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Apple added the Clean Up feature with the iOS 18.1 update. While the main purpose of this feature was to remove unwanted objects from your shots, it could also be used to hide faces in photos. You just circled a face in the photo, and it would automatically blur it. Apple called it Identity protection. With the iOS 27 update, Apple has improved the Clean Up feature, and now it can clear even more complex scenes. However, with this improvement comes a caveat. In the first beta, the hide faces feature is not working. Instead, it’s doing something which is both…
Ever since Crazy Taxi burst onto the scene in 1999, it has been associated with American rock band, The Offspring, in particular, the band’s fast-paced 1997 track, “All I Want.” The music became such a key part of the package that when the original entry in the series was brought to PS3, Xbox 360, and PC without the synonymous tracks from bands like The Offspring and punk-rock outfit Bad Religion, it was a major point of criticism from fans. We spoke with series creator Kenji Kanno not long after the reveal of Crazy Taxi: World Tour on the importance of…
That suspicious text about an unpaid toll, a delayed delivery package, or expiring rewards points may no longer be the work of a lone scammer. These scam texts have been flooding American phones for years, but something has changed. Google says artificial intelligence is helping fraudsters run larger and more convincing operations than ever before. The company has now filed a lawsuit against a cybercrime network that used Gemini AI to create phishing websites and power a massive scam campaign targeting millions of users. AI scams are getting harder to spot Google’s lawsuit targets a Chinese cybercrime network called the…
Wikipedia has spent decades being the internet’s favorite rabbit hole. You visit to check one fact, and somehow end up reading about ancient empires, obscure inventors, or a centuries-old battle you never knew existed. Now, the online encyclopedia is leaning into that curiosity with a new game for iPhone users — and it might be one of its smartest ideas yet. Called Which came first? The new feature has arrived in the latest version of Wikipedia’s iOS app, after debuting on Android. The concept is wonderful: players are shown a series of historical events and must determine which one happened earlier. There…
For months, the conversation around Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses has swung between fascination and suspicion. Are they the future of wearable computing, or just another gadget raising uncomfortable questions about privacy? This week, the glasses found themselves at the center of a very different story. The most meaningful upgrade yet for Meta’s smart glasses Meta is partnering with the Blinded Veterans Association (BVA) and nonprofit technology group TechSoup to make Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses available to more than 130,000 legally blind veterans across the United States. The glasses are being positioned as an accessibility tool that could help users navigate…
My nostalgia for Turok begins and ends with 1997’s Turok: Dinosaur Hunter for Nintendo 64. Few things were cooler to 10-year-old me than shooting dinosaurs – or really dinosaurs in general – but I never engaged with the franchise beyond this title. Chalk it up to a lack of interest after hitting middle school, but I still raised a curious eyebrow when a new game resurfaced in an attempt to revive the franchise’s video game relevance. That has yet to happen since the N64 era, but Turok: Origins may be the best shot the series has had in decades. Developer Saber…
Telegram has made a return to Wear OS, and for many Android smartwatch users, this is a solid little comeback. The messaging app’s latest update introduces a brand-new smartwatch app for Apple Watch and Android Wear OS. This brings access to Telegram directly from the wrist, meaning you can browse chats more seamlessly, read longer messages, view media, and even share and listen to voice notes, among other things. All of this may seem like some basic smartwatch functionality, but Telegram has been away from Wear OS since 2021. So for years, Android watch users had to make do with…
There are a lot of games based on The Walking Dead, usually the AMC television show version (itself based on Invincible creator Robert Kirkman’s now-complete comic book series). But hey, what’s one more, especially when it’s basically a Streets of Rage-type brawler. That’s what the newly announced The Walking Dead: Streets of Survival is clearly going for, and it looks pretty fun in the reveal trailer. Publisher Trailmark Games and developer Odaclick Game Studio, which also developed The Karate Kid: Street Rumble, describe Streets of Survival as a “brutal arcade brawler” that will let players fight walkers as series mainstays Rick…
Smart homes are supposed to make life easier. In reality, they often leave you juggling half a dozen apps just to dim the lights, check who’s at the front door, and figure out why the thermostat suddenly thinks you’re living in the Arctic. That’s the problem Amazon’s Echo Hub has always tried to solve. It’s essentially a dedicated touchscreen for your connected home, bringing your lights, cameras, locks, thermostats, alarms, and routines into one place. Now, Amazon is giving that experience a significant refresh with a redesigned interface that feels like the smart home dashboard many people have been waiting…
Waze is starting to show traffic lights during navigation, but the update still isn’t reaching everyone at the same time. For drivers who rely on Waze every day, the new Waze traffic lights view is useful and overdue. The change brings Waze closer to Google Maps and Apple Maps, which already show similar road cues. It’s a small visual addition, but it can help on long roads where the next signal affects how early you’ll slow down, change lanes, or prepare for a turn. The rollout is still inconsistent across users. Some drivers have started seeing the icons recently, while…