Wednesday
Feb102021

Zoom's Studio Effects lets you tweak facial features via AR

Source: The Verge

If you ever just wanted to get a bit wacky on your next Zoom weekend, there's a feature on the video conferencing app that you might not know but will want to use. Studio Effects allows you to tweak some of your facial features via augmented reality effects. So, if you want to change up your eyebrows, add a moustache, and then change these into different colours, you can do just that.

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Tuesday
Feb092021

Expect wireless earbuds from OnePlus co-founder's Nothing company

Nothing will finally have something soon. The company of ex-OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei plans to release wireless earbuds as its first product this summer. Other products are expected to come out later in the year. According to Pei's interview with BloombergNothing plans to release an ecosystem of connected devices. 

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Tuesday
Feb092021

Amazon Prime Video to support Canadian BIPOC creators with $1.25m donation

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Amazon Prime Video wants to help creators who are Black, Indigenous, and people of colour (BIPOC) in the country through a $1.25 million donation. The streaming service is partnering with the Indigenous Screen Office (ISO) in Canada to help BIPOC creative community that was hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Tuesday
Feb092021

Fitbit Sense in Canada to get ECG feature

Source: Fitbit

After first launching in the US and some parts of Europe, the Fitbit Sense wearable available here is getting the ECG feature. It will also be coming to New Zealand and the US territories, including American Samoa, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the US Virgin Islands. This feature allows the smartwatch to analyze your heart rhythms for atrial fibrillation.

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