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Google adding three Stadia Pro games for February 2021, including Journey to the Savage Planet

January 27, 2021

Following an unexpected fifth title to start the year, February 2021 will see three games join Stadia Pro on Monday: Journey to the Savage Planet: Employee of the Month Edition, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, and Enter the Gungeon. February 1st will see all the titles come to the $9.99 monthly membership, starting with Journey to the Savage Planet: Employee of the Month Edition — This…

Google open sources Tilt Brush as VR painting app no longer an ‘actively developed product’

January 27, 2021

In the early days of VR, Tilt Brush was widely regarded as a premier application that helped sell the platform’s immersiveness. Google acquired the painting app in 2015 amid their big, multi-pronged push into the space. Tilt Brush is no longer being actively developed, and…

Chrome OS 88 rolling out Smart Display-like screen saver with Google Photos, weather

January 27, 2021

Following the desktop update last week, Chrome OS 88 is beginning to roll out today. There are a handful of usability enhancements in this release, which will be available over the coming days. The Chrome OS screen saver lets you transform your Chromebook’s lock screen…

Google admonishes creators for using Web Stories to ‘tease’ other content

January 27, 2021

Over the past year, Google has been making a big push for web content presented using the tappable carousel format popularized by Snapchat and Instagram. However, Google is now issuing a warning against using Web Stories as a “teaser.” In a blog post today, Google says viewers do not like Web Stories, with only one or two pages, being used as “advertisements for some other content.”…

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Sony's $2500 Xperia Pro is half 5G phone, half 4K HDR monitor/live-streaming device

January 27, 2021

Sony has announced its latest smart device, the Xperia Pro, a flagship smartphone that doubles as the world’s first external 4K HDR OLED monitor, as well as a 5G (mmWave) live streaming and file transfer solution, for your dedicated camera. To support these new skills…

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Sony reveals Alpha 1 50MP full-frame camera capable of 30fps and 8K

January 27, 2021

Sony has announced the Alpha 1, a fast, high-res 50MP camera capable of shooting at 30 fps with no blackout. It is capable of 8K video. It uses a stacked CMOS sensor and a pair of new Bionz XR processors, allowing silent, no-blackout images at up to 30 fps. Despite having…

OnePlus prepares new camera modes including tilt-shift, focus peaking, more

January 27, 2021

The launch of the OnePlus 9 series is quickly approaching, and as we get closer, more details are coming out. In a teardown this week, it’s been revealed that the OnePlus 9 series — and possibly other OnePlus cameras — will be able to shoot pictures with tilt-shift effects, new pro-focused features, and more for the cameras. The folks over at XDA took a dive into OnePlus Camera 6.4.23, a…

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Here is what 8K footage and 50MP stills from the Sony Alpha 1 look like

January 27, 2021

Sony has released its new Alpha 1 camera with in-camera 8K recording at up to 30 frames per second (fps), in-camera 4K recording at up to 120 fps and 50MP still image capture at up to 30 fps. Its specs alone are enough to get an idea of what it has to offer, but Sony has…

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Algolia acquires MorphL to turbocharge ‘search-as-a-service’ platform with AI

January 26, 2021

Algolia, which offers a “search-as-a-service” platform, has acquired Romanian AI and machine learning (ML) startup MorphL. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded out of San Francisco in 2012, Algolia — which counts Salesforce and Accel among its investors —…

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Run:AI raises $30 million to orchestrate and distribute AI workloads

January 26, 2021

Run:AI, a startup developing orchestration and virtualization software for AI workloads, today announced it has raised $30 million. The company says it will use the investment to fund expansion and recruitment globally. AI models are great — after all, they’re at the core of everything from voice assistants to cooling systems. But what reat is the time and effort required to fine-tune them.