After years of neglect, Google finally gave Wear OS a boost last year, and that arrived with the help of Samsung and the Galaxy Watch 4. Finally, good hardware gave the platform a chance to thrive, which is only getting better now. How can you follow up the watch that tripled platform sales in just one year? With the Galaxy Watch 5, Samsung answers that question with some relatively minor…
Fitbit ‘by Google’ branding starts to take over ahead of upcoming Pixel Watch integration
August 25, 2022
Fitbit today unveiled its new lineup of smartwatches and a new fitness tracker, and it’s clear that the brand’s new owner has heavier influence this time around. Ahead of the Pixel Watch bringing Fitbit to Google’s hardware lineup, “Fitbit by Google” seems to be…
YouTube Music is significantly redesigning its Library tab on Android with a focus on making it faster to start playing content.
Previously, the Library tab started with a “Recent activity” carousel that shows albums, songs, artists, and playlists with large previews…
Tidal has gained some traction in the last couple of years for housing quality Hi-Fi audio for streaming. Though it has a decent fanbase, Tidal is far from perfect. Rolling out now, Tidal is inviting users to its Early Access Program, which will allow beta testing for new features and updates.
Only in the past few years did we start defaulting to music streaming for audio consumption. Prior to…
In the era of cloud gaming, you can get away with killer games without needing strong hardware to back them up. Now, Samsung is doubling down on that with support for cloud gaming services such as Google Stadia, GeForce Now, and Xbox Game Pass built into its new…
Dead Island 2 is coming to Google Stadia in February
August 25, 2022
Announced as a part of Gamescom 2022, the long-awaited zombie RPG Dead Island 2 is official, and it’s coming to Google Stadia.
Releasing on February 3, 2023, Dead Island 2 will launch across PC (Epic Games only), PS4/PS5, Xbox One/Series X/Series S, and Google Stadia.
Earlier this year, Google Research presented its work on RawNeRF with “NeRF in the Dark: High Dynamic Range View Synthesis from Noisy Raw Images” at the CVPR (Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition) 2022 conference.
A neural radiance field (or NeRF) is a neural network that can take 2D images and create a 3D scene. Google has created one called RawNeRF for dark scenes — originally shared…
Google’s push to make Spaces a better Slack or Microsoft Teams competitor continues by making them discoverable in Gmail search on the web.
At the moment, Gmail lets you search either “Mail” or “Chat & spaces.” Now, the latter filter is being split into…
Back in April of 2016, Google updated Calendar for Android and iOS with a tool to help you find time for personal goals. Amid another upcoming removal, Google Calendar is planning to get rid of “Goals.”
Update 8/24: As we reported at the start of this month, Google…
How AIaaS (AI-as-a-service) can help democratize AI
August 25, 2022
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When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) adoption, there is a growing gap between the haves and the have-nots.
According to IBM, the global AI adoption rate went up by 4 percentage points in 2022, reaching nearly 35%. However, the study also found that the gap in AI…
