Google’s “Backup and Sync” will stop working at the end of September
Jul 19, 2021
John Aldred
Launched in 2017, Google’s Backup and Sync app was its way of tying your desktop computer or laptop into Google Drive and Google Photos so…
YouTube now tells you immediately if your video failed copyright or monetisation checks
Mar 18, 2021
John Aldred
I noticed something changed on my YouTube account a couple of months ago. It’s a new “Checks” feature, and it seems to have now rolled…
New Google Photos storage rules could delete your Gmail and Google Drive files too
Dec 7, 2020
John Aldred
Google recently announced they were killing off free storage for Google Photos from June 1st, 2021. A lot of people haven’t been happy with Google’s…
Google will now pay for your photos, although only $0.20 a pop
Nov 25, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Remember that Google wanted you to help train its photo algorithm for free? Well, now you can actually do it for cash. Google has launched…
Google turns off automatic photo enhancements to stop you from feeling bad about your selfies
Oct 2, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Along with the Pixel 4a and Pixel 5 announcement, Google is making some changes to its photo editing methods. The company has introduced a design framework that will…
These creepy images were completely generated by AI from just photo captions
Oct 1, 2020
John Aldred
AI just gets weirder and weirder. And creepier. Researchers at the Allen Institute for AI have published new research which builds on OpenAI’s GPT-3 machine…
Google Lens can now solve your kid’s math homework from a photo
Aug 12, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Google Lens has a bunch of interesting and helpful features, from identifying your pets in photos to translating text from them. And now Google Lens…
Google AI will stop assuming your gender and won’t tag you as “man” or “woman” in photos
Feb 21, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Google’s AI labels what it sees in your photos, and sometimes it doesn’t really do the best job. Now Google has announced some changes and…
Google’s room-sized light dome uses 100 cameras to captures 3D models of the people inside it
Nov 20, 2019
John Aldred
3D scanning has started to become a more integral part of photography and video for many people. Whether it’s to scan real-world objects to render…
Researchers develop after-the-fact portrait relighting AI that works without 3D depth information
Jul 17, 2019
John Aldred
When the iPhone X came along with its Portrait Lighting effects, a lot of people were very impressed. Apple was even claiming that you don’t…