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Facebook Researchers Used Celebrity Bitmoji to Help Create VR Avatars

Researchers at Facebook AI Research and Tel Aviv University school of computer science published a preprint paper outlining how they created an automatic process to create VR avatars. The company’s new Facebook Spaces “social” VR venture launched this week. The process of how Facebook set out to solve the problem of automatically generating VR avatars…

Social Media Christina Warren Apr 21

So Is Snapchat’s Logo a Dick in a Tissue or What?

Today’s the big day for Snap Inc., the parent company of dick pic app Snapchat and some confusing drone project: It’s set to begin trading on Wall Street today after the company priced its IPO at $17 a share. Snap’s valuation could be as high as $24 billion, the largest for a US-based tech company…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Mar 2

Snap Will Say Literally Anything to Prove Its Stock Is Worth It

Just hours before Snap Inc. is set to price its initial public offering, The New York Times published a humdinger of a report. According to three anonymous sources, the company is building a drone in an attempt to be “a modern-day camera company.” Seems desperate. Snap’s rumored drone project, of course, would give the company…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Mar 1

AT&T Thinks Shitty Internet For Poor Families Will Help Its Merger

AT&T is trying to acquire DirecTV, a deal worth some $67 billion that would create a soul-sucking leviathan telecoms company. The deed is all but done, and just awaiting FCC approval — something AT&T is hoping to help along by (temporarily) offering (shitty) internet to low-income families. In a regulatory filing submitted to the FCC…

Tech News Chris Mills Jul 7

Snapchat is Hiring Journalists to Document the 2016 Presidential Race

In its latest attempt to brand itself as a media entity, Snapchat is now hiring journalists to cover the 2016 presidential race. To Snap the race, more accurately. The wildly popular photo-sharing platform has been working to fashion itself a news service since earlier this year, when it launched “Discover”, a feature that doesn’t actually…

Tech News Maddie Stone May 23

Source of Leaked Snapchats Says Only 500MB of Data Affected

Over the weekend, third-party Snapchat service Snapsaved confirmed it was hacked. The good news is that it claims only 500MB of data were compromised. The bad news is that it could still be a ton of snaps. It seems the Snapchat hack—The Snappening—isn’t as bad as initially reported. Though we heard that as many as…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Oct 13

Windows 10 Hands-On: Well Hello There, Start Menu!

It’s finally official: Windows 10 is on the way. It’s the Windows to rule all Windows, a single operating system for PCs, phones, and tablet, and it’s coming in 2015. But you don’t care about any of that. You just want to know about the goddamn Start Menu already. So here it is! Yep, that’s…

Tech News Sean Hollister Sep 30

The OS X Mountain Lion Survival Guide

Here’s a guide to what will make using all that ML stuff easier—and what’s going to make the new OS a pain.

Tech News Kyle Wagner Jul 25

HTC Ozone (AKA Snap) Coming to Verizon, Too

This $50 HTC Dash sequel has already been announced for other carriers under names like the Snap, but now it’s coming to Verizon as the HTC “Ozone.” https://gizmodo.com/t-mobile-dash-hands-on-review-verdict-windows-mobile-206702 It’s a Wi-Fi-wielding 3G QWERTY worldband (complete with international plugs!) Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone that runs a palatable $50 with contract. It goes on sale online June…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jun 25

T-Mobile Dash 3G Is HTC Snap, Landing in May

Reading between the FCC lines, it looks like the HTC Snap—a Stepford Wives take on the BlackBerry Bold—will be assuming the mantle of T-Mobile’s Dash 3G in May. Sans clowns. Hopefully. [FCC via Mobile Roar] https://gizmodo.com/lose-weight-with-htc-snap-hands-on-next-to-beautiful-bl-5194676

Tech News Matt Buchanan Apr 15

Lose Weight with HTC Snap Hands-On Next to Beautiful Black berry BOLD

I win few minutes to tinker with HTC Snap with JOG BALLS and beauty of Black berry BOLD. Two things: it’s really fast and it eats lots of those weight loss pills (100 pcs.@$7.00/pill!!!) https://gizmodo.com/htc-snap-looks-like-beautiful-black-berry-bold-5192944 HTC says this phone will have a VERY consumer friendly pricepoint, and though it may not look quite as slick…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 1

HTC Snap Looks Like Beautiful Black berry BOLD

Save for two extra button around JOG BALL and WinMo 6.1, HTC Snap is pretty much same as beautiful and the Black berry BOLD. Don’t you want? Anyways, HTC’s new smartphone offering sits under a half-inch thick and is surprisingly normal looking, compared to some of their other handsets. Still, it packs in a 2.4-inch…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 1

Facebook Researchers Used Celebrity Bitmoji to Help Create VR Avatars

So Is Snapchat’s Logo a Dick in a Tissue or What?

Snap Will Say Literally Anything to Prove Its Stock Is Worth It

AT&T Thinks Shitty Internet For Poor Families Will Help Its Merger

Snapchat is Hiring Journalists to Document the 2016 Presidential Race

Source of Leaked Snapchats Says Only 500MB of Data Affected

Windows 10 Hands-On: Well Hello There, Start Menu!

The OS X Mountain Lion Survival Guide

HTC Ozone (AKA Snap) Coming to Verizon, Too

T-Mobile Dash 3G Is HTC Snap, Landing in May

Lose Weight with HTC Snap Hands-On Next to Beautiful Black berry BOLD

HTC Snap Looks Like Beautiful Black berry BOLD

‘Good Omens’ Season 3 Is Still Just One Episode, Despite Being Called That

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