Routines make it easy to accomplish a bunch of actions with just a single keyword on Google Assistant devices. Now, though, Google is making these even more accessible by allowing Android users to put Google Assistant routines on their homescreens.
While the feature isn’t rolling out widely just yet, a couple of users have reported that the Google Home app is now showing support for adding a…
Tesla has released its very first diversity report and it shows that a company has quite a diverse workforce, but the leadership is still mostly made up of white men.
The report also highlights Tesla’s efforts to improve diversity in its workforce.
Tesla Diversity…
You’ve probably never heard of Tromox or their first electric motorcycle, the Tromox Mino. But as the company begins expanding distribution across Europe and the US, you may be seeing more of these cool little bikes soon.
Tromox Mino electric motorcycle
I’ve been…
Goodbye Google Play Music: 7 alternatives to YouTube Music you should probably try [Video]
December 7, 2020
With Google Play Music now dumped and dead in favor of YouTube Music, if you’re simply not a fan of the replacement, you might be looking for some serious audio alternatives.
Unfortunately, while Google Play Music was ultimately flawed, it was still one of a kind. Some of the core features like the ability to upload your offline library was really a killer addition that made it such a…
Another Oppo Reno5 incoming, 4G-only with Snapdragon 720G
December 7, 2020
Oppo is going to unveil its Reno5 lineup later this week and we expected three devices – a vanilla Oppo Reno5 5G, a mightier Oppo Reno5 Pro 5G, and a flagship-tier Oppo Reno5 Pro+ 5G. However, the family might be even larger, as one leakster on Twitter revealed there…
Google AI is now piloting Loon's internet-beaming balloons
December 7, 2020
Alphabet’s Loon has shifted to a different type of navigation system for its internet-beaming balloons. Rather than relying on algorithms designed by humans, the balloons are using an artificial intelligence system Loon developed with Google AI over the last few years.
A…
Designed to deceive: Do these people look real to you?
Kashmir Hill and Jeremy White, The New York Times
Fake personas on the internet are nothing new, but completely fake people that appear to be alarmingly real in photographs or animations are becoming increasingly common. To better understand how easy this process can be, The New York Times created an AI system that generates portraits of…
Hands-on: MNML’s Google Pixel 5 case lineup
December 7, 2020
Below we go hands-on with the super-sleek and ultra-thin MNML case lineup for the “premium” Google Pixel 5. 9to5Google readers can grab a MNML case now for for a limited time.
Check out our hands-on video with the superb MNML Pixel 5 case lineup:
The company has made…
This Afghan Photographer’s Camera is 100 Years Old
December 5, 2020
Travel vlogger Drew Binsky was wandering the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan, recently when he came across an older photographer named Haji. In this 9-minute vlog, Binsky tells the story of Haji and how he has been shooting for 65 years using a 100-year-old box camera.After…
Oppo Reno5 Pro+ 5G to come with SD 865, 50MP Sony IMX7xx sensor, and electrochromic back
December 5, 2020
Oppo will introduce the Reno5 5G and Reno5 Pro 5G on December 10, and we already know what they look like as the Chinese phone maker posted their images on its official website a couple of days ago while also confirming a few specs.
Alongside the vanilla Reno5 and the Pro model, Oppo is rumored to unveil the Reno5 Pro+ 5G. There’s no word about it yet from Oppo, but an image posted on Weibo…
