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Google’s Pixel 10 phones made their official debut this week, and with them, a bunch of generative AI features baked directly into the camera app. It’s normal for phones to use “computational photography” these days, a fancy term for all those lighting and post-processing effects they add to your pics as you snap them. But AI makes computational photography into another beast entirely, and it's one I’m not sure we’re ready for.Tech nerds love to ask ourselves “what is a photo?” kind of joking that the more post-processing gets added to a picture, the less it resembles anything that actually happened in real life. Night skies being too bright, faces having fewer blemishes than a mirror would show, that sort of thing. Generative AI in the camera app is like the final boss of that moral conun...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Credit: Illustration by Zain Awais and product image courtesy of Amazon. Labor Day sales are rolling in, and Lifehacker is sharing the best sales based on product reviews, comparisons, and price-tracking tools before they’re over. You can also subscribe to our shopping newsletter, Add to Cart, for the best sales sent to your inbox.Early Labor Day sales are here, with great deals on all kinds of tech, including TVs, iPads and tablets, and earphones. If your audio game needs a bit of help, there are plenty of options available at great prices, from the lat...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Labor Day sales are rolling in, and Lifehacker is sharing the best sales based on product reviews, comparisons, and price-tracking tools before they’re over. You can also subscribe to our shopping newsletter, Add to Cart, for the best sales sent to your inbox.Gamers, rejoice: Labor Day doesn’t only mark the end of summer, it kicks off prime gaming season. The temperature is about to drop to "too damn cold to go out," and winter’s long nights are perfect for marathon gaming sessions, so I’ve rounded up the best deals on games and gear to keep you gaming until the sun warms the Earth again.Best Labor Day deals on video game hardwareWhe...

This November marks 10 years since YouTube launched its own music service. While YouTube Music isn't as widely discussed as other streaming services like Apple Music and Spotify, it's a massively popular choice, with over 125 million subscribers—when you include the YouTube Premium users that get the service as part of their subscription, that is.To mark 10 years of YouTube Music, the company is adding four new features for both free and paid users. These aren't as monumental as you might expect for a 10-year anniversary update, but there are some interesting changes here to check out. Taste match playlistsYouTube doesn't share many details about this new feature, but the press release does say this: Taste match playlists are designed to introduce new music to groups of people with similar...

Google debuted a bunch of new camera features that add AI to your photos during its Made by Google event yesterday, including one that claims to let you zoom in by 100 times—but there's one other AI-powered addition that doesn’t actually add AI to your final photo. Called Camera Coach, it essentially tries to ensure your pictures look perfect before you click the shutter rather than trying to fix them up afterwards. As someone who’s still wary of AI-generated imagery, could this be the perfect blend of man and machine I’ve been waiting for?How Camera Coach works Credit: Michelle Ehrhardt Not everyone took a photography course in high school like...

Like other big tech events, Made by Google is supposed to be Google's chance to show off its latest hardware to the public. Made by Google 2025, however, didn't really feel like that. Instead, the event focused more on its celebrity roster (host Jimmy Fallon, Alex Cooper, Steph Curry, the Jonas Brothers, etc.) and less on the actual devices and features.Still, the company did formally announce a slate of new devices and showed off some new features here and there. But most of the official announcements came via press releases on Google's blog The Keyword. Between the event and the blogs, here are the biggest announcements you missed: Pixel 10Google's flagship smartphone lineup is official. You have your choice between Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, and Pixel 10 Pro XL You'll notice that each has ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. If you’ve been eyeing Samsung’s latest foldable, now might be the time to make the jump. Samsung just dropped the price of the 512GB Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7's price to $1,779.99, a full $340 off its regular $2,119.99 price—maybe to take some attention off Google's recently revealed Pixel 10 lineup. Oddly enough, Samsung's discount makes the 512GB model just $70 more than the 256GB version, which means you’re getting double the storage for not much more money. The deal applies to just the Jet Black color option, but you might need to take a few extra clicks to see the deal: The main product page defaults to the 256GB model. You’ll ne...

If constantly being mogged by sigmas has you feeling like a fuhuhluhtoogan, and you have no idea what any of that means, you've come to the right place. This glossary aims to define and explain popular slang words and phrases of Generation Z (usually defined as people born between 1997 and 2012) and Generation A (anyone born between 2012 and now) so you'll know what the hell people are talking about.A word of warning: If you aren't of those generations, and/or you need an online list to know what slang words mean, you should not say them aloud, unless you're trying to be embarrassing. New entries:Clanker: A slur aimed at robots and AI agents pretending to be human.Dwerking: A male-centric variation of twerking. A sexually suggestive dancing characterized by rapid, repeated hip thrusts and ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. I often find that my personal woodworking projects are made from cheaper, recycled or rough-cut boards to save money, but that also means that I spend more time sanding and smoothing for a good quality finish. Using a planer to shape your boards and level out the surface makes finishing a project faster, but if you’re a home woodworker, you might have noticed that planers can be pricey. This 18-volt 3 ¼” Ryobi cordless planer is a good home-shop-grade planer, and it’s on sale for $67.75, 48% off its regular price. What a planer is good forA planer is most commonly thought of as a tool for shaving down a door so it will fit in the jam...

Despite its rapid integration in nearly every facet of daily life, AI technology is not perfect. While it might seem like generative AI knows everything, it can make mistakes, or make up information entirely. That's why it's concerning to tech reporters like myself that companies are adding AI tech to tool so many people rely on and take for granted. Search is one of those tools. Since the late 90s, we've been conditioned to rely on search results to find the information we're looking for. For many of us, that means loading up Google, entering a search, and accepting the first page of results, sometimes the first result or two alone. Now, with Google's AI Overviews taking over the top of most search results, many of us simply glance at the AI-generated result and take it at face value.Ther...