One of the most glaring omissions of the Stadia app for Android may soon be fixed as a Google support document details how voice chat will — and won’t — work.
For many months now, our APK Insight team has been watching the development of voice chat in the Stadia app, including the app being registered for Android’s “Microphone” permission. Despite that, nothing in the app has…
Samsung shares new promotional video for its pixel-packed 200MP HP1 mobile image sensor
September 22, 2021
Samsung has published a new promotional video detailing the features of its new ISOCELL HP1 mobile image sensor.
In the three-minute video, Samsung Sensor Design Team member Minho Kwon shares the various technologies the HP1 sensor brings to mobile image. Specifically, he…
The body of NASA tasked with managing human spaceflight is being split into two distinct directorates, the agency’s chief announced on Tuesday, embarking on a major reorganization that past officials have tried and failed to execute for years. The move comes as private…
Roblox starts age verification for those who want to use spatial voice
September 21, 2021
A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.
Roblox is introducing age verification for users, starting with those who want to try out spatial voice features on its user-generated content platform.
As the company’s community continues to expand, both globally and by age (over 50% of the users on our platform are over the age of 13 as of the second quarter)…
Vaonis Launches the 1050mm, 61MP Hyperia Telescope Camera
September 21, 2021
Vaonis has announced the Hyperia telescope camera, a 165-pound personal observatory that leverages a 61-megapixel sensor and sets it behind a massive 1050mm lens that is mechanically driven to allow for stunning photos of astronomical objects.
Vaonis has been producing…
DIY Ultra-High-Res Digital Photos with a Large Format Camera
September 21, 2021
In 2014, I started my project Applied Metaphysics – Ground Truth on exemplary still life. The goal was to produce very large prints (2 to 9 square meters and more) at a high resolution so that people could look at them very closely.
The idea was that the sheer amount of…
Samsung and Olympus Cameras are Not Partnering on a Smartphone
September 21, 2021
Samsung has been repeatedly linked with Olympus cameras, now known as OM Digital, in what was speculated to be a partnership in an upcoming smartphone. PetaPixel confirms this to be false.
The original rumor tying the two brands together started in April when a rumor suggested that Samsung was looking to add sensor-shift stabilization into its next Galaxy flagship smartphone. In it, the Olympus…
Enterprise NLP budgets are up 10% in 2021
September 21, 2021
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Enterprises are increasing their investments in natural language processing (NLP), the subfield of linguistics, computer science, and AI concerned with how…
Apple believes that an iPhone could detect depression, anxiety, and cognitive decline, using a number of digital clues. Health data used would include physical activity and sleep patterns.
For privacy protection, Apple is aiming for all of the diagnosis work to be carried…
Apple now sells refurbished iPhones in Canada
September 21, 2021
While everybody’s excited about the iOS 15 launch, Canadian Apple users have another reason to celebrate as the company now sells refurbished iPhones.
As spotted by iPhone in Canada, this is the first time Apple has sold refurbished iPhones outside of the US. Canadians were already able to buy Macs, iPads, Apple TV, and other refurbished accessories and now they can get an up to $500 discount…
