Google today announced its new Pixel 7 and the Pixel 7 Pro smartphones at a hardware event in Brooklyn. While the company focused a lot on the security, voice, and camera features of the phone, it also briefly showed a new health feature in a slide: coughing and snoring detection. On a daily bedtime summary…
Pixel devices are adored for their punchy images and AI-powered photo features, and today, we get treated to a pair of new phones: The Pixel 7 and the Pixel 7 Pro. Both phones have a 50-megapixel main sensor and a 12-megapixel ultrawide sensor. The Pixel 7 Pro has an additional 48-megapixel telephoto lens. With these new…
This year is supposed to be a venture-capital wasteland, especially when compared to 2021’s cycle-topping excess. And yet. New data from PitchBook providing a first look at Q3 2022 venture capital aggregates in the United States make it a bit hard to square reality with the leading narrative. Data indicate that U.S. venture capital was…
The publishing industry is in a weird spot. On one hand, you see Stephen King testifying against the controversial merger between Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster, declaring that the looming deal would turn the publishing industry into an impenetrable monolith. On the other hand, TikTok’s community of book lovers — known as “BookTok”…
Love ’em or hate ’em, selfies are an important aspect of photography; they help us connect with loved ones, and people spend an extraordinary amount of time thinking about how to look good in photos taken of yourself. (I should know; I wrote a whole damn book about ’em in a past life). People who…
The standard disclaimer here: look for a full review in the not-too-distant future. But now, let’s get a better look at the Pixel Watch in real life, through some quick photos and a hands-on squeezed in the press scrum at the Williamsburg Google Store, following today’s event. Image Credits: Brian Heater I had a few…
A notable changing of the guard is afoot at Intercom, the unicorn SaaS startup that powers the ubiquitous smiley customer service bots that sit on tens of thousands of company homepages: the company has reappointed co-founder, and current chairman, Eoghan McCabe as CEO. He’s replacing Karen Peacock, who is taking an advisory role for the…
TL;DR: As of Oct. 6, Google’s newest slate of smart tech — the Google Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, and Pixel Watch — is available to pre-order. They will officially ship during the week of Oct. 10. QUICK LINKS: Google Pixel 7 — starting from $599 at the Google Store Google Pixel 7 Pro —…
CDN provider Akamai is expanding its global footprint with the addition of around 12 new Linode data centers across North America, APAC, LATAM, and Europe by the end of 2023. Equipped with Linode’s full product suite, the first data center location will be in Ashburn, Virginia, with a launch scheduled for later this year, with…
Google has been a computational photography pioneer over the past few years and its latest trick, called ‘Photo Unblur’, could be one of its most impressive tricks so far. A Google Photos feature that’ll initially be exclusive to the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, it promises to rescue your new and old snaps from…