon press release that it has dropped Discovery networks effective immediately — “including Discovery, HGTV, Food Network and TLC, among others” — and has been unable to reach a separate deal to bring
Read MoreThe Rabbit R1 is an AI-powered, handheld gadget that seems to run Android under the hood. Many reviewers have criticized the utility of AI gadgets like the Rabbit R1, noting that they do little to supplant the smartphone and should just be an app instead. In fact, the R1’s entire UI seems to be handled
Read MoreApple is testing a version of its Safari web browser that includes UI tweaks, advanced content blocking features, and a new AI-powered tool dubbed Intelligent Search, AppleInsider has learned. Safari getting new AI tools in iOS 18 The software — expected to debut as Safari 18 later in 2024 — is currently undergoing evaluation alongside
Read MoreIf you’ve wanted to join the Google Pixel ecosystem, you’re in luck. Google’s A-Series phone is on sale alongside the Pixel Watch 2.
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Google is replacing Fitbit Pay with Google Wallet. Users will be able to continue using existing cards stored in Fitbit Pay until July 29. New cards can no longer be added to the app. Contactless payments with Fitbit are about to change. Google plans to shut down Fitbit
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