MobileNews

Google app beta loses built-in browser and regains Chrome Custom Tabs [Update: Again]

Google has been working on an in-app browser for Search on Android for quite sometime now. After being widely rolled out to the beta channel for the past few months, it has disappeared and reverted to Chrome Custom Tabs. Update 7/19: Over the weekend, a server-side update on Google app 12.27 curiously restored Chrome Custom Tabs and that change has persisted with the latest 12.28 beta. Update…
Read more
NewsPhotography

Fujifilm XF 18mm F1.4 sample gallery

We’ve been out shooting with a production copy of the Fujifilm XF 18mm F1.4 R LM WR. It delivers impressive optical performance and a great hands-on experience. Check out our sample gallery to judge image quality for yourself. View our gallery of samples from the…
NewsPhotography

This one of a kind Leica prototype 17mm F2 lens can be yours—if you have $50,000 on hand

The Leica Store Lisse in the Netherlands has added a one-of-a-kind Leica lens to its impressive collection, a Leica/Hughes Leitz 17mm F2 fisheye lens. It’s the only known example of this lens, which was made in Canada – more on that in a bit. The lens can be yours for $47,200. So why does the lens include Hughes in its name? Near the end of 1990, US-based Hughes Aircraft purchased Erntz…
Read more
NewsPhotography

Italian Museums Are Using AI Cameras to Determine if People Like the Art

A group of Italian museums from Bologna has introduced new augmented reality cameras that are designed to determine the appeal of exhibited paintings by collecting data on how many visitors view them and for how long. Artificial intelligence technology has found its way into more traditional art sectors, such as the augmented reality tech that saw Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch” painting…
Read more
AI & RoboticsNews

Volley’s Magic Word is a voice-based puzzle game on Google Assistant

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Volley has embraced the new kind of gameplay possible with voice-based games, and today it’s introducing Magic Word, an immersive puzzle game on Google Assistant. This means you can play it on devices that support Google Assistant’s voice recognition technology, such as Google Assistant Smart Displays and the Google…
Read more