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Etsy adds image-based search, but only on iOS for now

November 2, 2022
Etsy has begun testing visual search. The company suggests the feature is ideal for those situations where you’re not quite sure how to describe something. Whereas in the past you had to rely on keywords and a bit of luck, you can now tap the new camera icon in the search bar and snap a photo of a product in hopes of finding similar items. In my testing, the feature works surprisingly well. I…
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Samsung's Galaxy S22 Ultra is $300 off right now

November 2, 2022
When we put together our ultimate list of current-model smartphones, Samsung’s Galaxy S22 Ultra easily won out as the best Android option. It’s on sale at Amazon right now for $300 off the list price, bringing it down to just $900. That’s only ten bucks…
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Xiaomi's latest concept phone has an interchangeable Leica M lens

November 2, 2022
The Xiaomi 12S Ultra surprised us with its 1-inch camera sensor and Leica co-branding back in July, but it turns out that the Chinese brand was working on something far more ambitious at the same time. Earlier today, the “Xiaomi 12S Ultra Concept Phone” was unveiled with an appearance almost identical to the namesake flagship device, but with a second 1-inch 50.3-megapixel sensor…
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Google Assistant ditches light mode theme on Android to be ‘consistent’ with Wear OS and TV

November 2, 2022
If you’re not using dark mode on your Android device, you might notice that Google Assistant is using a dark theme regardless, and Google says that’s intentional. Over the past few months some users have noticed that the Google Assistant only shows a dark mode theme on Android 13, even if the phone itself is set to show a light mode theme. Some have assume this is simply a bug, as Assistant…
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Google Lens added to the google․com homepage

November 2, 2022
Google Lens will only become more important going forward, and one sign of that is its addition to the google.com homepage today. Since it was announced at I/O 2017, the visual search tool has come to more and more surfaces. It started out on Pixel phones in Assistant and…
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MediaTek’s next flagship chip beats even Apple’s GPU according to leaked benchmarks

November 2, 2022
MediaTek isn’t the first name most folks think of when it comes to a powerful mobile chip, but the brand seems determined to change that. This week, a leaked benchmark of the MediaTek Dimensity 9200, a sequel to last years Dimensity 9000, shows a beastly GPU that tops the charts. Early benchmarks of the MediaTek Dimensity 9200 offer some potential insight on the power this chip might bring to…
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