Category: Gadgets
How does Google Pixel’s Night Sight feature match up to rivals?
This week Google began rolling out the highly-anticipated Night Sight feature to its Pixel smartphones. The company claims the facility will enable people to take bright photos in dim-lit settings without using flash. But just how good is it? Jamie Harris reports Night Sight is said to reveal the true beauty of photos by adapting…
Facebook’s PR and lobbying work ‘should be independently reviewed’
George Soros (Sean Dempsey/PA) The head of the foundation created by philanthropist George Soros has called for an independent review into Facebook’s lobbying practices amid allegations the site used a PR firm to undermine its critics. A New York Times report claimed Facebook used Definers to smear critics of the…
Facebook launches UK mentorship programme for aspiring young engineers
Facebook has announced a UK mentorship programme to help children from disadvantaged schools across London in pursuit of an engineering career. Some 120 aspiring engineers will have the chance to receive one-on-one mentoring from 30 of Facebook’s own engineers based at its office in the capital, with monthly sessions until June 2019. As well as…
Nintendo: no current plans to launch N64 Classic console
Nintendo says it has no current plans to release a miniature version of its Nintendo 64 console, despite having launched smaller versions of other retro consoles. Having released the NES Classic in 2016 and the SNES Classic last year, fans had been anticipating the Japanese gaming giant would continue that trend this year by launching…
Sony will not attend E3 in 2019
Sony will not attend annual video games convention E3 in 2019 for the very first time ever in the event's 24 year history. In a statement released to Game Informer, the gaming giant said it will not attend or hold a press conference around the Los Angeles-based convention. E3 is one of the biggest dates…
Over half of users believe wearable tech improves their mental health
More than half of UK consumers who wear smartwatches or fitness bands believe the devices have improved their mental health, research suggests. Some 55% of consumers who use the devices believe they have gone beyond improving their fitness and also benefited their mental health, with the figure rising to 61% of 16 to 34-year-olds, the…
Google expects to have more Android 9 Pie smartphones in 2018 than Oreo in 2017
Google is hoping its latest version of Android, Android 9 Pie, will be available on more devices by the end of the year than its predecessor managed in 2017. The Android operating system is the most popular in the world, used on smartphones and tablets. However, it has a stagnation problem, as each device maker…
Sharp Aquos R2 Compact smartphone features two notches – one for fingerprint sensor
Sharp is taking the 'notch' trend to the next level on its latest smartphone by adding a second to the bottom in order to maximise screen size. The firm has revealed a new Aquos handset called the R2 Compact, which features two notches, as smartphone makers continue to look for ways of maximising display size…
Instagram rolls out time management tools to improve ‘digital wellbeing’
Instagram has begun to roll out the time management tools the Facebook-owned social network announced in the summer. As part of a notable shift by major technology firms to better address digital wellbeing, Facebook and Instagram said a new Activity tool would be added to the site to enable users to track their time on…
Parents fear children subjected to group chat cyberbullying, survey shows
Parents worry children will not open up about issues they face online, a poll shows (Yui Mok/PA) The majority of parents fear that their child will be subjected to cyberbullying via group chats, according to a new survey. Eight out of 10 parents expressed concern about the nature of closed group…
