Month: May 2020

Worldwide webcam shortage no longer an issue for photographers. UPDATE: Canon has announced that its EOS Webcam Utility Beta software is now available for macOS as well, allowing more customers to use their Canon camera as a webcam. We’ve updated our original article to reflect these changes. In April, Canon USA released a new software to … Continue reading Canon’s free webcam software now available for both Windows and Mac users Continue Reading →

Augmented reality filters on Instagram  are picking up some new tricks with the latest update to Facebook’s Spark AR platform. Spark AR has been making pretty consistent updates to the feature sets developers can play with in creating AR filters since it exited closed beta on Instagram last year. Today, Facebook added some new functionality to the … Continue reading Instagram’s AR filters are getting more dynamic Continue Reading →

What happens when the medical misinformation comes from the president? The big tech platforms found themselves in an unusual position during the first part of the coronavirus pandemic: getting praised for how they handled misinformation. It was nice while it lasted. As the coronavirus spread around the world in March, Google, Facebook, and Twitter quickly announced that they would ban and take … Continue reading Big Tech thought the pandemic wouldn’t be political. Think again. Continue Reading →

WarnerMedia’s  new streaming service HBO Max launched today with a couple of conspicuous absences from the list of supported devices — Max is not yet available on Roku or Amazon’s Fire TV. It sounds like this isn’t just a technical issue that will be fixed imminently. WarnerMedia’s vice president of communications Chris Willard told USA Today that “there is no … Continue reading Amazon offers more details about why HBO Max isn’t on Fire TV Continue Reading →

New techniques could save videogame companies millions and make games more realistic.  A TRULY KICK-ASS videogame combines clever code, gorgeous graphics, and artful animation—plus thousands of hours of hard work. Researchers at Electronic Arts—the company behind FIFA, Madden, and other popular games—are testing recent advances in artificial intelligence as a way to speed the development process and make games more lifelike. … Continue reading Gamemakers Inject AI to Develop More Lifelike Characters Continue Reading →

Necessity, they say, is the mother of all invention. Perhaps the need to get rid of excess stock was the reason Chuwi, one of the most innovative Chinese PC vendors out there, has decided to merge the designs of two of its existing mini PCs (the GT Box and the HiGame) into a brand new workstation, the Corebox. At the … Continue reading This is the world’s cheapest Core i5 PC, but we’re not sure it’s a good deal Continue Reading →

5G phones that won’t break the bank. The Oppo Find X2 and X2 Pro, launched in earlier this year, are two of the most premium phones available from Oppo, but they’re definitely not affordable phones – and that’s likely why the company just announced two new entries to the line, with reduced specs and lower price tags. These phones … Continue reading Oppo Find X2 range gets two cheaper variants that are still 5G phones Continue Reading →

Microsoft is starting to release the latest twice-annual update to Windows 10, featuring enhancements to the longstanding Notepad app and a way to find your cursor in a sea of text. Windows is the world’s most popular PC operating system, and more than a billion devices are actively running Windows 10, which debuted in 2015. Last year … Continue reading Microsoft releases Windows 10 update with Linux and Notepad enhancements Continue Reading →

This is the first time ever. Apple is giving its Indian customers the capability to order customised versions of its entire range of computing devices. The configure-to-order and build-to-order options would be available for the MacBook Air (click to buy), Mac Mini, iMac and other computers.  Under the scheme customers from India would be able … Continue reading Apple offers customised iMacs, MacBooks in India – here’s why Continue Reading →