What if you could manipulate the facial features of a historical figure, a politician, or a CEO realistically and convincingly using nothing but a webcam and an illustrated or photographic still image? A tool called MarioNETte that was recently developed by researchers at Seoul-based Hyperconnect accomplishes this, thanks in part to cutting-edge machine learning techniques. The researchers claim…
Despite being arguably the standout smartphone of 2019, it could have been even better for the OnePlus 7T after images have surfaced of an unreleased gold version of the exceptional smartphone.
OnePlus product designer Hao Ran teased us with an image of an unreleased gold…
A Samsung Android 10 roadmap has hinted at when several popular Galaxy devices — including the Note 10, S10, Note 9, and S9 — are set to get the stable OS build.
According to a roadmap released by Samsung Israel, you can expect to see the stable Android 10 update on the…
'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare' prepares for its first battle pass
November 27, 2019
Now that Call of Duty is officially in the post-loot box era, Activision and Infinity Ward have revealed what “season one” in Modern Warfare will bring players. As it’s moved to a Battle Pass system, mimicking Fortnite and other shooters, developers are calling this “the biggest free content drop in Call of Duty history.”
Players who pay up for premium…
The actionable insights AI can unlock from consumer conversation
November 27, 2019
“We’re interested in using AI to understand what’s happening in customer conversations at a high level,” says Chris Hausler, Senior Data Science Manager, Zendesk. “The AI understands the patterns that emerge, and does it in a way that’s a lot more scalable than…
Last week, Apple surprise-launched its lineup of Smart Battery Cases for the iPhone 11, 11 Pro, and 11 Pro Max, and the cases have an intriguing new addition this year: a physical camera button. How the new button works was a bit of a mystery, as iPhones themselves don’t…
After seeing a massive collection of iOS titles go on sale, we are now tracking a series of Black Friday Android app deals. Google Play now has a number of notable price drops on top-tier Android titles including, but not limited to, Monument Valley 1 and 2, Pandemic, NBA 2K20, Sentinels of the Multiverse, Escapists 2, Lara Croft GO and many more. Starting from just $1 and at as much as 90% off…
'Quake II RTX' update delivers more realistic ray-traced visuals
November 26, 2019
NVIDIA is still committed to sprucing up Quake II RTX‘s graphics after the novelty has worn off. The GPU maker has released a 1.2 update that adds significant realism to the ray tracing effects — insofar as you can have realism in a sci-fi game, anyway. Water…
Jedi: Fallen Order has EA’s best digital launch for a Star Wars game
November 26, 2019
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is strong with the Force for Electronic Arts, with the publisher announcing today that the action-adventure game has had the best digital sales of any of its Star Wars in its first two weeks.
Jedi: Fallen Order released on November 15 for…
Samsung Galaxy S11+ breaks cover with domino-looking 5 camera array
November 26, 2019
The Samsung Galaxy S11 series is right around the corner and over the past week, a handful of leaks have shown off the company’s smartphones. Now, the Galaxy S11+ has finally broken cover in its first major leak and it reveals an absolutely massive camera array on the back.
@OnLeaks and have published the first collection of images of the high-end Galaxy S11+ – a phone that’s been teased as…