Many people spent the weekend getting acquainted with augmented reality, the fusing of the digital and physical world, through the popular new Pokemon Go app that lets users see fictitious creatures hanging out in the real world through a phone screen. But augmented reality, also referred to as mixed reality, can have more practical applications …
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Google may be building its own Android Wear smartwatches
Now playing: Watch this: Is Google building its own smartwatches? 1:24 Google may be working on two Android Wear watches with Google Assistant integration, according to a post from Android Police, citing an unnamed source. Those devices might be Nexus-branded. One would be larger than the other, with features like GPS, heart rate, and LTE. The smaller watch would not …
Read More »Amazon adds ‘The Wedding Singer,’ for people who can’t get enough Adam Sandler
Block off a few evenings on your calendar. Amazon said Wednesday it’s adding an assortment of well-known Warner Bros. movies to Prime Video, including the full franchises of “The Matrix,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” and “Lethal Weapon.” And of course, 1998’s “The Wedding Singer,” starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. But if watching Adam Sandler’s mullet doesn’t sound like your …
Read More »Google investigates Calendar app outage
Google is investigating reports of an issue Thursday with its Calendar app, a spokesperson confirmed. The company’s app status page showed a service disruption logged at 6:47 a.m. PT, with an update at 7:35 a.m. PT saying Google is continuing to investigate. It expects to have an update at 8:30 a.m. PT on when the problem will be resolved. Update, …
Read More »Facebook emphasizes putting friends and family first in News Feed
Facebook is going back to a family-first approach. The social networking titan said Wednesday it will be making changes to its News Feed to prioritize items from friends and family, meaning you’ll likely be seeing more baby, wedding and pet-related posts. “To help make sure you don’t miss the friends and family posts you are likely to care about, we …
Read More »Apple’s Siri can field tougher questions and follow
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now playing: Watch this: Siri comes to MacOS 2:05 Apple’s virtual assistant Siri might be best known for mangling and misunderstanding questions and commands from users. That could change as Apple has been making improvements to the system, which it demoed Monday at …
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