Sean Scott is almost poetic when describing his intense interest in sidewalks. “Each sidewalk is like a snowflake,” Scott, who’s soft-spoken with a friendly smile, told me with a bit of excitement in his eyes. “Because the textures are different, the way they’re laid out is different, what we see on the sidewalk is different.” …
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Huawei reportedly asking app developers to publish on its AppGallery store
Huawei is reportedly inviting Google Play Store developers to publish their apps on its own AppGallery app store. Google last month locked Huawei out of its Android updates, though the US Commerce Department granted the Chinese tech giant a three-month general license to update existing devices, temporarily easing restrictions on Huawei’s access to US components. Huawei’s phones run on a …
Read More »Pixel 4 leaked renders show rear cameras, bottom speakers
Google’s Pixel 4 will have a square camera module on the back of the phone as well as no fingerprint scanner, according to reportedly leaked renders. The square camera bump was later officially confirmed by Google, for reasons we can only speculate for now. The square module will have either two or three cameras inside it, the Pixel 4 prototype …
Read More »Google CEO Sundar Pichai says tackling hate speech on YouTube is hard
Google CEO Sundar Pichai, in an interview with Axios on HBO, said YouTube isn’t quite where the company wants it to be. Axios asked Pichai about his reactions to the video site’s scandals and changes. “You know, we rank content based on quality,” Pichai said, in the interview that aired Sunday. “So we are bringing that same notion and approach to …
Read More »Xbox Project Scarlett details at E3 2019: Disc drive confirmed, plus 8K graphics
Get ready for a new Xbox. Microsoft gave more details about its upcoming Xbox video game console, codenamed Scarlett, in a presentation ahead of the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3 as it’s known, in Los Angeles Sunday. The new device will be four times more powerful than the Xbox One X and powered by an AMD chip. Microsoft said the new console will be able to offer frame rates …
Read More »5 new iOS 13 features we could still see in the next iPhone
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple may not be saving some of the best iOS 13 features for last. Its annual WWDC event sets the stage for more of the new software updates that will come to most iPhones the following fall, but Apple often reserves a few tidbits for the …
Read More »Adobe to test Sidecar iPad support for Lightroom on Mac
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Want to a new way to retouch photos on your Mac? Adobe‘s Lightroom will test Sidecar, a technology coming to Apple’s new MacOS Catalina that lets you use an iPad as a second display for your Mac or as an Apple Pencil-equipped tablet for controlling your …
Read More »Pixel 3 review: Six months later, is it still worth it? Here’s what’s great and what’s not
In May, Google announced the Pixel 3A and Pixel 3A XL, midrange variants of its main pair of flagship phones, the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL. While the Pixel 3A phones include many of the same features we like about the original Pixel 3 for a cheaper price, the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 still remain two of the best phones you …
Read More »Apple doesn’t have an AR headset yet, but its AR toolkit is paving the way
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. I chased a giant ball that wasn’t really there with a friend. I watched someone puppet a hovering sun with their face, and speak through its mouth. I sat through sessions where Apple employees discussed the importance of Reality Files, which could store …
Read More »How to make your Android screen extra dark at night
Staring at your phone’s bright blue screen at night can make it more difficult to fall asleep, and the harsh light can also cause eye strain. Until Dark Theme in Android Q becomes available on your phone, there are several ways to turn down screen brightness other than the usual brightness level slider to make your screen even darker. Keep …
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