Artificial Intelligence Newswire

The promised second summer update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons is coming very soon, and it brings with it some exciting changes. According to Nintendo, the two big gameplay additions are the ability to dream and new fireworks shows. Meanwhile, for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers, a cloud backup system is also coming so you won’t lose your … Continue reading Animal Crossing’s next summer update adds dreaming and cloud saves Continue Reading →

Photo by James Bareham / The Verge Nintendo’s Switch Pro controller is one of my favorites ever, but there are two things that I don’t like about it: it’s kind of expensive, and it’s usually hard to find. For a limited time, Amazon is solving both problems by selling its stock for $60 each, which is … Continue reading Get the tough-to-find Nintendo Switch Pro controller for $10 off Continue Reading →

Image: Lightricks You might be familiar with Facetune, the hugely popular selfie editing app, but now the makers of that app, Lightricks, are releasing Facetune Video, which is designed to help you touch up selfie videos. To start editing a video, just select one from your camera roll. Once you do, it will start looping in … Continue reading Facetune Video helps you touch up your video selfies Continue Reading →

Sony’s A7S Mark III has a familiar 12-megapixel 4K full-frame sensor. | Image: Sony It’s been five long years since Sony’s last video-focused mirrorless camera, the A7S Mark II, came out. The competition has not stood still since then, and Canon’s latest R5 boasts some seriously impressive video recording chops. So today, Sony is announcing the A7S Mark III, … Continue reading Sony’s new A7S Mark III doesn’t shoot 8K video Continue Reading →

Photo by Erin Schaff-Pool / Getty Images Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) has introduced the latest of several bills designed to weaken a key online legal shield. The Behavioral Advertising Decisions Are Downgrading Services (or BAD ADS) Act would remove protections under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act for large web services that display ads based on … Continue reading Sen. Josh Hawley wants to strip legal protections from sites with targeted ads Continue Reading →

Spotify Spotify is now allowing its paying users to listen to music and podcasts with friends and family at the same time, even if they aren’t in the same location. Through its beta feature called Group Session, any premium user can generate a shareable link with up to five friends, who also have Spotify Premium, that’ll allow … Continue reading Spotify Premium users can now host a listening party with up to five friends — even if they live far away Continue Reading →

Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP via Getty Images The Consumer Electronics Show (CES), long the world’s largest tech trade show, will be all-digital in January 2021, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced on Monday. The CTA cited the COVID-19 pandemic and concerns about the spread of the virus as its reasoning for canceling the in-person event … Continue reading CES, the world’s largest tech conference, will be online-only in 2021 Continue Reading →

Microsoft is launching a new Family Safety app for iOS and Android this week. The software giant has been testing the app in recent months, and it’s designed to allow families to manage screentime and app usage. Parents can use the Family Safety app to receive reports on app usage and overall screentime and even set app … Continue reading Microsoft launches new Family Safety app for iOS and Android Continue Reading →

Image: Descript Descript, the maker of artificial intelligence-powered audio editing software, is launching a new tier of subscription today called Descript Pro that features access to its Overdub feature. Overdub, first released in beta last year, is a synthesis tool that lets you effectively create an AI voice double for yourself. That way, if you made … Continue reading Podcast editor Descript adds new pro tier with access to its AI voice double feature Continue Reading →

Photo by Guillermo Gutiérrez / NurPhoto via Getty Images As a writer, it’s always been my job to be extremely online. Now that everything from my office to my friendships is operating remotely, the internet is an even bigger part of my life. And I’ve never been more tired of it. It seems like so … Continue reading What happens when you reach your limit online Continue Reading →