iOS 15.2 comes with a new optional tool for parents to help children stay safe when texting. Follow along for how to turn on the kids’ iPhone Messages safety feature that warns when photos may include nudity.
The new opt-in feature is officially called “communication safety in Messages, here’s how Apple describes it:
Turn on communication safety to help protect your child from viewing or…
The Chromecast with Google TV offers a really solid overall experience for streaming thanks to content discovery and an abundance of apps, but it’s often subject to various bugs and issues. Currently, it seems that recent updates have caused loading and playback issues…
According to Merriam-Webster — yes, I’m purposefully being cliche, the em dash can be used to separate extra information in place of a comma, colon, or parenthesis. Google Docs will now autocorrect for the em dash (—), but it’s using the wrong default…
Google Pixel 5a wins blind camera test, Pixel 6 Pro gets knocked out in first round [Video]
December 18, 2021
Camera quality is, technically, subjective when it comes to the final product, which always makes it interesting to see who wins when you don’t know where the shot is coming from. In his latest blind camera test, MKBHD saw the Google Pixel 5a topple the competition, including its much more capable big brother.
The blind camera test by Marques Brownlee and co takes a completely objective test…
What are Google Photos’ Cinematic photos and how do they work?
December 18, 2021
Google Photos has a few tricks up its sleeves, including one called Cinematic photos. This feature turns your ordinary photos into vivid and realistic moving photos. So, how do Cinematic photos work, and how can you create them? Follow along as we take a deep dive into…
Whether he’s making beet juice prints, shooting with a lens made of ice or adapting one of his ‘weird’ lenses, photographer Mathieu Stern is no stranger to creating and sharing analog-oriented photography videos on his YouTube channel. For his latest video, Stern…
Tokina’s second-generation 400mm F8 mirror lens is available in eight mounts for $260
December 18, 2021
Tokina has announced an updated version of its 400mm F8 mirror lens that tweaks the optical detain and adds a T-mount system that Tokina says improves the performance of the lens and enables the lens to be used with eight different camera mounts.
The Tokina 400mm F8 N II S mirror lens is a successor to the 400mm F8 N S mirror released back in July 2020. The updated lens is constructed of six…
Vergecast: James Webb Space Telescope’s launch next week, cool gadgets launched this week
December 17, 2021
Every Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast, The Vergecast, where co-hosts Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn discuss the week in tech news with the reporters and editors covering the biggest stories. On the final Vergecast of 2021, Nilay and Dieter invite Verge managing…
Call of Duty League is bringing back in-person events for 2022
December 17, 2021
Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event.
Call of Duty League has announced the schedule for…
Instagram Users Can Now Prevent Others from Embedding Their Photos
December 17, 2021
After a concerted effort by the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) and the National Press Photographer’s Association (NPPA), Instagram has added a new option that will enable users to prevent others from embedding content they post to Instagram.
The ASMP has been in contact with Facebook and Instagram executives to address this issue since April and the NPPA for even…
