As teased in recent weeks, Google Drive now offers a new Material You widget on Android 12 that lets you “quickly access suggested files and search.”
This “Suggested files” widget consists of a query field that immediately opens the app and keyboard to the “Search in Drive” UI. Next to that is an upload button that opens the system file picker, while below that is a list of five or…
Android 12 will restart apps and games if you change your wallpaper due to Dynamic Color
November 4, 2021
It’s finally rolled out to all Pixel phones, but even with that “stable” release, Android 12 feels relatively unfinished. One interesting problem that’s made it into Android 12’s final release sees apps and games force stopped, almost as if they’re crashing, when…
Venus Optics brings 3 Laowa prime lenses, including its wild 24mm F14 Macro Probe lens, to Canon RF and Nikon Z mount cameras
November 4, 2021
Venus Optics has announced its bringing its popular 24mm F14 2x Macro Probe lens, as well as its 4mm F2.8 Fisheye and 9mm F2.8 Zero-D lenses, to Canon RF and Nikon Z mount mirrorless camera systems.
Venus Optics’ press release says the new mount options will be available…
Back in May, Google said it would start automatically enabling two-factor authentication on eligible accounts. As part of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Google today provided an update on its account 2SV efforts.
Update 11/3: This process is getting underway for the first wave of accounts that are already configured for this security measure (i.e. they are signed into Google on their phone).
Panasonic confirms it's still developing its 8K organic CMOS sensor with WDR and 60 fps global shutter recording
November 4, 2021
One of the first images shared by Panasonic revealing what is, at least to our knowledge, still a prototype version of an 8K cinema camera that would use this organic sensor technology.
Back in February 2018, Panasonic announced it was developing an organic 8K image…
Notable aims to improve AI in health care with new $100M
November 3, 2021
This article is part of a VB special issue. Read the full series: AI and the future of health care
Notable, an intelligent automation company focused on health care, today announced it received a $100 million series B funding round. The investment, led by ICONIQ Growth…
Photographer Michael Shainblum chose to capture photos with only his 16-35mm f/4 lens and shares how he composes his seascape images with such a wide angle and how he crops them for a polished finished photo.
Landscape photography that encompasses bodies of water can give photographers a wide range of opportunities in just one area. Photographers can choose to shoot detail up-close, such as rock…
Pepsi Launches Throwback Polaroid Camera
November 3, 2021
Vintage tech revival company Retrospekt has partnered with Pepsi to release a Polaroid 600 instant film camera emblazoned with the soda company’s iconic colors and logo. It uses refurbished internal photographic components that are taken directly from vintage Polaroid…
Brain Implant and Camera Glasses Restore Sight to Blind Woman
November 3, 2021
A team of researchers has found a way to restore sight to the blind by combining a brain implant with a pair of camera glasses.
As summarized in an article from The University of Utah, a team of researchers from the John A. Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah and…
Part of what Microsoft was determined to showcase at its Ignite conference, which kicked off Tuesday, is the extent to which Azure is maturing into an architecture for building scalable, AI-infused apps that also work in hybrid cloud and edge computing scenarios.
Microsoft put out a barrage of AI, data analytics, and DevOps announcements for Azure announcements at Ignite. They include updates to…
