You no longer have to fire up Google Photos if you want to use Lens searches on your iPhone. Google has rolled the AI-based feature into its iOS search app, putting it in a more logical place than your image library. Tap the Lens icon in the search bar and you can point your device […]
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How Google Pixel 3’s Camera Works Wonders With Just One Rear Lens
Google uses machine learning and AI to power new camera features, like Top Shot, Night Sight, and Photobooth. https://media.wired.com/photos/5bbbf1c84bb3fa2ced830a87/master/pass/pixel3camera.jpg
The Blasey Ford-Kavanaugh Hearings Through the Lens of One Woman
When Christine Blasey Ford spoke to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday morning, Erin Schaff was one of the few photographers in the room https://media.wired.com/photos/5bad75227fefbf3d4e78e28b/master/pass/KavanaughHearing-1041686608.jpg
Striking photo shows a member of Trump’s entourage blocking a news photographer’s camera lens during Indiana rally
Evan Vucci/AP One of President Donald Trump’s staffers blocked a news photographer’s camera lens as the journalist tried to take a photo of a protester during a campaign rally in Evansville, Indiana. Protesters interrupted Trump’s speech several times on Thursday night. Trump railed against the news media, as he is known to do at the […]
When in Nature, Google Lens Does What the Human Brain Can’t
The visual search tool can identify a California poppy or Pacific poison oak with a single photo, bringing you deeper into the nature around you. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b5ba038e489c313affed871/master/pass/When%20in%20Nature,%20Google%20Lens%20Does%20What%20the%20Human%20Brain%20Can%E2%80%99t.jpg
‘People’s Republic of Desire’ Turns Its Lens On China’s Live-Streaming Culture [Fantasia Film Festival]
If you’re anything like me and the thought that you’ve accidentally Instagram Live-d your makeup routine induces sudden nausea, than making a living by live-streaming is probably not one of your career goals. But for the subjects of Hao Wu‘s documentary People’s Republic of Desire, live-streaming isn’t just how they make their living, it’s how […]
Small-Town America Through the Lens of an Immigrant
Since 2015, photographer Niko Kallianiotis has chronicled the beauty and flaws of his adoptive state of Pennsylvania. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b3285ca87588d56121bdcd8/master/pass/NikoKallianiotis_1.jpg
A DC-themed Snapchat Lens could get you into Comic-Con
You’re not completely hosed if you missed your chance to attend San Diego Comic-Con… if you’re willing to dabble in some augmented reality art. Snap and DC Comics have launched a DC Super Heroes Challenge that asks you to create a DC-themed Lens championing Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman for the chance to win an […]
Google Lens hands-on: Copy-and-paste the real world to your phone
Google may have teased us with exciting new AR features for the Maps app, but it’s not forgetting to make its Lens camera more useful, either. Since its launch last year, Lens has rolled out to iOS and gained a few skills, like identifying cat and dog breeds. At its I/O developer conference today, Google […]
LG G7 ThinQ features a dedicated button for Google Assistant and Google Lens
LG will be unveiling the LG G7 ThinQ at simultaneous events in New York City (May 2) and Seoul (May 3). As with the LG V30S ThinQ, announced in February, we got our hands on the release a few hours early. Here are the official LG G7 ThinQ details and specs, minus pricing and exact […]