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Google launches suite of AI-powered solutions for retailers

January 19, 2021
Google today announced the launch of Product Discovery Solutions for Retail, a suite of services deigned to enhance retailers’ ecommerce capabilities and help them deliver personalized customer experiences. Product Discovery Solutions for Retail brings together AI algorithms and a search service, Cloud Search for Retail, that leverages Google Search technology to power retailers’…
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These Photos of Underwater Flowers Look Like Paintings

January 19, 2021
Underwater photographer Barbara Cole is best known for her beautiful portraits of people—stunning creations that seem to walk the line between photography and painting. But her most recent project, Appearances, explores a different subject: flowers. Finding herself…
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You Can Have Your Home Blurred for Privacy in Google Street View Photos

January 19, 2021
Google Street View cameras have now captured over 170 billion photos from 10 million miles around the globe. But if you’re not comfortable with the fact that anyone can “visit” your home digitally, did you know you can request to have it blurred from public view? Certain things in Google Street View (e.g. faces and license plates) are already automatically blurred out by AI. In order to…
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Nikon to Focus on Mirrorless as It Anticipates Historic $720M Loss

January 19, 2021
Nikon’s worrisome financial situation has cascaded as a result of the deflated camera market caused by the fallout from COVID-19, and in an effort to recover from what is expected to be its worst financial year ever, Nikon plans to focus its efforts on mirrorless. In two articles published by Toyo Keizai in Japan (both require a “premium membership to view, but that membership is free), the…
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Apple shares shot on iPhone 12 photos – from portraits to pie

January 19, 2021
In a somewhat random press release this morning, Apple has emphasized some of the features of the iPhone 12 camera systems, and shared some “shot on iPhone 12” photos. These range from portraits to pie. The photos are, as you’d expect, beautiful examples of what can be…
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Apple begins blocking M1 Mac users from side loading iPhone and iPad applications [U]

January 19, 2021
Update January 19, 2021: Apple has reverted this server-side change, and it is once again possible to side-load unsupported iPhone and iPad apps on an M1 Mac. We don’t expect this to last long, so if there are any iPhone or iPad apps you want on your Mac, download them sooner rather than later using iMazing. Earlier this week, 9to5Mac reported that Apple would soon start blocking users from…
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