X’s audio chat rooms called Spaces can now broadcast live video, but only for those hosting the session. As The Verge reports, a Dogecoin designer posted an official walkthrough of the feature on the platform formerly known as Twitter. Hosts will now be able to choose whether to enable video and switch on their cameras when they create a Space. They can then broadcast with either their front or rear cameras and in vertical or landscape orientation. We’re still not seeing the option to enable video in Spaces on Android, but it’s reportedly already available for iOS devices.
The platform already has a separate feature allowing users to broadcast live video, but that option’s not quite as interactive as a Space. In a Space session, participants can still speak or co-host, even though only the host has the capability to broadcast live video.
Based on follow-up posts by some users, X has to fix a few bugs and other issues for the feature to work smoothly. Enabling video apparently introduces quite a lengthy lag into chat sessions, and broadcasting in landscape makes it impossible to manage a Space, since the video takes up the screen. Also, participants on desktop don’t have the ability to see videos yet. Mobile users that do see videos are shown an interface that prominently displays the host’s visual feed next to participants’ user icons. The Verge says videos only live inside the chat sessions as they happen in real time and that users will have to join to see them, which means recorded Spaces are still audio-only at the moment.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/x-enables-live-video-broadcasts-in-spacesye-133051972.html?src=rss
Even though February is the shortest month of the year, it was jam-packed with loads of new product launches and fun concepts from Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. We got to spend some time with the Apple Vision Pro to see if it lives up to the hype.
We also got a handful of new RTX 40-series gaming…
Nintendo has filed a lawsuit against the creators of a popular Switch emulator called Yuzu, which gives users a way to play games developed for the platform on their PCs and Android devices. In the lawsuit, the company argues Yuzu violates the anti-circumvention and anti-trafficking provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
While Nintendo taking down online offenders isn’t new, this case could set a precedent for future lawsuits against emulators, which aren’t themselves illegal. Nintendo is arguing their very nature is unlawful. It could be a big deal.
Nintendo says it protects its games with encryption and other security features meant to prevent people from playing pirated copies: “Without Yuzu’s decryption of Nintendo’s encryption, unauthorized copies of games could not be played on PCs or Android devices,” the company wrote in its complaint.
Nintendo revealed The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was illegally distributed a week and a half before its official release. It was apparently downloaded over a million times from pirated websites, which specifically noted people can play the game file through Yuzu. The company also mentioned that Yuzu’s creators are making money from their emulator: $30,000 a month from their Patreon supporters and around $50,000 from the paid version of their Google Play app.
The bulk sale of geolocation, genomic, financial and health data will be off limits.
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In a fun bleak imagining of future late-stage capitalism, President Joe Biden is issuing an executive order to limit the mass sale of Americans’ personal data to “countries of concern,” including Russia and China. The order specifically targets the bulk sale of geolocation, genomic, financial, biometric, health and other personally identifying information.
Researchers and privacy advocates have long warned about the national security risks posed by the largely unregulated multibillion-dollar data broker industry. Last fall, researchers at Duke University reported that they could easily buy troves of personal and health data about US military personnel by posing as foreign agents. The loophole: This order will do nothing to slow the bulk sale of Americans’ data to countries or companies not deemed to be a security risk.
LG’s 2024 OLED evo TVs finally have prices. They’ll start at $1,500 for the midrange C4 models and go up to an impressive $25,000 for the 97-inch G4 flagship. The big theme this year is AI, and the company’s latest Alpha 11 processor is supposed to boost graphics performance by 70 percent, but it’ll only be in the high-end G4 series. The C4 models, meanwhile, will get the updated Alpha 9 Gen 7 chip. Both promise improved brightness (150 percent for the G4 compared to the G3), along with more AI features, like upscaling.
Samsung’s upcoming microSD card will not only cram in 256GB of space but will offer a dramatic speed boost. The company’s 256GB SD Express microSD — Samsung’s first SD Express card — can read data at up to 800 MB/s, significantly faster than the microSDs you can buy today. However, we don’t yet know how much it will cost, and the card won’t be available until later this year. It will probably be pricey, but it may be worth the premium depending on how you use microSDs.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/the-morning-after-nintendo-steps-up-its-fight-against-switch-emulators-and-game-piracy-121549460.html?src=rss
There may be bad news if you purchased one of Amazon’s “Overall Picks” for video doorbells in recent months. New tests from Consumer Reports find that popular doorbell cameras sold under names including Eken and Tuck are rife with security flaws that make it dead simple for anyone to watch your camera footage.
Those on the lookout for a good deal on a new TV could do worse than to consider Samsung’s The Frame lineup. The latest versions of the smart TVs are currently on sale. The 50-inch model has dropped by $400 to $898 at Amazon and Walmart. That marks a record-low price for this size.
When you aren’t watching a show or movie, a Frame TV displays artwork, making it look like a hanging picture instead of an ominous black mirror. It’s likely to be a classy upgrade from an older TV you’ve been hanging onto, and one that’s a neat party trick when unassuming guests see it switch into TV mode for the first time.
You can display your own collection of images and photos on the TV. In addition, you’ll have the option to subscribe to Samsung’s Art Store and access more than 1,400 artworks from emerging and well-known artists alike.
The latest models have an anti-reflective matte finish to add to the illusion, while the bezel is customizable and magnetic, so you can swap it out whenever you like. Samsung also attempted to reduce cable clutter by having a single tin wire that connects to an external receiver into which you might plug game consoles and/or a cable box.
Let’s not forget that The Frame is a QLED 4K TV too. Samsung says it delivers 100 percent color volume and vivid images. The display has a 60Hz refresh rate and it supports Google Assistant and Alexa. It runs a variety of apps, including the likes of Apple TV+, Samsung TV Plus, Netflix, YouTube, Prime Video, Disney+, Hulu, Xbox, NVIDIA GeForce Now, ESPN and Max — in other words, all the major streaming services and some cloud gaming options.
The Frame is available in a variety of formats, from 32 inches to a whopping 85 inches, so you’re bound to find a size that fits your needs. Meanwhile, Walmart is running a broader flash sale on Samsung TVs, so if you’re perhaps looking for an option with a higher refresh rate, you might be able to snap one up for a discount.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/the-latest-samsung-frame-smart-tvs-are-back-on-sale-for-record-low-prices-154155612.html?src=rss
At the upcoming SXSW Conference in Texas, Honda will give attendees a chance to try out a new mobility device called UNI-ONE that was specifically designed for mixed reality entertainment experiences. Users can steer the UNI-ONE without the use of their hands — they simply have to lean into one direction to move forwards, backwards, sideways or diagonally. The idea is to pair it with a mixed reality device so that passengers can enjoy a truly immersive game or activity.
While that sounds pretty wild, Honda has been testing the UNI-ONE in for multiple use cases in Japan since last year. At the Suzuka Circuit Park in the Japanese prefecture of Mie, for instance, Honda created an activity wherein users have to control the mobility device and navigate it according to the scenes displayed on a tablet. At SXSW, people will be able to ride the UNI-ONE while wearing a virtual reality headset and play a choose-your-own VR adventure.
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The vehicle features a seat that can be raised or lowered, so users can adjust it to be able to communicate better with other people around them. It runs untethered, since it’s battery-operated, has a maximum speed of 3.7 mph and can support passengers up to 242 pounds. Honda believes that the device has several potential applications in entertainment and believes it could be used to create indoor and outdoor experiences, such as racing games, in theme parks and comparable facilities.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/honda-built-a-powered-chair-to-zoom-around-theme-parks-while-wearing-an-ar-headset-161526252.html?src=rss
Apple TV+ has announced it’s adapting William Gibson’s Neuromancer into a 10-episode series. The novel debuted in 1984 and is largely thought to mark the birth of cyberpunk, which includes creations like The Matrix and Robocop. In fact, it’s crazy that it has taken four decades for it to get the Hollywood treatment.
Neuromancer follows “a damaged, top-rung super-hacker named Case who is thrust into a web of digital espionage and high stakes crime with his partner Molly, a razor-girl assassin with mirrored eyes aiming to pull a heist on a corporate dynasty with untold secrets,” a release states. The story is being brought to the small screen by Graham Roland (Dark Winds, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan) and JD Dillard (Devotion, Sweetheart), who will act as showrunner and director, respectively. Skydance Television and Anonymous Content will co-produce it with support from Drake’s DreamCrew Entertainment.
Production on Neuromancer has yet to start, so details like the cast and release date are still up in the air. In the meantime, you can check out the existing video game and graphic novel versions of Neuromancer and Amazon’s series, The Peripheral, based on another one of Gibson’s works and starring Chloë Grace Moretz.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/a-neuromancer-tv-series-is-coming-to-apple-tv-103403046.html?src=rss
The crew of the Falkor (too) research vessel is at it again: In January, the team discovered four underwater mountains off the coast of Chile. The vessel has now identified 29 seamounts, hills, and trenches since 2012.
Google’s Pixel Tablet can also serve as a smart display for your home, and if you’ve ever wanted to get one, todays’ the day. The company’s official Amazon store is selling the 256GB Pixel Tablet with a charging speaker dock for only $449 — that’s $150 less than retail and is an all-time low for the device on the website. It’s the first tablet with the Google Tensor G2 chip, which enables artificial intelligence-powered features such as high-quality video calls and smooth streaming, among other things. The 11-inch device is also the first tablet you can Chromecast to and use as an extra screen.
As a smart display, the Pixel Tablet can serve as a digital photo frame or a control center for your smart home devices. Its charging dock can keep it charged 24/7, and you can also use it as a speaker for when you want to play music. We gave the tablet a score of 85 in our review, praising it mostly for its abilities as a smart display. It responded well to our commands — if you want to use it to control connected devices with your voice, just wake it up by saying “Hey Google.” But it also comes with a Hub Mode that brings up a dashboard, showing your smart devices and giving you a quick way to monitor your security cameras or to switch lights on and off.
We also tried using the tablet as a TV substitute, since it has the capability to act as a Chromecast receiver. While it does work that way as Google promised, take note that the tablet has to be docked for you to be able to cast movies and shows to it. As a tablet, the device runs full Android and can open any app for the platform. It’s a better smart display than it is a tablet, but we still found the device enjoyable to use.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/the-256gb-google-pixel-tablet-with-charging-dock-is-cheaper-than-ever-091352263.html?src=rss
Google’s Pixel Tablet can also serve as a smart display for your home, and if you’ve ever wanted to get one, todays’ the day. The company’s official Amazon store is selling the 256GB Pixel Tablet with a charging speaker dock for only $449 — that’s $150 less than retail and is an all-time low for the device on the website. It’s the first tablet with the Google Tensor G2 chip, which enables artificial intelligence-powered features such as high-quality video calls and smooth streaming, among other things. The 11-inch device is also the first tablet you can Chromecast to and use as an extra screen.
As a smart display, the Pixel Tablet can serve as a digital photo frame or a control center for your smart home devices. Its charging dock can keep it charged 24/7, and you can also use it as a speaker for when you want to play music. We gave the tablet a score of 85 in our review, praising it mostly for its abilities as a smart display. It responded well to our commands — if you want to use it to control connected devices with your voice, just wake it up by saying “Hey Google.” But it also comes with a Hub Mode that brings up a dashboard, showing your smart devices and giving you a quick way to monitor your security cameras or to switch lights on and off.
We also tried using the tablet as a TV substitute, since it has the capability to act as a Chromecast receiver. While it does work that way as Google promised, take note that the tablet has to be docked for you to be able to cast movies and shows to it. As a tablet, the device runs full Android and can open any app for the platform. It’s a better smart display than it is a tablet, but we still found the device enjoyable to use.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/the-256gb-google-pixel-tablet-with-charging-dock-is-cheaper-than-ever-091352263.html?src=rss
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