Tuesday, at the I/O 2018 conference, Google announced that users would soon be able to choose among six new voices, including the voice of John Legend. These new voices are powered by WaveNet, an AI-based voice synthesizer created by DeepMind, a subsidiary of Google UK. Now playing: Watch this: Give Google Assistant a new voice 1:41 …
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When we first got access to the internet, it wasn’t uncommon to have to wait five minutes or more to make a connection. Today, though, our eyes bulge in frustration when a website won’t load in a matter of seconds. When there’s little or no signal, it’s obvious why web pages are slow to load or you can’t post a …
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Being able to see a movie every day for just $9.95 per month seems too good to be true. Depending on how much you value your privacy, maybe it is. MoviePass built a business model on selling the data of its users to make going to the movies affordable again. What MoviePass wasn’t so upfront about, however, is how it …
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Per the norm, Samsung just announced the latest iteration of its wildly popular flagship line of phones, the Galaxy S9 ($198 at eBay), at Mobile World Congress. Save for some larger storage options, dual-aperture camera and AR emoji, there’s not a lot to set it apart from the Galaxy S8. Maybe you’re long overdue for an upgrade, you can’t afford …
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Mining cryptocurrencies is a great way to earn small amounts of residual income (that could possibly be worth much more in the future). This is becoming an alternative revenue source some websites (and people with more nefarious intentions) are banking on. Salon.com, for example, is giving readers the option to opt out of advertisements in exchange for letting the site …
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One of the larger changes in iOS 11 was Apple’s adoption of the new High Efficiency Image Format (HEIF) standard for photos. While the format is significantly more efficient when it comes to storage space, it’s not yet widely supported, meaning you may run into problems when you want to use pictures taken with your iPhone (or iPad) elsewhere. When …
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We’ve all been there. You sit down for movie night, open Netflix and start looking for something to watch. And you keep looking. And keep looking. And you look until you reach the point of not wanting to watch anything anymore. This is the modern-day version of going to the movie rental store, walking around for an hour and walking …
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A bug was discovered in MacOS High Sierra on Tuesday that allows anyone to log in to your computer using the username “root” with no password. Originally brought to light on Twitter by developer Lemi Orhan Ergin, the bug appeared when you opened System Preferences and go to Users & Groups. To make changes in this menu normally requires a password — you have to click …
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Didn’t get all the things you were hoping to buy on Black Friday? Fear not, Cyber Monday offers plenty of more deals. And you don’t have to leave your desk to score the best ones. Here are seven tips to help you navigate this Cyber Monday. Now playing: Watch this: Get the real deals on Cyber Monday 1:09 Always check price history The …
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There’s no shortage of photo editors for the iPhone. Take any picture you snap and apply filters, adjust the saturation or white balance, remove unwanted items from the image and so much more. Mobile photo editors have come a very long way in just a few, short years. But what about apps that help you take better photos? There are plenty of …
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