Watch out, Canva! Microsoft just revealed a new graphic design app called Designer, which uses OpenAI’s DALL-E 2 to power it with tex-to-image generation tech. Microsoft will soon allow you to access its Canva-like web app for free if you get on the waitlist. The tool will enable users...
Mastercard unveiled a new payment system that allows customers to pay with a smile or wave before a biometric reader. The new company aims to prevent long queues created by the customers while they are searching for their cards or phones at checkout. * The company is teaming up with Fujitsu,...
Google unveiled a new skin tone scale to address issues of racial bias in AI products and other related technology. Created in collaboration with Harvard professor and sociologist Ellis Monk [https://sociology.fas.harvard.edu/people/ellis-monk], the 10-tone Monk Skin Tone Scale comes with a wider range of human...
Coca-Cola will soon make its pixel-flavored soda, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Byte, available for sale in the real world after first releasing it digitally. The new soda first debuted on Fortnite, giving players a “virtual taste” of the upcoming flavor, and soon customers will be able to purchase the drink in...
A UK-based startup called Invisibility Shield Co is looking to bring an 'Invisibility Shield' to market by launching a campaign on Kickstarter [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/invisibility-shield/invisibility-shield], where it has generated over $357,501 so far from its initial goal of $6,500. * For just $390, you can...
HTC revealed its vision for its version of the metaverse called Viverse [https://www.vive.com/us/viverse/]. The Vive Twitter account posted a concept video for the Viverse ecosystem split across both virtual (VR) and augmented (AR) reality hardware, aiming to deliver a “future where the impossible becomes possible....
