Category: Tech

Pinterest says its skin tone searches are now more accurate

[ad_1] Pinterest Pinterest’s augmented reality Try On feature, through which you can virtually try on makeup via the Lens function, supports skin tone searches too. That way, you can see how different products look on people with skin tones similar to your own. Try On now includes more than 10,000 “shoppable shades that are discoverable […]

Google is making it easier to create apps using Chromebooks

[ad_1] ChromeOS.dev also has customizable Linux terminals, which have integrated tabs and shortcuts, along with adjustable backgrounds, frames, fonts and cursor colors. Google added full Linux app support to Chromebooks in 2018. Developers from Google, Chrome OS and the wider community will offer advice on making apps and delve into some challenges of creating them. […]

Uber warns of temporary California shut down if it has to reclassify drivers

[ad_1] Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi tells @SRuhle the ride-hailing app would have to shut down in the state of California until at least November if a judge’s ruling that Uber must treat drivers as employees instead of independent contractors fails to be appealed by the company. pic.twitter.com/ntAMMxf4Cf — MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 12, 2020 This all […]

Only the new ‘Control Ultimate Edition’ will get next-gen upgrades

[ad_1] Remedy is preparing an ‘Ultimate’ version of Control that includes the frankly-brilliant main game, post-launch patches and season pass expansions. The $40 package will be available on Steam — meaning the title is no longer an Epic Games Store exclusive on PC — PS4 and Xbox One. If you buy the game on console, […]

Puerto Rico’s Arecibo radio telescope suffers serious damage

[ad_1] Unfortunately, this is not the first setback Arecibo has endured. It faced dire financial trouble in 2008 and again in 2016. Then, like much of Puerto Rico, the observatory suffered significant damage during Hurricane Maria. Things seemed to be turning around in 2018 when a group led by UCF took over operations from the […]

Martin Scorsese signs Apple TV+ deal after last year’s Netflix success

[ad_1] This isn’t Scorsese’s first Apple partnership — he starred in a Siri ad way back in 2012 and remotely directed a shot in The Departed via iChat in 2007. This isn’t Apple’s first big movie signing, either. Tom Hanks’ WWII naval drama Greyhound premiered on the service last month. According to Reuters, Killers of […]

TCL’s 6-series 4K 120Hz TVs pack mini-LEDs and start at $650

[ad_1] TCL Best of all, the prices are reasonable, considering that Mini-LED tech is still pretty bleeding edge. The 2020 6-series starts at $649 for the 55-inch model, while the 65-inch and 75-inch TVs cost $899 and $1,399, respectively. TCL also unveiled the 5-series TVs with even lower prices. You still get QLED tech, albeit […]

Google Lens’ new ‘Homework’ filter will solve math problems from a photo

[ad_1] Google has been giving students — and their parents — a few helpful tools to make studying from home a bit easier. Back in May, it launched an augmented reality feature within Search that lets you view 3D anatomy models and cellular structures. And soon the tech giant will help you solve math problems […]

MLB teams looking at using cameras to detect fans not wearing masks

[ad_1] In early tests, the software identified proper mask use from security cameras with 80 percent accuracy. While it might not be used to find individual infractions, the system could spot “hot zones” for mask misuse, the company’s founder Jaz Banga told Bloomberg. Teams are reportedly considering non-threatening enforcement methods, like sending out someone in […]