IMDb will allow people in the entertainment industry to remove their birth names from the site. The move follows criticism from several LGBTQ+ groups for continuing to publish the birth names of transgender people in the industry without their consent (an act known as deadnaming).
“To reveal a transgender person’s birth name without their explicit permission is an invasion of privacy…
AI avatars of Chinese authors could soon narrate audiobooks
August 13, 2019
The Chinese search engine Sogou isn’t stopping at AI news anchors. The company has created “lifelike” avatars of two Chinese authors, and it plans to have them narrate audiobooks in video recordings. According to the BBC, Sogou used AI, text-to-speech…
AAPL stock climbed more than 5% in just five minutes after the US government announced a delay to the latest range of tariffs on Chinese imports.
It reverses the 5% drop seen a week ago when China devalued its currency in response to Trump’s announcement that a 10% tariff…
One differentiating point of Android as a platform is the ability to use widgets on the homescreen. In its latest update, though, Spotify has removed the homescreen widget from its Android app.
Spotify usually isn’t all that quick to adopt new Android features, but this latest change is a bit of a head-scratcher. Widgets haven’t exactly been a huge focus over the past few…
Nintendo appears to be readying a SNES Switch controller
August 13, 2019
Nintendo may be planning to make SNES-style wireless controllers for the Switch, according to an FCC filing first spotted by a user on the Resetera forum.
There aren’t many details revealed in the FCC filing, but it does show that the controller would have Bluetooth to…
Today, DJI launches the DJI Osmo Mobile 3, or as we like to call it, the “ultimate Instagram gimbal for your iPhone!”
The Chinese drone gimbal maker has outdone itself yet again by making the DJI Osmo Mobile 3 smaller, more capable and less expensive! You can now fold…
We obviously expect Apple to announce its new iPhone 11 lineup next month, as it has hosted a September iPhone media event every year since 2012. An analyst at Wedbush today reports that his latest checks indicate that all three new iPhone 11 models will also be released in September too, successors to the iPhone XS and iPhone XR…
WhatsApp beta for Android brings fingerprint locking feature
August 13, 2019
Having biometric unlocking on your device is a necessary security inclusion that ensures that valuable data on your phone stays secure. The latest WhatsApp beta for Android increases your device security by adding the much-anticipated fingerprint locking — which is…
We’ve just had a short hands-on session with the next full release of EMUI 10 for Huawei phones, but until then, EMUI 9.1 is still technically the latest and greatest from the company. With that said, the latest EMUI update for the Huawei P30 and P30 Pro is bringing some…
Nintendo hints at SNES games on Switch with FCC filing
August 13, 2019
Nintendo appears to be preparing to launch SNES wireless controllers for the Switch. In a FCC filing spotted by forum posters at Resetera, photos of the new SNES controller have been marked as confidential until next year. However, a label location reveals that there could be ZL and ZR buttons on the top or this section could form part of the Joy-Con docking rail to attach them to a…
