It’s the sweetest part of each year’s Android release — the dessert for 2024’s Android 15 is set to be “Vanilla Ice Cream.”
Android has had a long tradition of naming each of its major releases after desserts, continuing down the alphabet. From the days of Android Cupcake in 2009 through Android Pie in 2018, Google often had fun publicizing these dessert names and including them as…
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Besides being powered by Dark Sky (now WeatherKit), the iOS 16…
Google is rolling out an update to the app responsible for Pixel Watch Faces. So far, there aren’t any major changes, with the count remaining at 19, but the Google Assistant complication does get a color tweak.
Besides holding the side button or using the hotword, you…
Security isn’t scalable without AI. Whether you’re protecting personally identifiable information (PII), intellectual property or digital payments, being able to automate discovery of malicious activity is vital. Recently VentureBeat connected with Paul Fabara, chief risk officer at Visa, who’s led the organization’s cybersecurity and risk management strategy since 2019. During our Q&A…
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Generative AI is exploding and leading to the first AI-generated games and AI-created movies. And to mark the moment, a group of companies is staging The Culture AI Games…
Google has begun the process of bringing Chrome’s full Blink browser engine to iOS against current App Store rules, and now we have our first look at the test browser in action.
Last month, Google quietly unveiled a new effort to port the Blink browser engine — used by…
Film Friday: DPRTV reviews Fujifilm's Acros II film
March 3, 2023
This Film Friday we’re rewinding back to 2020 and the launch of Fujifilm’s Acros 100 II black and white 35mm and 120 film. This film is an update to Fujifilm’s original Acros 100, which was regarded as a medium-contrast workhorse film stock for everyday use.
DPReview’s Chris Niccolls and Jordan Drake met the new film launch by shooting a few rolls of the version II 35mm…
Autofill data is convenient, but it can also get annoying if it’s outdated or no longer needed. Google Chrome is currently preparing a tweak that will make it much easier to delete autofill data.
Live in the latest release of Chrome Canary, Google is testing a new way to…
It’s been six months since Android 13 debuted on Pixel phones, and OnePlus wasn’t too far behind the curve with the update hitting OnePlus 10 Pro just weeks later. But, apparently, the update didn’t actually roll out to everyone, with many still waiting.
OnePlus…
How to set up Google Pixel Watch Fall Detection
March 3, 2023
Following the Tuesday announcement, Google is rolling out Fall Detection to the Pixel Watch.
How it works
The Pixel Watch uses motion sensors and on-device machine learning to detect “hard falls.” When enabled, it will “monitor for a sudden impact and your body’s responses and instinctive reactions to falling.”
When a fall is detected, the Pixel Watch will wait 30 seconds (for…
