The developers of Raspberry Pi OS have released a new build that eliminates the default “pi” user account, which means that in the interest of security you’ll need to create a new account when setting up the operating system for Raspberry Pi computers. Meanwhile SolidRun has introduced a new system on a module that it […]
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Google Photos gains text recognition (and copy/paste)
Google Photos already uses image and facial recognition in interesting ways, such as automatically grouping your photos by the people in them or letting you search for pictures with cars, dogs, or just about anything else. Now Google is rolling out support text recognition. Basically if a photo has text in it, you may be […]
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Google is bringing big changes to its search engine (more pictures and videos, Google Lens, etc)
3 Comments on Google is bringing big changes to its search engine (more pictures and videos, Google Lens, etc)Google Search turns 20 this year. And while Google was just a search engine in 1998, these days it’s also the home to YouTube, Gmail, Google Maps, the Chrome web browser (and operating system) and Android, among other things. But the company still has a search engine that you may use from time to time… and today […]
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Google Lens learns new tricks, coming soon to Android camera app
Google Lens lets you get details about images using Google Photos or Google Assistant. You can snap a picture of a landmark, for example, and Google Lens may be able to identify it and tell you the name and give you a little history. Snap a picture of a dog and you might be able […]
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Google Lens comes to iOS (via Google Photos app)
Google Lens began rolling out to (some) Android devices last year before expanding to additional devices earlier this year. Now Google Lens isn’t just for Android anymore. Google has announced that it’s rolling out a Google Lens preview for iOS starting this week. It’s part of the Google Photos app for iPhone and iPad. Google Lens […]
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Google steps up its augmented reality game with ARCore 1.0 and Google Lens update
Google is bringing its latest augmented reality platform out of beta. First announced last year, ARCore is a set of tools software developers can use to create apps that superimpose virtual objects on real-world scenes using a smartphone’s camera and other sensors. It’s not as sophisticated as Google’s Project Tango, which also relied on specialized […]
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Google Lens in Assistant is rolling to Pixel phones
It’s been almost half a year since Google unveiled Google Lens, a new Android feature called Google Lens that allows you to identify items using your phone’s camera, and then allow you to get more information about those items. Now Google Lens is starting to roll out… to a handful of phones in a handful […]
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Google Lens image recognition is like Google Goggles evolved
Google has announced that it’s bringing a new feature to Google Assistant that uses computer vision to recognize real-world items and suggest appropriate actions. It’s sort of like the all-but-defunct Google Goggles, in that you can point your phone’s camera at an item to find out what it is. But it goes further by allowing […]