During this week’s Pixel 6 launch event, Google demonstrated a handful of AI-powered photography tricks built into its new phones. Among the capabilities: erasing photobombers from backgrounds, taking the blur out of smudged faces and handling darker skin tones more accurately. Those features, however, are just the tip of an artificial intelligence iceberg designed to …
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Google is set to raise the curtain on its latest phones, the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, at a launch event at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. UK) today. We previously got a peek at the new smartphones a few weeks before the tech giant unveiled the Pixel 5A. It wasn’t a detailed launch, and we still …
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Vivo on Thursday launched three phones as part of its X70 series, made up of the X70, X70 Pro, and X70 Pro Plus. Vivo, one of China’s biggest phone brands, is billing the range as a “professional photography flagship, extending its partnership with German lensmaker Zeiss. Of the trio, the X70 Pro Plus is the most souped-up phone. It …
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One well-known thing about iPads: They’re used for Zooms and video chats all the time, but their front-facing cameras aren’t ideally placed. Apple’s newest iPad Mini and entry-level iPad are able to help with the awkwardness, somewhat: Center Stage is a digital zooming tool built into the latest iPad’s wider-angle cameras to automatically keep your face (and your family’s) in …
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Expanding its paid services push, browser maker Brave on Wednesday launched a videoconferencing service called Brave Talk designed to protect privacy better than existing options like Zoom. It’s free, though a premium option costing $7 per month adds features like recording video and supporting groups of three or more. Videoconferencing use has exploded during the COVID-19 pandemic as school, work, …
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The iPhone 13 Pro cameras aren’t a total overhaul from those found on the iPhone 12, but there are some neat tweaks that make a pro photographer like me pretty excited. Here’s what’s got me popping. Read more: CNET’s iPhone 13, 13 Mini, 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max reviews I’ve used the iPhone 12 Pro Max since it launched, and I’m …
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Apple unveiled the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone Pro Max, its new high-end smartphones meant to succeed the iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max, on Tuesday. The announcement came during Apple’s latest product launch event, where it also unveiled the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Mini. The biggest additions include three new cameras, a new 120Hz display and longer battery life. …
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With its new iPhone 13 models, Apple has added notable new camera features to get an edge in the smartphone photography market. Cinematic mode, on all iPhone 13 models, uses AI and computational photography to change focus from one subject to another, a technique you’ll often see in the movies. And macro photography on the iPhone 13 Pro lets you …
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At the iPhone 13 event Tuesday, Apple announced the iPhone 13 Pro would have 3x optical zoom, an improvement over the iPhone 12 Pro. The 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max have 2x and 2.5x optical zoom, equivalent to 52mm and 65mm lenses. The 13 Pro’s 3x zoom is equivalent to a 77mm lens. The iPhone 13 Pro, announced on Tuesday, …
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At its annual Zoomtopia conference on Monday, Zoom unveiled several new features for the video chat platform, aiming to help its millions of users in the transition to the hybrid workforce. Upgrades include live, multilanguage transcription and translation for Zoom calls. The platform will use machine learning and natural language processing to first transcribe the spoken language, and then each …
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