Assistant Routines have recently seen a flurry of developments from Android homescreen shortcuts to a new editing UI, and Google is now rolling out sunset/sunrise triggers for some users.
As part of a visual revamp that cleans up the creation interface, there’s a new way to “start your routine.” “Sunrise / sunset” joins the existing “Voice command” option where you create a custom…
French photographer Mathieu Stern has built a large following on YouTube adapting distinct, vintage lenses to his mirrorless Sony cameras. He has used many wild lenses, including optics from night vision cameras, security cameras, early 20th century camera systems and even a…
Google Photos now syncs 'liked' images with Apple's iOS Camera Roll
December 12, 2020
Apple and Google haven’t always gotten along, but there are times when the two work together to make life easier for end-users, regardless of what mobile operating system they’re using. One of the latest examples of this is a new feature baked into Google Photos that…
AI Weekly: NeurIPS 2020 and the hope for change
December 12, 2020
On Monday morning, organizers of NeurIPS, the largest annual gathering of AI researchers in the world, gave Best Paper awards to the authors of three pieces of research, including one detailing OpenAI’s GPT-3 language model. The week also started with AI researchers refusing to review Google AI papers until grievances were resolved after firing Ethical AI team co-lead Timnit Gebru. Googlers…
U.S. Army Sgt. Gage Stancell, right, looks through binoculars as Sgt. Gentry Squier describes where he saw a drone during an unmanned aerial system training exercise at Erbil Air Base in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, April 24, 2020. (U.S. Army/Spc. Angel Ruszkiewicz)
The…
Razer mice and keyboards hit all-time lows in Best Buy one-day sale
December 12, 2020
Now’s a good time to grab a gaming mouse, keyboard or headset if you’re in need of an upgrade or you’re still searching for a good gift for the gamer in your life. Best Buy has a one-day-only sale on Razer peripherals today and included in it is one of our favorite…
iPhone users continue to report missing Messages app notifications after updating to iOS 14
December 12, 2020
A bug resulting in missing text message notifications is continuing to affect iPhone users with iOS 14. While the issue appeared to at first to be exclusive to the iPhone 12 series, it appears to be affecting nearly any iPhone model running iOS 14 — and the early signs are that iOS 14.3 doesn’t fix the problem either.
Missing iOS 14 messages notifications
The problem was reported by…
Nearly all of Apple’s MagSafe accessories for iPhone 12 provide a decent amount of value. But one of them has so much underutilized potential coupled with an astronomical price tag. Of course, I’m talking about Apple’s new MagSafe Sleeve.
Apple has been making really…
Hyundai confirms its $1.1 billion acquisition of Boston Dynamics
December 12, 2020
Boston Dynamics is now officially part of Hyundai Motor Group. The Korean conglomerate has struck a deal with Softbank to acquire a controlling interest — an 80 percent stake — in the robotics company for $1.1 billion. Softbank will retain a 20 percent stake through one…
VW has unveiled a new 22 kW bi-directional DC charging station for electric vehicles that sort of closes the gap between level 2 charging and level 3 DC fast-charging.
Typically, we refer to charging electric vehicles with 3 different levels.
Level 1 or trickle charging consists of plugging into a 120-volt regular wall outlet, which provides very limited charging that can literally take days to…
