Microsoft Pix uses AI to help your iPhone take the best pictures

Microsoft Pix uses AI to help your iPhone take the best pictures

Microsoft Pix is looking to become your new go-to camera app on iPhone. The new iOS offering from Microsoft’s mobile team employs some artificial intelligence smarts to help make sure you take the best pictures, by eliminating human error through batch captures and by enhancing image color, exposure and other variables that can make the difference between […]

Learn about the future of American technology from Megan Smith and Amac at Disrupt SF

Learn about the future of American technology from Megan Smith and Amac at Disrupt SF

There’s no doubt that technology has drastically evolved since President Barack Obama took office in 2008. Obama acknowledged it himself during the Global Entrepreneurship Summit this year — while on stage with Mark Zuckerberg, he mentioned using “this new thing called MySpace” on the campaign trail. But the popularity of Myspace certainly isn’t the only thing […]

Refinery29 raises another $45M led by Turner, reportedly $500M valuation

Refinery29 raises another $45M led by Turner, reportedly $500M valuation

Another traditional media company has invested in an online property to expand its digital footprint and capture the next generation of consumers. Refinery29 — the site that is, in its own words, “a modern woman’s destination for how to live a stylish, well-rounded life” — has raised $45 million in funding led by Turner, the Time Warner […]

No Man’s Sky players discover over 10M unique in-game species overnight

No Man’s Sky players discover over 10M unique in-game species overnight

The space exploration game No Man’s Sky features biodiversity that would make Earth weep with envy, and players are incredibly avid taxonomers. Hello Games founder Sean Murray tweeted today that players have racked up over 10 million species discoveries thus far in-game, which is around five to 6.5 times the number of known species on […]

Why every iPhone 7 spec and rumor points to virtual reality

Why every iPhone 7 spec and rumor points to virtual reality

What if the iPhone 7 Pro is actually the brains of a virtual reality/augmented reality headset? This morning I read my ZDNet colleague Adrian Kingsley-Hughes’ column regarding Apple’s apparent uncaring attitude about the Android flagship smartphone competition’s tech specs, particularly as it pertains to the rumors regarding what parts are going to make their way […]

Ep. 97: Samyang Goes Even Wider

Ep. 97: Samyang Goes Even Wider

The folks at National Geographic just did a solid favor for all the adventurous outdoor photographers out there. They put every US Geological Survey (USGS) topographical map from across the United States on one easy-to-navigate site and made them easy to print out at home. After a lot of speculation and a juicy tidbit here […]

New MacBook Pro with Touch ID sensor and OLED mini screen is coming soon

New MacBook Pro with Touch ID sensor and OLED mini screen is coming soon

Get ready for a massive MacBook Pro update. Apple is planning to unveil new 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pro laptops with retina displays soon. According to a new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is building a completely new pro laptop with many new features, such as a Touch ID sensor and an OLED mini […]

Shyp’s business efforts ramp up with bulk shipments and new pricing

Shyp’s business efforts ramp up with bulk shipments and new pricing

For the past two years, Shyp has been ramping up its efforts to appeal to businesses as a go-to, more simplified shipping service. That started off with a big partnership with eBay to help sellers ship their products. And that’s continuing today with a new model for business shipments that caters directly toward sellers looking […]

Facebook will bypass web adblockers, but offer ad targeting opt-outs

Facebook will bypass web adblockers, but offer ad targeting opt-outs

Facebook is making the HTML of its web ads indistinguishable from organic content so it can slip by adblockers. But in exchange for taking away this option for controlling ads from people, its allowing them to opt-out of ad targeting categories and Custom Audience customer lists uploaded by advertisers. Today all desktop users will see […]