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Facebook is launching its own TV streaming service this fall and has reportedly approached Netflix, Disney, Hulu, HBO and other media companies for a new TV chat device for making video calls from TVs.

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We’ve officially heard from Google that its upcoming Pixel 4 flagship smartphone will feature Apple-esque face unlocking thanks to a complicated array of sensors and camera systems on the front of the phone, but that might not be the only Google device gaining this biometric security measure.

A recent discovery by specialist website Chrome Unboxed has found mention of Face Detection in an update for the Chromium open-source project, which itself is responsible for the ChromeOS software that powers Chromebooks. (Eeesh, that’s a lot of Chrome…)

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While this in itself isn’t solid proof that the feature is definitely happening, when coupled with the aforementioned Pixel 4 announcement, it's a fairly strong hint that Google will start implementing its Face Unlock in future Chromebooks.

Chrome Unboxed convincingly makes the case that the source code updates suggest the new feature is being “aggressively worked on” for ChromeOS and we could well see its debut in the anticipated Pixelbook 2 (believed to be codenamed 'Atlas') alongside the Pixel 4 launch this October.

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What isn't known is how many older Google laptops the new tech will come to. While we know that the Pixel 4 will include an array of infra-red, dot-projector and other dedicated face sensors, the same isn’t true of most existing Chromebooks.

As such, if the feature is rolled out to older Chromebooks, it’s likely that facial recognition will be used as an optional layer of security to add more convenience – the suggestion being that, on Google laptops that only have simple webcams, users will need to enter their passcode once after booting the device, but could then quickly unlock the device using a face scan for the rest of that session.

Although any speculation surrounding the successor to the excellent Pixelbook must of course be taken with a grain of salt for the time being, the addition of Face Detection to Chromium does indeed look like it's almost official... we just don’t yet have any solid information on when it will become publicly available.

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Samsung Galaxy A80 is currently up for purchase via Amazon India, Flipkart, and the Samsung India website.

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Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 was globally unveiled back in May, and is due to launch in India today.

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The music's official over for Woodstock 50 festival - CNET

After Miley Cyrus, Lumineers, Jay-Z, Santana and more drop out of the music fest, the organizers pull the plug.

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It's been a long time coming, but Netflix has finally dropped the first trailer for Martin Scorsese's biggest crime epic to date, The Irishman, which is said to have cost upwards of $140 million (USD).

Based on the book 'I Heard You Paint Houses' by Charles Brandt, the film follows WWII veteran Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro), a real-life hitman who was allegedly involved in the infamous disappearance of union boss Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino), which is a mystery that remains unsolved to this day. 

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So why the huge budget? As the story takes place over the course of multiple decades, director Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas, Casino, Gangs of New York) and his team have employed expensive and cutting-edge de-aging technology to make some of its cast appear up to 30 years younger in certain sections of the film.

The extensive de-aging work can also be blamed for the long wait leading to the film's release, with Scorsese's longtime editor Thelma Schoonmaker telling Yahoo in February that the production is "youthifying the actors in the first half of the movie," and that "the second half of the movie they play their own age. So that’s a big risk."

Based on the trailer below, it certainly looks like Scorsese and Co. have pulled off the de-aging effect – we'll know for sure when the film lands on Netflix and in theaters this US fall.

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Game of Thrones' finale script explains why Drogon melted the Iron Throne - CNET

The Iron Throne was melted on accident. No, really.

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Best Democratic debate memes, night 2: No malarkey! The protester chant explained - CNET

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris go at it. And go at it. Also, Andrew Yang says an Asian man who loves math is the opposite of Donald Trump.

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Motorola Moto Z4 review: The cheapest 5G phone you can buy but shouldn't - CNET

It's a midrange phone overshadowed by the Pixel 3A and the OnePlus 6T.

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The new ROG Zephyrus M gaming laptop offers mid-range gaming hardware in a package that weighs less than 2kg.

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Sony on Tuesday reported an 18.4 percent increase in first-quarter operating profit, beating market expectations.

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Nintendo Switch sales in the quarter brought the total installed base to 36.9 million units.

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PUBG Mobile Lite has become the top free game in the Google Play Store within three days of India launch, Tencent Games has announced.

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Qualcomm and Tencent said they will cooperate on projects that could include making the latter's videogames play better on devices with the former's chips, and create a 5G version of a Tencent-backed gaming phone.

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eFootball PES 2020 demo release date, download size, teams, system requirements, game modes, stadiums, and more — here’s all you need to know about the PES 2020 demo.

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