Day: January 6, 2023

As part of its filter collection, video conferencing service Zoom has launched virtual avatars into beta worldwide. Announcing the new feature on its blog, Zoom said that the avatars would make meetings “more flexible and fun”, allowing users to “display [their] ‘virtual you’”. The “original and fun” feature comes relatively hot on the heels of […]

Google Maps just got a massive upgrade for Wear OS smartwatches: it can now work without a smartphone, provided you have an LTE model with a cellular network. Those of you using some of the best Wear OS smartwatches out there – the likes of the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 LTE model or the Google […]

Epic Games store offers fans a free game every week; this time, we’re spoilt for choice. On the one hand, the marvelous Kerbal Space Program is up for grabs. But if stars and spaceships aren’t your things, then there’s also Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice on offer as well. Both games will be free between January […]

If you look up at the night sky, you might see some stars, even a bright planet and, of course, the moon. You won't see galaxies and the billions of stars that are sharing the universe with those brighter objects. That's because studies show 80% of the world's population lives under light-polluted skies. At CES […]

An updated version of the SpyNote Android malware is being deployed at high speeds, researchers have claimed. SpyNote (also known as SpyMax) was an Android malware whose latest version, called CypherRat, was being distributed exclusively through private Telegram channels, for a price. The tool offered a wide variety of features, including remote access, GPS tracking, […]

If you're an audiobooks fan, Apple has just given you a taste of the future by launching its first batch of AI-narrated books. But while the move is a fascinating one with big implications, the narrators' robotic tones show that much-loved human voices will be around for some time yet. You can find the AI-voiced […]