Philips Hue is introducing some new features that make it easier to match brightness levels on different lights and fine-tune motion sensor automation, manufacturer Signify announced. The company also unveiled three new lighting products, including a bulb and two panels, though only in the UK, it appears. The first update is called brightness balancer, developed … Read more
Maybe Android tablets aren’t dead after all. Maybe they just needed a smart display dock and a beguiling kickstand/hanger… thing to make them more functional. According to Engadget’s Cherlynn Low, the $500 Pixel Tablet is not a particularly exciting tablet, but it is an intriguing smart display. Engadget With its charging speaker dock and $80 … Read more
Following his departure as host of The Daily Show last December, Trevor Noah is partnering with Spotify to launch a podcast, Variety first reported. Weekly episodes of the yet-to-be-named series should feature “in-depth and freewheeling” discussions with influential figures across the globe. The announcement came during a conversation between Noah and Spotify co-founder and CEO … Read more
Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon is wanted in South Korea and the US for a scheme that lost investors $40 billion when the company’s cryptocurrency plummeted last year — but, for now, he will sit in a Montenegrin prison. Kwon has been found guilty on charges of forging official documents and sentenced to four months … Read more
Vimeo is one of the latest companies to launch AI-powered tools of its own, and as you’d expect, they’re geared towards making it easier for creators to edit their videos. The video hosting platform says most people “lack the skills, time, or resources to effectively create and edit videos,” and these features are meant to … Read more
With a new update, WhatsApp wants to make spam calls less annoying and let users select the optimal privacy settings, the company announced. The first feature, called Silence Unknown Callers, does exactly that — the calls won’t ring on your phone, but will appear in your call list, in case the call is important but … Read more
Opera says its generative AI-infused browser is ready for public consumption. Opera One is now out of early access. It’s more broadly available on Windows, Mac and Linux. You can download it from the company’s website. Opera features an integrated AI called Aria that you can access from the sidebar. You can use a keyboard … Read more
The Pixel Tablet is like an emotionally unstable partner. On good days, it’s reliable and helpful, always ready to listen and support me. Every now and then, though, I feel gaslit and annoyed by its inconsistencies and mixed messages. This might be because Google’s latest tablet/smart-display hybrid straddles two product categories: one at which it … Read more
Sennheiser is the next big brand to offer over-the-counter hearing aids, and it’s clearly aiming at people who are already fans of its personal audio hardware. The newly introduced All-Day Clear (shown below) and All-Day Clear Slim (above) both include a charging case that behaves much like those you’d get with the Momentum True Wireless … Read more
Amid Taylor Swift’s brief break in between the ‘Eras’ tour shows, the songstress hung out with her longtime bestie, Gigi Hadid, in New York City on Jun. 18. Amid Taylor Swift’s brief break in between the ‘Eras’ tour shows, the songstress hung out with her longtime bestie, Gigi Hadid, in New York City on Jun. … Read more