You don’t need to fire up DALL-E if you want AI to create images from text — you just need a popular social media app. The Vergenotes TikTok has introduced a rudimentary “AI greenscreen” effect in its Android and iOS apps that turns your text descriptions into artwork. It’s much simpler than OpenAI’s DALL-E 2,…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Weta Workshop is venturing back to Middle-earth. It’s working on a new Lord of the Rings game alongside publisher Private Division. The game is in early development and few details have been announced, though the two sides hope to release it in Private Division parent Take-Two’s 2024 fiscal year, which ends in March 2024. Under…
Snapchat+ is barely over a month old, but that isn’t stopping Snap from adding a few extra perks to its subscription service. The social network has released a “summer drop” for members that, most notably, includes priority replies to stars’ Stories. If you’re determined to get the attention of your favorite celebrity or influencer, this…
Back in June Snapchat launched its paid Snapchat+ subscription service to give users exclusive features and experimental add-ons. For a $3.99/£3.99 monthly fee, Snapchat users were promised early access to a number of features before they were available to the wider public. The list of additional features was short at the time, but that’s about…
The developer of PUBG Mobile, Krafton, has created a “virtual influencer” that will share videos and photos on YouTube and Instagram. Developed using deep learning and hyperrealism technologies, Ana will spread “joy and happiness through music and entertainment”, although we don’t yet know what that will entail. We do, however, have a new video teaser…
Snapchat has changed a lot in recent years. Frequent updates mean the app looks and works nothing like it once did. Snap, the company behind Snapchat, is so aggressive with making changes to the app that it can be hard to keep up with how Snapchat really works, even if you’re a regular user. To…
New reports suggest that the Huawei Mate X3 foldable smartphone could launch in December this year. The news comes from a prominent Chinese blogger who goes by the Weibo username Wangzai Baishitong. According to the tipster, Huawei will be launching two devices at the end of the year, with the other being the Freebuds 5….
Love for Lego is pretty much universal, but some take that passion for building and creating into new and wonderful places with the help of a well-aimed lens. We’ve been combing through Instagram to find photographers with a passion for Lego who add new life and interest to the awesome mini toys. These epic artists…
The Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro are inching toward release later this year, likely around October. Before we get there, Google is hosting a big sale on its Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro phones to either clear out inventory or to get people talking about the brand again before new goodies arrive. The…
A new Lord of the Rings game will be published by Private Division in collaboration with Weta Workshop. Details on the game itself are unknown, though it will be set in the Middle-earth universe of J.R.R. Tolkien’s novels. Private Division is part of Take-Two Interactive and has previously published the likes of Kerbal Space Program,…