Jan 31
The singer revealed the news during a high-fashion outing with the rapper over the weekend.
Jan 31
Insects are cool (if you look past all the legs). They break down dead things by eating them and pollinate plants so that we can grow enough crops to feed the world. Conservation encourages us to protect wildlife, especially bugs that are now looking down the barrel of an insect apocalypse.
Jan 31
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” data-medium-file=”https://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/rogan23-1203×720.jpg” data-large-file=”https://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/rogan23-1280×766.jpg” />The controversy over the Spotify exclusive podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, has been dominating news headlines the past week. It began unfolding after legendary rocker Neil Young called on Spotify to either pull The Joe Rogan Experience podcast or his music. Spotify has decided to stick with Joe Rogan, perhaps unsurprisingly, as the show is its most popular podcast while … Continue reading
Jan 31
Pinterest is expanding its augmented reality “try on” feature to home furniture. With the update, users will be able to preview how furniture and other home decor will look in their space.
The company has teamed up with major retailers, including Wayfair, Crate & Barrel, Macy’s and Target, which have made more than 20,000 products to the service. And, like Pinterest’s earlier AR try-on features for beauty products, the new furniture pins are shoppable, so users can buy the items they are trying out.
Pinterest isn’t the first to use augmented reality for furniture shopping — Ikea introduced an AR-powered app in 2017 — the app is also able to recommend specific items based on your previous searches and pins you’ve saved. “Home decor and redesigning and planning for the future is one of the main things people come to Pinterest for,” says Jeremy King, Pinterest’s head of engineering.
While the new pins have an obvious benefit to retailers, King says the platform’s creators are also interested in the feature. Pinterest has been leaning into creator-centric features over the last year, and while AR shopping isn’t explicitly a creator tool, it gives the app’s lifestyle influencers another avenue to create (potentially monetizable) content.
And while the company has had shoppable AR for beauty products for years, the addition of furniture will vastly expand the number of shoppable pins with “try on” enabled, from 14,000 beauty pins to 80,000 home decor pins.
In addition to boosting Pinterest’s commerce features, having a catalog of shoppable AR objects would seem to make the service well-positioned for an eventual metaverse play, should one ever materialize. “We’re definitely watching it,” King says of the metaverse. “The good news is all this technology translates exactly into the metaverse. I think it’s on its way, but there’s not a lot of people shopping for physical objects yet in the metaverse.”
Jan 31
Rams Fans Thank Their Stars That Matthew Stafford Is The QB, Not Jared Goff
Posted in: Today's ChiliTwitter blitzed Goff, whom the LA Rams traded to lowly Detroit a year ago to the day that Stafford led LA to the Super Bowl.
Jan 31
Another familiar face signs up for the Disney+ Santa Clause revival. Get a creepy glimpse at the new adaptation of The Midwich Cuckoos. Star Trek: Picard’s showrunner teases the futures not told in season two’s time travel twists. Plus, what’s coming on Resident Alien and more. Spoilers, away!
Jan 31
Every new technology has attracted scam artists throughout history. But the cryptocurrency space is particularly infested with fraud at the moment.
Jan 31
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” data-medium-file=”https://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/qled-tvs-916×720.jpg” data-large-file=”https://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/qled-tvs-1018×800.jpg” />Shopping for a new TV can be a bewildering affair with so many different choices on the market. Two of the most popular types of TVs are OLED and QLED TVs. Although they might appear to be similar based on their names, they are quite different technologies. Both have their respective advantages and disadvantages and generally traverse similar price points, … Continue reading
Jan 31
If you’re looking for a way to upgrade your TV setup before the big game without dropping too much money, one of Roku’s soundbars could do the trick. Both the Streambar and the Streambar Pro are already competitively priced compared to other soundbars, but now you can get the Streambar Pro at its lowest price yet — only $150. The smaller Streambar has also been discounted to $100, but it’s hovered at that sale price for a few months now.
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The Streambar Pro is the larger cousin of the standard Streambar, and it adds a few extra features into the mix. First and foremost, it’s larger and houses four 2.5-inch full range drivers and supports virtual surround sound. We were impressed by the Streambar’s audio capabilities, particularly when watching action movies and content that has a lot of sound effects, so you’ll likely get even better sound out of the Streambar Pro. The larger soundbar also supports private listening with included headphones, personal shortcut buttons on its remote and a lost remote finder using the Roku mobile app.
On top of that, the Streambar Pro has all of the features that the smaller soundbar does, including built-in 4K HDR streaming technology, Dolby Audio support and Bluetooth speaker capabilities. You’re essentially getting a 3-in-1 device here — a soundbar, a Bluetooth speaker and a set-top box all in one. You also have your choice of voice assistant to use with the Streambar Pro as it supports commends with Siri, Alexa and the Google Assistant. If you don’t want to drops hundreds on a new TV this year before the big game, updating your sound system while you can get the Streambar Pro for less is a good alternative.
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Jan 31
Joby is still better-known for its GorillaPods than any of its audio gear, but it’s aiming to change that with a significantly expanded lineup. The company has introduced several microphones built for creatives like podcasters and streamers, and it’s clearly chasing after incumbents like Blue and Rode. The Wavo Pod (pictured above), for instance, is a USB condenser microphone aimed at would-be Blue Yeti buyers. The simple upright design and boom support will seem familiar, but Joby is counting on the 24-bit/48KHz sampling (versus the Yeti’s 16-bit/48KHz), an included pop filter and a lower $100 price to sway customers. It’s available today.
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The Wavo Pro (middle) and Wavo Pro DS, meanwhile, are shotgun mics (similar to Rode’s) built to pair with mirrorless cameras used by vloggers and some streamers. The $300 Pro touts active noise reduction through a hybrid analog/digital system, a secondary 3.5mm mic input and visual monitoring through Bluetooth-connected apps for Android and iOS. It’s available now, but you can wait until March 4th for the $250 Pro DS with a slightly “streamlined” (read: cut-down in unspecified ways) experience.
Other models are more specialized. The $250 Wavo Air (below) is an instant-pair 2.4GHz wireless microphone kit that packs two transmitters, two lavalier mics and adapters to plug into cameras and phones. The $80 Wavo Lav Pro is billed as Joby’s first “pro-grade” lavalier mic with a higher-end capsule and foam windscreen, an 8.2ft cable to reduce vibrations and a 3.5mm TRS connector. Both the Air and Lav Pro are available now.
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These introductions won’t necessarily sway you if you’re already leaning towards more established options. With that said, the pricing and features seem compelling in some cases, particularly for the Pod, Pro and Air. It’s just a question of whether they fare well in real-world conditions, and whether Joby’s ecosystem (including GorillaPods) might influence your choice.
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