Pinterest is bringing popular music to Idea Pins, its TikTok-like feature

Pinterest’s TikTok-esque Idea Pins will now feature popular music. | Image: Pinterest Pinterest is doubling down on its TikTok-style video feature by adding more music options through deals with record labels. The company announced deals today that will allow Pinterest users to add popular music to their video posts, called Idea Pins. The record labels…

Pixel Watch teardown shows off “ugly” insides, gives strong first-gen vibes

The inside is a far cry from the color-coded Apple products iFixit usually looks at. [credit: iFixit ] What secrets does the inside of the Pixel Watch hold? iFixit—Google’s new repair partner—tore down Google’s first self-branded smartwatch to see exactly how this thing was put together. Like us, iFixit came away with strong “first generation”…

Baby chicks are wary of prey with eyespots because of “Mona Lisa effect”

Enlarge / A peacock butterfly (Aglais io) has eyespots on the upper surface of each forewing and hindwing that appear to look you in the eyes—a perceptual phenomenon known as the “Mona Lisa effect.” (credit: Hannah Rowland/CC BY-SA) Visitors to the Louvre have long reported that the woman in Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous painting,…

The toll to scroll: Netflix introduces new fees for ‘extra users’

Time to tighten up the list of people with your password. Deposit Photos Netflix announced its solidified plans to curb all your sneaky, sneaky password sharing during yesterday’s quarterly earnings call—an “extra user” up-charge is coming for US subscribers in early 2023. Rumors of the fee first began circulating earlier this year, when word got…

Giant ostrich-like dinosaurs give us a glimpse of ancient North America

Ostriches are the largest birds on Earth. Deposit Photos A new discovery might be providing some serious nightmare fuel for those with ornithophobia. While the present-day common ostrich weighs between 230 to 346 pounds (104 to 156 kilograms), an ostrich-like theropod dinosaur named ornithomimosaur could reach the more than 1,700 pounds (800 kg) when it…

Adobe’s new AI can turn a 2D photo into a 3D scene

Users can add shiny objects into the scene with Adobe’s new tool. Adobe Today at Adobe MAX, the company’s annual creativity conference, Adobe will preview a new technology called “Beyond the Seen” that uses artificial intelligence to extend the boundaries of two-dimensional images and even turn them into immersive three-dimensional scenes. While just a demonstration,…

Singapore’s Skills Union wants to close the skills gap via live video training

The digital landscape is evolving so fast that one’s four-year degree can hardly keep up with the myriad platforms and APIs emerging every day. That’s why Skills Union wants to connect tech startup workers looking to level up with an array of field-specific experts over live video. Online professional training isn’t new; it’s not uncommon…