Google has been adding a few new accessibility features to its products lately and today’s update is something for those who might want help hearing things around them. Sound Notifications is rolling out to Android (and Wear OS) devices and it’ll use the microphone in your phone to listen for things like beeping appliances, running water or barking dogs. Then, it’ll send you a push…
Google Assistant is available on a slew of platforms from cars to TVs and wearables. However, the place where it has really taken off is inside the home on Smart Displays and speakers to control household fixtures. Google now wants to bring Assistant’s ubiquity to Android…
iOS 14: How to translate websites on iPhone and iPad
October 8, 2020
One of the less flashy but valuable upgrades that arrives with Safari this year is built-in translation. Follow along for a look at how to translate websites on iPhone and iPad in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14.
In addition to the dedicated new Translate app for iPhone and iPad in…
Samsung's Galaxy S20 FE is surprisingly easy to love
October 8, 2020
If there’s one thing I like more than an unabashedly good smartphone, it’s an unabashedly good cheap smartphone. Spoiler alert: The Galaxy S20 FE (or Fan Edition) is precisely that.
There are a few ways to look at a phone like this. Through one lens, it&aposs Samsung&aposs response to an ongoing pandemic and its economic effects. Through another, it&aposs the valuable connective…
Google has already pushed the full Android 11 update to Pixel devices, with some OEMs already running their own beta phases. As one of the main Android One players, Nokia has now officially confirmed the Android 11 roadmap for their entire lineup.
HMD Global has maintained…
iOS 14 has spurred new interest in personalized iPhone home screens, including creating custom app icons using the Shortcuts app. This week, designer Doney den Ouden has released a beautiful set of custom app icons dubbed “Bold” to help give your iOS 14 home screen a…
In a new study, researchers at New York University (NYU) found that popular language models including Google’s BERT and ALBERT and Facebook’s RoBERTa reinforce harmful race, gender, socioeconomic, religious, age, sexual, and other stereotypes. While previous research has uncovered bias in many of the same models, this latest work suggests the biases are broader in scope than originally…
As the world’s biggest video-sharing platform, YouTube goes through almost constant transformation with tweaks, adjustments, and overhauls on an almost yearly basis. The latest looks to be iOS-style line icons within all YouTube menus, sub-menus, sections, and even in the…
OnePlus just announced its first pair of truly wireless earbuds a couple of months ago, but another set is on the horizon. Leaking in the same way as their sibling, OnePlus Buds Z images have shown up in one of the company’s own apps.
OxygenUpdater extracted our first…
The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies are being released on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
October 8, 2020
It’s going to be your best look at Middle Earth yet — The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies are finally getting a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release, with preorders now available and shipping starting from December 1st in the US. That’s just in time for the holidays.
The news was shared by none other than Samwise Gamgee himself via fansite TheOneRing, with actor Sean Astin announcing the…
