Mobile Holiday Gift Guide: keeping inner geeks happy

It’s that time of the year again when companies and retailers are only too happy to free you from the burden of having too much money. It’s also the time when tech lovers of all kinds go crazy trying to decide what tech gift to give their loved ones or even themselves. If you’re the type to go for more … Continue reading

Watch 10,000 Zombies Fall Into a Gigantic Spinning Blender in This Gory Real-Time CG Demo

The same team who brought the world Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator, which allowed for large-scale simulations like pitting 300 Jedi against 60,000 medieval soldiers, is back with a new open world RPG called The Black Masses. The new game features record-setting crowd rendering, as well as hyper-realistic character…

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The Morning After: SpaceX turns BFR into a 'Starship'

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.

We haven’t cleared Thanksgiving yet, but there are already important viewing plans to make for December. Once you’re through all of today’s movie news, it’s time for space exploration with NASA and Elon Musk, pl…

Valve Has Quietly Discontinued Its Steam Link Device

Valve launched its Steam Link device several years ago and unfortunately it looks like the device has since been discontinued. However for those who still own the device, Valve has announced that they will continue to support it (although exactly how long they plan to do so is unclear).

In a post on the Steam Community website, Valve writes, “The supply of physical Steam Link hardware devices is sold out in Europe and almost sold out in the US. Moving forward, Valve intends to continue supporting the existing Steam Link hardware as well as distribution of the software versions of Steam Link, available for many leading smart phones, tablets and televisions.”

For those who are unfamiliar with the Steam Link, this was a device that allowed gamers to stream their games from their PCs onto another device, like a TV. This meant that if you had the necessary input devices hooked up to your TV, in theory you could use the Steam Link to stream games onto your TV that would otherwise require a PC to play.

It is unclear why Valve has discontinued it given its usefulness, but the company has since expanded the idea of Steam Link onto mobile devices, where they launched the Steam Link app on Android which achieved a similar outcome. The app was also initially intended to arrive for iOS devices too, but Valve has been facing some resistance from Apple due to alleged guideline violations.

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Fake Melania’s Dirty Joke About Trump’s Privates Literally Stops The ‘Late Show’

Laura Benanti’s joke throws off Stephen Colbert.

Stacey Abrams: Georgia Gubernatorial Election Was Neither Fair Nor Free

The former Democratic nominee for governor has vowed to fight voter suppression in her state.

New iPad Pro ad continues Apple’s computer replacement mantra

The new 2018 iPad Pros are simultaneously the most beautiful iPads Apple has made and probably the most divisive ones as well. While it finally got the Apple Pencil right and threw away thick bezels, it also ruffled not a few feathers when it threw out the headphone jack as well as the lightning port for a multi-talented but only … Continue reading

Watch 10,000 Zombies Fall Into a Gigantic Spinning Blender in This Gory Real-Time CG Demo

The same team who brought the world Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator, which allowed for large-scale simulations like pitting 300 Jedi against 60,000 medieval soldiers, is back with a new open world RPG called The Black Masses. The new game features record-setting crowd rendering, as well as hyper-realistic character…

Read more…

Google Photos For iOS Updated With Depth Control Editing

One of the features of Apple’s newer iPhones is Portrait Mode. This basically allows users to take a photo with their iPhone where it then applies bokeh to the image to help foreground objects stand out from the background. Apple further enhanced it by allowing users to edit the amount of bokeh after the photo was taken.

However in case you think that Apple’s Photos app isn’t doing a good enough job of allowing you to edit the depth of your images, not to worry as Google has since announced that the Google Photos app for iOS has recently been updated where it will now offer users similar depth control editing tools as well.

This particular feature had been previously rolled out to Android devices last month, so it’s nice to see that it is now available for iOS devices as well. Note that in order to make use of this feature, you will need to take a photo using Portrait mode on your iPhone’s camera. Once you’ve done that, open the photo using Google Photos, hit edit, and you should be able to readjust the focal point in the photo as well as control how much blur you want.

Whether or not you think this might be better than what Apple offers natively depends on you. Perhaps some might prefer the algorithms behind Google Photos, but since Google Photos is free (and serves as a good backup tool for your photos), it could be worth checking out anyway.

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Woman Accused Of Duping People On GoFundMe Claims She Was ‘Duped’ Herself

Kate McClure, her ex-boyfriend and a homeless veteran have been accused of conspiring together to defraud people.