Facebook said on Tuesday that it is launching a tool called Sensitive Content Control on Instagram. The feature is designed to give people more control over how much sensitive content appears in the Explore part of Instagram’s app. “You can think of sensitive content as posts that don’t necessarily break our rules, but could potentially be …
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The Tokyo Olympics have finally arrived. To celebrate the Olympic recognition of the once-stigmatized sport of skateboarding, Skate City — an atmospheric, lo-fi skateboarding game on Apple Arcade from developer Snowman (Where Cards Fall, Alto’s Odyssey: The Lost City) — is bringing the streets of Tokyo to players in a new game level. Tokyo is Skate City’s biggest update yet, loaded with …
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Facebook on Friday released cloud games on Apple devices through a web app for the Safari browser, a sign that the social network is continuing to double down on gaming even as it clashes with Apple over new rules. People can play cloud games instantly on a mobile device or web browser without having to download them. Facebook’s move comes after …
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Apple Arcade just added Jetpack Joyride from Halfbrick Studios, the creators of Fruit Ninja (also on Apple Arcade). The new game is Apple Arcade’s 196th title so far. You can check out the new game Friday. See at App Store Take on the role of Barry Steakfries in this high-tech endless runner. Don your jetpack and navigate an obstacle-ridden laboratory while …
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Louis Vuitton has unveiled a new wireless speaker that looks like it was lifted straight out of a science fiction film. The Horizon Light Up, unveiled in early July, is a leather-bound speaker with a smattering of lights and conical shape that give it a UFO-like aesthetic. The French fashion label says the design inspiration for the speaker is more …
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If you get lost in Los Angeles’s mammoth Griffith Park, texting three words could help you find your way. The fire department of the country’s second-biggest city said it had partnered with What3words, a digital location start-up that gives every spot on Earth a unique and simple three-word name. The Los Angeles Fire Department had been testing What3words since 2020, …
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Google Maps is adding transit crowd predictions covering 10,000 transit systems in 100 countries, making it easier for you to tell how busy your train or subway line will be, even down to each car. The transit predictions are based on AI technology, user feedback and location trends over time, the search giant said Wednesday. And in New York and …
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Google’s new Samsung-codesigned version of Wear OS is officially called Wear OS 3, and it’ll be on Samsung’s next-gen Galaxy Watch soon. But for many watch owners it won’t arrive until 2022. Or, you won’t be able to get the new software at all. The latest news comes from a new update from Google, which will make watches eligible for …
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Face filters on Instagram and Snapchat are far and away the most mainstream use of what we call augmented reality. We’ve already spent years contorting our faces, surrounding them with butterflies or pinning stuff to our heads to find out which Disney villain best represents us. However, it wasn’t until I got my hands on the new iPad Pro and played …
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AT&T’s getting its wireless momentum back. The company boasted the strongest second quarter in 10 years in the key growth area of post-paid subscribers — or customers with higher credit scores who pay at the end of the month — and also saw growth in its HBO and HBO Max streaming service. The company has spent the last few months …
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