Tuesday
Apr242018

Amazon Prime Video reveals its May releases

Just in case you missed it, Amazon Prime Video also recently added new seasons of Bosch, The Good Fight, Fear of The Walking Dead, along with full seasons of Degrassi, Dawson’s Creek, Friday Night Lights and many more. Hit jump for the full list of shows.

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Tuesday
Apr242018

Samsung patent suggests AR Emojis might be used for video chats

While Samsung’s AR Emojis have been said to be the company’s response to Apple’s Animoji, a patent Samsung filed back in 2013 and was granted last week suggests there might be another reason why these exist. Samsung foresaw that bandwidth might be an issue when it comes to video chats or live videos and so the company applied for a patent to use 3D models of people’s faces for video chats. As the patent states, “A need exists for a visual communication system capable of displaying the user’s actual likeness, facial expressions, and motion in real time, while reducing bandwidth.” And since AR Emojis are more or less based on a photo of yourself, who knows if Samsung might be interested in letting people use these avatars for video chats.

Source: The Verge

Tuesday
Apr242018

Venom gets new trailer, finally has titular anti-hero in it

This isn’t the first trailer for Sony Pictures’ upcoming Venom movie but it might as well be. The first trailer didn’t show Tom Hardy’s Eddie Brock turn into Venom at all. Finally though, we get a better glimpse at Brock and how he comes to terms with the powers he’s received from the symbiote. The trailer might seem to have put a lot of key plot points that could be touched on in the film so those who are spoiler-averse might want to avoid this. The film is coming out on October 5th and no it won’t crossover into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, in case you were wondering.

Tuesday
Apr242018

Target looking to add 600 new EV chargers in more than 100 locations in the US

Target is going all-in on supporting Hybrid and EV vehicles with the announcement that it will be adding 600 new EV chargers in the next 2 years which will be distributed across 100 sites in 20 states in the US. This gives drivers of electric vehicles a viable option to top up their cars while they are shopping.

In order to roll out the EV chargers, Target has partnered with varied charging providers for the project, including Electrify America and Target's current partners ChargePoint and Tesla.  Adding EV chargers is part of Target's carbon reduction initiative. This includes the use of wind and solar power for some of its energy needs, with plans to have rooftop solar panels at 500 stores by 2020. Eventually, Target aims to source 100 percent of its energy needs from renewable sources.

Source: AutoBlog