Gears & Gadgets

Beyond HoloLens: Microsoft expands its augmented-reality vision with iOS, Android apps

Enlarge / Remote Assist, with its green augmented reality arrow pointing out something of interest, on an Android phone. Microsoft With HoloLens 2’s big reveal just around the corner, Microsoft has broadened its augmented-reality (AR) ambitions with new apps for Android and iOS. Remote Assist is an app designed for service engineers operating in the […]

Mobile

Facebook brings Express Wi-Fi to Ghana, quietly expands Free Basics to Morocco and Laos

More than a year after Facebook commercially launched Express Wi-Fi in five markets, it is ready to bring the connectivity service to the sixth: Ghana. In partnership with telecom operator Vodafone Ghana, Facebook today launched Express Wi-Fi in the suburban communities of the Western African nation. The service, available locally in Nima, James Town, Kanda, […]

Photography

Facebook expands fact-checking net to try to catch doctored photos and videos

Images and video generate more engagement on social networks but visual content is also harder to fact check. With machine learning advancements, however, Facebook expanded its fact-checking program from articles to photos and videos as well in an update that began rolling out on Thursday, September 13. That means the company is attempting to crack down […]