Emily Flippen is bringing the drama on the new season of ‘Survivor,’ and she isn’t sorry for it. Here’s everything you need to know about Emily.
Emily Flippen is bringing the drama on the new season of ‘Survivor,’ and she isn’t sorry for it. Here’s everything you need to know about Emily.
David and Victoria Beckham’s youngest child and only daughter sported a pink dress for the premiere of the soccer star’s Netflix documentary.
David and Victoria Beckham’s youngest child and only daughter sported a pink dress for the premiere of the soccer star’s Netflix documentary.
Another Pixel phone, another Tensor system-on-a-chip from Google. That’s basically where we’re at this year: The company officially announced the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro at its Made by Google event on Wednesday, and unsurprisingly they’re sporting a new Tensor G3 SoC. The Tensor hardware made a big splash when it arrived with the Pixel 6, and now the company appears to be focusing on AI performance even more.
Google claims the Tensor G3 allows the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro to run over twice as many machine learnings on device, compared to the Pixel 8. Similarly, the largest machine learning model on the Pixel 8 is said to be 10 times more complex than what was on the Pixel 6. Those leaps are a testament both to Google’s engineering capabilities and how much tech companies are racing to become AI leaders.
The Tensor G3 chip is faster than the G2, as you’d expect, but honestly that’s never been the highlight of Google’s SoCs. What’s more important are the new features it’ll deliver. This year, that includes better Call Screen functionality for weeding out spam calls. Google also claims that Tensor G3 will enable better audio and video quality, especially for the Pixel’s Clear Calling feature. You can also use the “Audio Magic Eraser” to remove annoying sounds from your videos, similar to the way the original Magic Eraser feature can clean up the backgrounds of photos.
Google can also bring screen reading to every corner of the Pixel 8 experience thanks to the Tensor G3. A long press on the power button automatically triggers screen reading, which is useful if you want to read a long article on the go. You’ll also get playback controls for speed, as well as the ability to change the playback language.
Google hasn’t revealed many technical details behind the Tensor G3 yet, but according to a recent benchmark leak, it’s built around a 9-core CPU with a Cortex-X3 core running at 2.91GHz. (That Arm core is also found in the recent Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, so Google is in good company.) The G3 also features 12GB of RAM and a Mali-G715 GPU. It should be far more efficient than the Tensor G2 as well, since it’s built on Samsung’s newer 4nm process.
To its credit, Google initially launched the Pixel phones with a focus on AI, which helped power groundbreaking features like Night Sight. Now with the Tensor G3 on the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, Google can push its AI lead even further.
Follow all of the news live from Google’s 2023 Pixel event right here.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/google-tensor-g3-soc-pixel-8-pro-143052356.html?src=rss
Reddit is revamping search and making a key feature of its app more accessible. The company announced a series of updates it says makes search faster and easier across its app and mobile site.
The changes include a new “media” tab in search and within individual subreddits so users can more easily browse images, video clips, and GIFs. Additionally, search results in Reddit’s app and website are getting a simpler, cleaner look.
Reddit is also making search easier for people using the mobile version of its site who aren’t logged in. Now, logged out searches will have more filters, as well as separate tabs for comments and posts. And mobile web searches are 85 percent faster overall, according to the company.
There are also search improvements specifically for Redditors who rely on screen readers. “The posts and comments tabs on the search result page are now screen reader compatible on native mobile apps,” Reddit explains in a blog post. “We’re adding labels, roles/traits, values, and states to all elements on these pages to help redditors discover content and take action. If a redditor uses a screen reader, they can hear the actions available and the results returned on these tabs.”
That change could help the company address some of the long-running accessibility complaints about its app. Members of r/blind were some of the most vocal opponents to the company’s API crackdown, which resulted in the shuttering of many third-party apps. The company later said that it would exempt some accessibility-focused apps from its API fees, but the moderators of r/blind have said the concession isn’t enough, and that the company has “made it impossible for blind Redditors to moderate their own sub.” While Reddit’s latest updates don’t address blind users’ complaints about its moderation tools, the changes could still be a significant improvement for people who browse the app with screen readers.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/reddit-is-revamping-search-and-improving-support-for-screen-readers-143054804.html?src=rss
Over the course of its Made by Google event on Wednesday, it became clear that Google intends to infuse its its new Pixel 8 phones with generative AI. With the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, Google is adding support for on-demand summaries, translations and read-aloud features for articles and web pages, plus more tricks. All of this is handled through the Assistant, either via spoken word or on-screen prompts.
On the new Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, the Assistant will be able to quickly summarize website text, offering a breakdown of the page and bullet points of relevant content. It’s a lot like interacting with Bard or Bing AI, in this regard. Prompts will pop up at the bottom of the summary with potential follow-ups — an article about iPhones, for example, will end with action buttons reading, “About iPhones,” and, “Who invented the iPhone?”
The new Assistant can translate text into various languages and will even read the converted content out loud (in supported languages). In the case of translated or original text, read-aloud mode populates a draggable progress bar, playback-speed controls and 10-second skip buttons in either direction.
Call screening is also improved on Pixel 8, and the Assistant should sound more natural when speaking with callers — meaning a few more pauses and weird sounds, basically. Call screening will also offer an expanded list of potential responses for users to choose from as the conversation carries on in the background.
Another Assistant update will allow users to compose messages twice as fast using their voice, and enable typing, editing and sending messages in multiple languages. Overall, Assistant should be able to better understand users when they speak in natural patterns, even across languages. Additionally, Google’s At A Glance feature will provide more useful information, like travel updates and tickets for events.
Google is making the Recorder app more useful with generative AI, too. On Pixel 8s, Recorder will be able to provide high-level summaries of captured content. This is in addition to the Recorder app’s existing transcription abilities.
The Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro will go on sale October 12, starting at $700.
Follow all of the news live from Google’s 2023 Pixel event right here.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/google-pixel-8-lineup-has-a-bevy-of-generative-ai-features-143036712.html?src=rss
NASA is planning its first crewed mission to the moon since Apollo 17’s 1972 trip, and it’s doing so in style. Axiom Space — the company NASA chose last year to create the Extravehicular Activity Services (xEVAS) spacesuits for 2025’s Artemis III mission — has announced it’s partnering with luxury Italian brand Prada to design them.
The two companies will work side by side throughout production. “Prada’s technical expertise with raw materials, manufacturing techniques, and innovative design concepts will bring advanced technologies instrumental in ensuring not only the comfort of astronauts on the lunar surface, but also the much-needed human factors considerations absent from legacy spacesuits,” Axiom Space CEO Michael Suffredini said in a statement.
Prada Group marketing director Lorenzo Bertelli added, “It is a true celebration of the power of human creativity and innovation to advance civilization.” He also credited the company’s “cutting-edge” work to decades of experience with its Luna Rossa Prada sailing team.
The Artemis III mission is unique not only because of the five decades since Apollo 17 but because it’s the first time a woman or person of color will go to the moon, astronauts Christina Koch and Victor Glover. Interestingly, Koch’s role in the mission is acknowledged early on in Axiom Space’s release, seemingly creating a subtext that the presence of a woman (read: an accomplished, experienced astronaut) is necessary to justify teaming up with a luxury designer.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/prada-will-help-design-the-spacesuits-for-nasas-2025-artemis-iii-mission-150009987.html?src=rss
During Wednesday’s event in New York, Google officially announced their latest smartphones, the Pixel 8 and the Pixel 8 Pro, along with the new Pixel Watch 2 and the upgraded Pixel Buds Pro. The announcements didn’t come as a surprise as the company itself “leaked” and then shared a clip of the new Pixels well ahead of the event.
But now we can say for sure that the new phones will use Google’s latest Tensor G3 chip and that the company will support seven years of security and OS updates for them. The Pixel Watch 2 packs a longer-lasting battery, which will hopefully resolve one of our biggest complaints about the first generation smartwatch. And while the Pixel Buds Pro aren’t completely new, software upgrades (and two new colors) should improve upon the existing buds. Here’s how to pre-order the Pixel 8, the Pixel 8 Pro, the Pixel Watch 2 and the updated Pixel Buds Pro.
The Pixel 8 has a 6.2-inch OLED Actua display, which is a new display for the Pixel, which is brighter and should offer more clarity. The screen iteself is actually a tenth of an inch smaller than on the Pixel 7, though the refresh rate can now reach 120Hz and the peak brightness is higher than the older model, getting up to 2,000 nits. Despite the smaller overall size, the battery is actually bigger this time, with a 4,485 mAh typical capacity. It can recharge from zero to 50 percent in about 30 minutes with Google’s own 30W USB-C 3.0 charger. Though, unfortunately, that doesn’t come with the phone.
The chip inside is the new generation of Google’s own Tensor G3, which the company says will allow for better photo processing and help to filter out spam calls. The RAM tops out at 8GB and you can opt for 128GB or 256GB of storage capacity. The case is made from a metal frame and polished back glass. The display glass, meanwhile, is Corning Gorilla Glass Victus and the device is rated IP68, which means it’s dust-tight and can handle a dunk in up to a meter of water.
As for cameras, they are largely the same as last year’s, with a 10.5MP front camera that’s just a few hundred pixels smaller than last year’s 10.8MP selfie cam, and a 50MP and 12MP cameras that match the resolution of the Pixel 7. Though it’s not all about megapixels. Google notes that these rear cameras are improvements over their predecessors thanks to software improvements like Macro focus for closeups and Best Take that blends multiple group photos together to get one where everyone has their eyes open.
In a solid move towards sustainability, Google will support OS upgrades, security updates and new features drops for seven years after the phone’s launch. The Pixel 8 starts at $699 and comes in Hazel, Rose, and Obsidian. Pre-orders are open now and the phones will ship next week. If you pre-order from Google, the company will throw in a free pair of Pixel Buds Pro.
Google says the Pixel 8 Pro has the best Pixel camera yet. (Though, to be fair, no company ever says its latest pro-range cameras are a step down from last year.) The triple lens array includes a 50MP wide, a 48MP ultrawide and a 48MP telephoto camera with a 5x optical zoom. The 10.5MP selfie camera is similar to the one on the Pixel 8, but this one has an autofocus feature. The 6.7-inch screen sports Google’s new Super Actua LTPO OLED display with a intelligently-adjusting 1Hz to120Hz refresh rate, up to 2400 nits of peak brightness and ultra HDR images. It’s covered in Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2 and is housed in a polished aluminum frame with a matte glass back.
It’s got the same Tensor G3 chip as the Pixel 8, which will enable all of the AI perks Google has cooked up, like a more helpful Google Assistant who can paraphrase what’s on your screen and understand pauses instead of just barreling ahead with a half-baked request when you take a breath. The Pro model comes with 12GB of RAM and the option of 128GB, 256GB, 512GB or 1TB of storage.
There’s even an infrared sensor on the Pixel 8 Pro to take the temperature of a cup of coffee or the frying pan you’re about to use. And google has submitted an application to the FDA to allow it to act as a thermometer for people too. Like the Pixel 8, the Pixel 8 Pro will get a promised seven years of OS and security updates and new features support. It starts at $999 and ships next week. Google will throw in the new Pixel Watch 2 when you pre-order the Pixel Pro 8 from its storefront.
We were a little disappointed with the first Pixel Watch’s battery life and thought the emphasis on Fitbit branding took away from a pure Google experience. With the Pixel Watch 2, it looks like the company has improved upon the battery life, with a claimed 24 hours even with the always-on display enabled. But it appears to be doubling down on the Fitbit union.
There’s a new multi-path heart rate sensor that uses both photodiodes and LEDs to get better estimates of your pulse. Fitbit stress management features use various sensors to potentially identify tense moments in your day and suggests actions such as mood logging or guided breathing and walking sessions. New safety features include Safety Check which can alert friends, family or even emergency services if needed and Emergency Sharing lets your circle of people see your real-time whereabouts. Fall detection and Emergency SOS were already released earlier this year for the Pixel Watch but will come standard on the Pixel Watch 2.
The housing is made from 100 percent recycled aluminum and the AMOLED screen is covered in 3D Corning Gorilla Glass 5. Many fitness features like workouts and Daily Readiness Score live behind Fitbit’s paywall, but the watch comes with six months of the subscription for free. The updated Fitbit app will integrate more AI features when it updates later this year.
The Pixel Watch 2 is priced at $349 for the Wi-Fi version and $399 for the cellular enabled model and comes in Black Aluminum, Polished Silver or Champagne Gold cases with a different colored bands. It will ship next week.
Google announced the new Fitbit Charge 6 at the same time. It’s also available to pre order now and retails for $160.
This isn’t a brand new product for Google, but the company made enough updates to the Pixel Buds Pro to make them worth a few minutes of air time during the event. We already called the Pixel Buds Pro Google’s best earbuds yet and hopefully these improvements will make them even better. Conversation Detection can discern when you’re talking to someone and pause the music. And Clear Calling with a Pixel phone reduces extraneous noises from the other end of the conversation so you can hear them better. They also come in two new colors, Porcelain and Bay, which happen to match the new Pixel 8 Pro phones.
Follow all of the news live from Google’s 2023 Pixel event right here.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/how-to-pre-order-the-google-pixel-8-and-pixel-8-pro-150051904.html?src=rss
Google has officially spilled the details on its new Pixel 8 phone. While the handset looks broadly similar to last year’s Pixel 7, it packs a new Tensor G3 chip, a faster 120Hz display, a smaller frame that should be easier to hold with one hand and, perhaps most notably, seven years of promised OS and security updates. It starts at $699, though, which is $100 more than before, and it doesn’t have all the bells and whistles of the larger Pixel 8 Pro.
Engadget’s Deputy Reviews Editor, Cherlynn Low, got some hands-on time with the new Pixel phones ahead of Google’s launch event on Wednesday, so check out her report for more details on what to expect. To help put the device into context, though, we’ve broken down how the Pixel 8 compares to two high-profile peers, Apple’s iPhone 15 and Samsung’s Galaxy S23, on the spec sheet. Specs aren’t the be-all and end-all — between its new camera features and AI tricks, many of the Pixel 8’s biggest updates are software-based — but if you want a better sense of what kind of hardware your $699 will get you, here’s a quick rundown. If you’re more interested in the Pixel 8 Pro, we have a similar breakdown for that phone too.
Google Pixel 8
Apple iPhone 15
Samsung Galaxy S23
Pricing (MSRP)
From $699
From $799
From $800
Dimensions
5.9 x 2.8 x 0.4 inches
5.81 x 2.82 x 0.31 inches
5.76 x 2.79 x 0.3 inches
Weight
6.6 ounces
6.02 ounces
5.93 ounces
Screen size
6.2 inches
6.1 inches
6.1 inches
Screen resolution
1,080 x 2,400
428 ppi
1,179 x 2,556
460 ppi
1,080 x 2,340
425 ppi
Screen type
OLED
Up to 120Hz (60-120Hz)
Up to 2,000 nits brightness
Gorilla Glass Victus
OLED
60Hz
Up to 2,000 nits brightness
Ceramic Shield
AMOLED
Up to 120Hz (48-120Hz)
Up to 1,750 nits brightness
Gorilla Glass Victus 2
SoC
Google Tensor G3
Apple A16 Bionic
Hexa-core CPU (up to 3.46GHz)
5-core Apple GPU
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy
Octa-core CPU (up to 3.36 GHz)
Adreno 740 GPU
RAM
8GB
6GB
8GB
Battery
4,485mAh
“Beyond 24 hours”
“Up to 20 hours video playback”
3,900mAh
“Up to 22 hours of video playback”
Charging
USB Type-C 3.2
Up to 27W wired
Up to 18W wireless with Google Pixel Stand (2nd gen)
Qi wireless charging up to 12W
Reverse wireless charging
USB Type-C (USB 2.0)
“Up to 50 percent charge in around 30 minutes”
MagSafe wireless charging up to 15W
Qi wireless charging up to 7.5W
Reverse wired charging
USB Type-C (USB 3.2 Gen 1)
Up to 25W wired
Qi/WPC wireless charging up to 15W
Reverse wireless charging
Storage
128GB / 256GB
128GB / 256GB / 512GB
128GB / 256GB
Rear camera(s)
Main: 50 MP, f/1.68
Ultrawide: 12 MP, f/2.2, 125.8 degree FOV
Main: 48 MP, f/1.6
Ultrawide: 12 MP, f/2.4, 120 degree FOV
Main: 50 MP, f/1.8
Ultrawide: 12 MP, f/2.2, 120 degree FOV
Telephoto: 10 MP, f/2.4, 3x optical zoom
Front camera(s)
10.5 MP, f/2.2
12 MP, f/1.9
12 MP, f/2.2
Video capture
Rear: 4K at 24/30/60 fps, 1080p at 24/30/60/120/240 fps
Front: 4K at 24/30/60 fps, 1080p at 30/60 fps
Rear: 4K at 24/25/30/60 fps, 1080p at 25/30/60/120/240 fps
Front: 4K at 24/25/30/60 fps, 1080p at 25/30/60/120 fps
Rear: 8K at 24/30 fps, 4K at 30/60 fps, 1080p at 30/60/240/960 fps
Front: 4K at 30/60 fps, 1080p at 30 fps
Water and dust resistance
IP68
IP68
IP68
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 7
Wi-Fi 6
Wi-Fi 6E
Bluetooth
v5.3
v5.3
v5.3
NFC
Yes
Yes
Yes
OS
Android 14
“Seven years of OS, security, and Feature Drop updates”
iOS 17
Android 13, One UI 5.1
Four generations of OS updates, five years of security updates
Finishes
Obsidian, Hazel, Rose
Matte aluminum frame
Black, Blue, Green, Yellow, Pink
Aluminum frame
Phantom Black, Green, Lavender, Graphite, Cream, Lime
Armor aluminum frame (advertised)
Follow all of the news live from Google’s 2023 Pixel event right here.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/google-pixel-8-vs-the-competition-the-seven-year-smartphone-150936894.html?src=rss
After weeks of teases and leaks, Google formally took the wraps off its next flagship smartphone, the Pixel 8 Pro. Revealed during the company’s Made by Google event on Wednesday, the handset adds a host of new camera and AI features, a brighter OLED display, an improved Tensor G3 chip, seven years of software updates and, oddly, a built-in temperature sensor. It costs $100 more than its predecessor, however. For more on how all of this feels in practice, you can check out some early hands-on impressions from Engadget’s Deputy Reviews Editor, Cherlynn Low.
Here, though, we’ve broken down how the Pixel 8 Pro compares on paper to two other large, pricey and well-known flagships, Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro Max and Samsung’s Galaxy S23 Ultra. As always, raw specs won’t tell the whole story, but if you’re curious about how Google’s latest and greatest stacks up, here’s a quick overview. If you’re more interested in the smaller Pixel 8, meanwhile, we have a similar breakdown for that device too.
Google Pixel 8 Pro
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
Pricing (MSRP)
From $999
From $1,199
From $1,200
Dimensions
6.4 x 3.0 x 0.3 inches
6.29 x 3.02 x 0.32 inches
6.43 x 3.07 x 0.35 inches
Weight
7.5 ounces
7.81 ounces
8.25 ounces
Screen size
6.7 inches
6.7 inches
6.8 inches
Screen resolution
1,344 x 2,992
489 ppi
1,290 x 2,796
460 ppi
1,440 x 3,088
500 ppi
Screen type
LTPO OLED
Up to 120Hz (1-120Hz)
Up to 2,400 nits brightness
Gorilla Glass Victus 2
LTPO OLED
Up to 120Hz (1-120Hz)
Up to 2,000 nits brightness
Ceramic Shield
AMOLED
Up to 120Hz (1-120Hz)
Up to 1,750 nits brightness
Gorilla Glass Victus 2
SoC
Google Tensor G3
Apple A17 Pro
Hexa-core CPU (up to 3.78GHz)
6-core Apple GPU
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy
Octa-core CPU (up to 3.36GHz)
Adreno 740 GPU
RAM
12GB
8GB
8GB / 12GB
Battery
4,950mAh
“Beyond 24 hours”
“Up to 29 hours video playback”
5,000mAh
“Up to 26 hours of video playback”
Charging
USB Type-C 3.2
Up to 30W wired
Up to 23W wireless with Google Pixel Stand (2nd gen)
Qi wireless charging up to 12W
Reverse wireless charging
USB Type-C (USB 3.2 Gen 2)
“Up to 50 percent charge in around 30 minutes”
MagSafe wireless charging up to 15W
Qi wireless charging up to 7.5W
Reverse wired charging
USB Type-C (USB 3.2 Gen 1)
Up to 45W wired
Qi/WPC wireless charging up to 15W
Reverse wireless charging
Storage
128GB / 256GB / 512GB / 1TB
256GB / 512GB / 1TB
256GB / 512GB / 1TB
Rear camera
Main: 50 MP, f/1.68
Ultrawide: 48 MP, f/1.95, 125.5 degree FOV
Telephoto: 48 MP, f/2.8, 5x optical zoom
Main: 48 MP, f/1.78
Ultrawide: 12 MP, f/2.2, 120 degree FOV
Telephoto: 12 MP, f/2.8, 5x optical zoom
Main: 200 MP, f/1.7
Ultrawide: 12 MP, f/2.2, 120 degree FOV
Telephoto: 10 MP, f/2.4, 3x optical zoom
Telephoto: 10 MP, f/4.9, 10x optical zoom
Front camera
10.5 MP, f/2.2
12 MP, f/1.9
12 MP, f/2.2
Video capture
Rear: 4K at 24/30/60 fps, 1080p at 24/30/60/120/240 fps
Front: 4K at 24/30/60 fps, 1080p at 30/60fps
Rear: 4K at 24/25/30/60 fps, 1080p at 25/30/60/120/240 fps
Front: 4K at 24/25/30/60 fps, 1080p at 25/30/60/120 fps
Rear: 8K at 24/30 fps, 4K at 30/60 fps, 1080p at 30/60/240/960 fps
Front: 4K at 30/60 fps, 1080p at 30 fps
Water and dust resistance
IP68
IP68
IP68
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 7
Wi-Fi 6E
Wi-Fi 6E
Bluetooth
v5.3
v5.3
v5.3
NFC
Yes
Yes
Yes
OS
Android 14
“Seven years of OS, security and Feature Drop updates”
iOS 17
Android 13, One UI 5.1
Four generations of OS updates, five years of security updates
Finishes
Obsidian, Porcelain, Bay
Polished aluminum frame
Natural Titanium, Blue Titanium, White Titanium, Black Titanium
Titanium frame
Phantom Black, Green, Lavender, Graphite, Cream, Lime, Sky Blue, Red
Armor aluminum frame (advertised)
Follow all of the news live from Google’s 2023 Pixel event right here.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/google-pixel-8-pro-vs-the-competition-from-tensor-to-temperature-sensor-151016002.html?src=rss
At the ‘Made by Google Event’ in New York, Google teased a new “generative AI” feature that will be built into the Fitbit app sometime next year as part of the Fibit Labs program. The app, which will pair with new wearables like the Google Pixel 2 Watch and the Fitbit Charge 6, will use artificial intelligence to analyze trends in a wearer’s fitness capabilities and be able to provide insights about overall performance.
The app will feature a chatbot that can carry a conversation to help you understand how you did during a tracked run, for example, while providing debriefed stats on the activity, like overall pace and elevation gain. The AI tool will take it a step further and be able to explain why you performed the way you did by drawing on affiliated health data, like sleep hygiene, recovery history and other workouts. If you felt that a workout was extra difficult, the app will be able to look for related info to explain why you might be struggling.
However, the insights are not limited to chatting with the AI. Google showed off its ability to provide visual feedback, like charts illustrating how performance changed over time.
Google’s James Park, the former head of Fitbit, said the new generative AI feature will be trialed by “trusted testers” before it officially launches.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/fitbit-is-getting-an-ai-chatbot-that-can-tell-you-why-your-run-sucked-151545663.html?src=rss
