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Thanks to the TrueDepth camera in the iPhone X, we are starting to see more developers start to take advantage of the camera to come up with some interesting applications. Now it seems that if you’re looking for a way to completely mask your face, developer Kazuya Noshiro might have come up with a way.

By mask we’re not talking about using something like an animoji to replace your face, but rather as you can see in the video below that Noshiro uploaded onto Twitter, he has somehow managed to hide his face completely (save for his eyes and mouth), allowing users to see through his face and into the background behind him.

iPhoneXで顔だけ光学迷彩っぽくなるやつできた pic.twitter.com/aPXJcHi8Y4

— のしぷ (@noshipu) December 27, 2017

Exactly how he went about doing so is anyone’s guess as the developer has for now decided to keep mum about it. However according to Engadget, when one person asked if the trick involved pre-recording the background first, the developer admitted that was part of the trick. We’re not sure what kind of practical applications such an app might have, but it does show what kind of potential the TrueDepth camera system has aside from Face ID.

We expect that eventually more apps will be released that will take advantage of the technology in more practical ways, but for now it is interesting to see what it can do.

Developer Uses iPhone X To Completely Mask His Face , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.

So far Snapchat’s Stories feature is pretty much limited to the mobile app, but it seems that the company could be thinking about bringing that feature to the web. In a report from Cheddar (via 9to5Mac), word has it that Snapchat has plans to bring its Stories to the web in a feature called “Stories Everywhere”.

According to the report, it seems that this idea was inspired by Twitter in which in 2011, Twitter allowed content publishers to embed tweets in posts and blog articles. The idea is that by allowing Snapchat Stories to be posted and shared on the web and not just on mobile, they are hoping that more users will be inclined to use the feature.

It is an interesting move, especially when you consider that despite being the first to launch the Stories feature, Instagram’s take on Stories seems to have caught up rather quickly where last we heard, they had more daily users for its Stories compared to Snapchat, boasting as many as 250 million users.

However it could be a while before the feature is launched because according to the report, Stories Everywhere is still in the early stages of development as Snap is apparently still trying to figure out how to best distribute its content.

Snapchat’s Stories Could Soon Be Coming To The Web , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.

While Samsung has managed to avoid the battery fiasco of the Galaxy Note 7 in the Galaxy Note 8, it seems that they might have a new problem on their hands. According to multiple reports from around the web (via SamMobile), it seems that there are some Note 8 owners who are finding out that their phones have essentially “died”.

This seems to happen when their phones hit 0% charge, which is to say that these users let the batteries on their phones completely drain, but after they charge it it seems that the phones are now refusing to turn back on. Samsung has yet to officially acknowledge the problem, but some users are claiming that the company has been replacing the affected handsets when they are sent in.

It is unclear if this is a battery problem or something else entirely, but it has been speculated that it could be related to the Snapdragon chipset as most users affected are in the US which is the market in which the Snapdragon variant of the Note 8 has been released in. Alternatively it could be a software problem as some users claim that the phone shows the charging circle when plugged in, except that it refuses to charge.

At this point in time it is unclear how widespread this problem is so maybe it’s just a few units that are affected, but either way we’ll keep our eyes peeled for more information about a possible fix in the future. For those who are affected, we guess the only solution for now is to send your phone in for a possible replacement.

Some Galaxy Note 8 Units Dying After Battery Hits 0% Charge , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.

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Gionee has launched another 4G LTE-enabled Android 7.1 smartphone namely the S10 Lite. Specs-wise, this budget-minded smartphone has a 5.2-inch 1280 x 720 HD IPS display, a 1.4GHz quad-core Snapdragon 427 processor, an Adreno 308 GPU, a 4GB RAM and a 32GB of expandable internal storage (up to 128GB).

Coming with Hybrid dual SIM (nano + nano/microSD) card slots, the handset sports a 16MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture and LED flash, a 13MP rear-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture and LED flash, a fingerprint sensor on the front, an FM radio, a 3.5mm audio jack and a 3100mAh battery.

Running on Android 7.1 Nougat OS with Amigo OS 4.0 on top, the S10 Lite provides 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1 and GPS for connectivity. The Gionee S10 Lite is available now for Rs. 15,999 (about $253). [FoneArena]

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