LG isn’t ready to show off all of the details around its next flagship phone just yet, but tonight it has revealed the technology we’ll see in the G8 ThinQ’s front-facing camera. By including a “Time of Flight” image sensor made by Infineon, LG claims it can deliver features like facial recognition, augmented reality and […]
Many major companies, like Air Canada, Hollister and Expedia, are recording every tap and swipe you make on their iPhone apps. In most cases you won’t even realize it. And they don’t need to ask for permission. You can assume that most apps are collecting data on you. Some even monetize your data without your knowledge. But TechCrunch […]
Facebook’s crack down on non-consensual ad targeting last year will finally produce results. In March, TechCrunch discovered Facebook planned to require advertisers to pledge that they had permission to upload someone’s phone number or email address for ad targeting. That tool debuted in June, though there was no verification process and Facebook just took businesses at their word despite the financial […]
Facebook Messenger is rolling out the option to delete a regretful or mistaken message from their chat history. Facebook initially promised the feature after TechCrunch reported in April that multiple people said Facebook messages they received from CEO Mark Zuckerberg later appeared to have been deleted while their own messages remained. At the time, Facebook […]
After Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe left the company late last year, TechCrunch reported a shift in strategy from developing a “Rift 2” to a more lightly-refreshed “Rift S” VR headset. Now UploadVR cites code found in the Oculus PC software referencing the new device and giving some hints of its capabilities. A “lighting frequency for […]
After years in early access releases and a fair amount of buzz, Astroneer is almost here. The finished version of System Era’s survival sandbox title arrives February 6th on Windows PCs and Xbox One, and it might be intriguing even if you’ve burnt out on the genre. The central allure remains the ability to reshape […]
Google has applied for a patent for a deep learning system that aggregates EHR data into a “timeline” in order to predict potential adverse events. The “system and method for predicting and summarizing medical events from electronic health records” is based on the popular data standard known as FHIR, allowing Google to ingest data from […]
If you’re an iPhone fan who wants a dual camera and OLED display but would rather not spend a grand or more on an iPhone XS, you’re in luck — at least, for now. Apple has started selling refurbished iPhone X units for the first time, starting at $769 (£769) for 64GB of storage and […]
Avi Bar-Zeev, perhaps best known as a co-creator of Microsoft’s HoloLens, has departed Apple in what may prove a setback for Apple’s augmented reality ambitions. Before he left his role last month, Bar-Zeev had reportedly been working on the company’s long-rumored, high-resolution AR/VR headset, which could arrive as early as next year. He seems to […]
You know that Apple is going to release an updated AirPods 2 at some point. If you’ve just got one of the existing model, though, then you typically like them so much that it’s hard to imagine how they could be improved. And, if you’ve had them since their launch in late 2016 then you’re […]
Samsung’s Unpacked Event is coming up in less than three weeks, so naturally, a number of leaks have started trickling out and alongside the new Galaxy S10, it seems Samsung is also prepping to release a new Galaxy wearable. But strangely, a new leaked image of the alleged Galaxy Sport shows a device that appears […]
For many folks, Google is the front page of the internet. You don’t type Facebook.com into your browser. You just type “Facebook,” and then click the first Google result. Or you do a basic search by tapping in what you’re looking for. But Google is way more powerful than that. You just have to learn […]
