After announcing platform-exclusive features in two new games today, Google Stadia is quietly adding another new feature. Starting today with one title, Google Stadia is adding support for free trials to games.
Spotted by Gem, Google Stadia has opened up the ability to get a 30-minute free trial to its exclusive title Hello Engineer. This option allows players to try out the title without a paid…
CEO Sundar Pichai kicked off Alphabet’s Q3 2021 earnings by citing the Pixel 6, along with ongoing Search improvements, as examples of his now five-year-old “vision to become an AI-first company.” The company also touched on partnership plans for the Pixel 6 and 6…
During the Alphabet Q3 2021 earnings call, Sundar Pichai was asked about augmented reality and the CEO shared some brief thoughts about what Google is working on in the AR area.
Compared to other companies, namely Facebook, Google has not talked about augmented reality…
Adobe updates Photoshop on the web, adds improved selection tools, brings ACR to iPad & more
October 27, 2021
At Adobe MAX 2021, Adobe announced numerous updates across desktop, iPad and the web for Photoshop. Among these updates is a new beta, allowing users to lightly edit and collaborate on photos in Photoshop on the web.
Photoshop – and Illustrator – on the web allow users to collaborate on and (lightly) edit documents hosted in the cloud on their browser without needing to download or even launch…
Samsung promises Matter support for SmartThings hubs, Galaxy devices, TVs, and fridges
October 26, 2021
The Matter smart home train is picking up steam. Following Google’s commitment to the new standard at its developer conference last week and Apple’s addition of Matter support in iOS 15 at WWDC, Samsung is now following suit. The company announced a complete adoption of…
Robotics-powered ‘microfulfillment’ startup Fabric raises $200M
October 26, 2021
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Fabric, a startup developing a “microfulfillment” automation platform for retailers, today announced that it raised $200 million in series C funding led…
Adobe has announced a major feature release for Photoshop across platforms, ranging from enhancements on the main desktop app through new capabilities in the Photoshop Express smartphone app and the Chrome and Edge browser-based program.
Photoshop Desktop Updates
Using the Sensei AI machine models, Adobe has significantly improved the Object Selection Tool in Photoshop. Users can simply hover…
Adobe has rolled out new Lightroom Classic and Lightroom updates that, among other updates, features a new set of Selective Adjustment tools for precise object selection and masking.
The new updates are positioned by Adobe as features that enhance photography skills and…
As part of the ongoing efforts of the Content Authenticity Initiative, Adobe has announced “Content Credentials,” a new feature that enables creators to attach attribution data to images before sharing them online.
The Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI) was founded…
Photoshop to Add ‘Prepare as NFT’ to Save Options
October 26, 2021
Adobe’s Scott Belsky confirmed that the company will be adding a “Prepare as NFT” save option to Photoshop as a preview “by the end of the month.” The goal is to prevent the minting of art by those who didn’t create it.
Belsky told the Verge’s Decoder Podcast that the new Content Credentials system that was announced by the Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI) today would live on…
