Alison DeNisco Rayome

How to cook recipes from Tasty with Alexa

If you often find yourself pausing mid-social media scroll to watch one of BuzzFeed’s Tasty videos, thinking wistfully “I’m going to make that,” knowing full well that you are not motivated enough to do so (just me?), a new partnership with Alexa might help you move from video to actual kitchen. Thousands of Tasty recipes …

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Photoshop detector: Adobe demos tool that identifies picture editing

Adobe demoed several early-stage product features at its Max 2019 conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday. At the R&D showcase called Sneaks, Adobe employees showed off new features that users of Photoshop and Illustrator could take advantage of someday.  One called About Face uses machine learning to determine if a face in a photo has been manipulated in Photoshop. It looks …

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Apple iPad could get hard

Apple Arcade may be getting all of the attention for its range of 100-plus games that appeal to families, kids and casual gamers, but Apple may have another plan in mind for the iPad that will appeal to more hard-core gamers in the future.  Apple brought mouse support to iPadOS only for accessibility purposes this fall, but the company may …

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Maker of keyboard app Fleksy: Google upped age rating over middle finger emoji

Google‘s Play Store reportedly labeled the keyboard app Fleksy as being appropriate only for ages 12 and up because of a middle finger emoji, while Google’s own Gboard app is rated suitable for all ages, despite containing the same emoji. The Fleksy keyboard app has been available in the European Play Store for about eight years and had a rating of …

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iPhone 11 wireless charging smart battery case now on sale

A day after Apple revealed the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max at a September event in Cupertino, California, a third-party battery case manufacturer unveiled a new mobile battery case created to protect and wirelessly charge the new phones. On Wednesday, the Mophie juice pack access battery case for the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and …

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Almost all political tweets come from just 10% of Twitter users

There’s no question that Twitter plays a major role in US politics, particularly with its policy of letting world leaders like President Donald Trump tweet what they want, even if those tweets violate the tech giant’s rules of engagement. But only 22% of Americans actually use Twitter, and of those, most political tweets are coming from a very small number, …

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MacOS Catalina’s iPad apps for the Mac are here, but the story is just getting started

Apple’s efforts to bring iPad apps to the Mac are beginning to pay off, but there’s still a long way to go before Mac users are able to find many of their favorite apps on their desktop the same way they do their iPhone or iPad.  Apple first gave a sneak peek at Mac Catalyst — formerly known as Project …

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Food Network Kitchen Alexa app lets you take live cooking classes with Martha Stewart

Fans of Food Network celebrity chefs like Bobby Flay, Giada De Laurentiis and Ree Drummond can now take live cooking classes with the pros. The new Food Network Kitchen app, out Tuesday, wants to become your personal kitchen assistant.  Food Network Kitchen integrates with Amazon Alexa to act as a hands-free helper while you cook, said Tyler Whitworth, senior vice …

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Pixel 4 and 4 XL specs vs. iPhone 11, Galaxy S10E and OnePlus 7T

Google on Tuesday unveiled its latest smartphones, the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL, at its Made by Google event in New York. The phones feature face unlock and motion sensors (here’s how the Pixel 4’s face unlock compared to the iPhone 11’s Face ID when we tested both in four typical scenarios), a 90Hz OLED display and two back cameras. The Pixel …

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Pixel 4 and 4 XL specs vs. Pixel 3, 3 XL and 3A: What’s new and different

At an Oct. 15 Made by Google event in New York, Google unveiled its new pair of smartphones: the Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL. The phones feature face unlock and motion sensors, a 90Hz OLED display, and two back cameras. The Pixel 4 starts at $799, and the Pixel 4 XL starts at $899. Read our in-depth Pixel …

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