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Google Photos already makes it easy for users to correct their photos with built-in editing tools and clever, A.I.-powered features for automatically creating collages, animations, movies, stylized photos, and more. Now the company is making it even easier to fix photos with a new version of the Google Photos app …
Read More »Snapchat’s redesigned redesign starts rolling out
Snapchat says it is currently rolling out yet another redesign to its app to iOS users. Late last year, Snapchat launched an overhaul which earned the wrath of dedicated users who hated the new layout. That led to 1.2 million people signing a petition in hopes that Snapchat would revert …
Read More »Xiaomi is bringing smart home products with Google Assistant to the US
This week at Google I/O Xiaomi announced that it would add Google Assistant compatibility to three smart home products and officially bring them to the US. The Mi Bedside Lamp (above) and Mi LED Smart Bulb can both display up to 16 million colors, with voice assistant support also allowing …
Read More »Google offers an unusually clear view of how it manages user data ahead of GDPR
With the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation set to go into effect on May 25th, services across the board are updating their terms of service to comply with the new privacy rules — and today, Google joined the crowd. In a post, the company laid out a new privacy …
Read More »Hands on: Here's what it's like to use Google's magical new AI
Google (GOOG, GOOGL) is a massive company, with its fingers in a thousand pots. There’s Google Docs, Google Maps, Google Assistant, Google Home speakers, Google Photos, Gmail, Android, self-driving cars, and on and on. At its annual Google I/O developer conference, then, the company has adopted a clever system for …
Read More »Google is trying to make your smart home safer
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Connected “internet of things” gadgets, like connected thermostats, cameras and speakers, suffer from security updates that arrive late or never. So Google (GOOG, GOOGL) has a solution in mind, and it involves the mobile operating system that has long suffered from security updates arriving late or …
Read More »Here’s how to use Gmail’s new Smart Compose
Google unveiled Gmail’s new Smart Compose feature at its annual developer conference this week, and it’s now available to try out as an “experimental feature” on desktop. Smart Compose builds off the idea of Smart Reply, predicting what you’ll write next as you type in the body of an email. …
Read More »Klout is out and there’s nary a pout
Klout is out and there’s nary a pout. Lithium Technologies, which purchased Klout in 2014 for reportedly $200 million, has announced it’s going to shut down the site by May 25th. May 25th is, coincidentally, also the deadline for companies to comply with the new European data privacy rules. And …
Read More »Boston Dynamics’ robots are learning how to run outside and navigate autonomously
Boston Dynamics’ robots look more natural and more amazing with each video, and today the company posted two more clips to its YouTube channel showing the latest progress of its Atlas and SpotMini robots. The clips don’t reveal much we haven’t seen before, but they both show how naturally these …
Read More »Peloton to launch its smart exercise bike in the UK and Canada
Connected exercise equipment company Peloton is expanding sales of its stationary bike to the UK and Canada, as reported earlier today by Engadget. Peloton’s bikes, which cost $1,995 along with a $39-per-month subscription to Peloton’s live and on-demand classes, have a tablet affixed to the front along with a camera …
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