The Morning After: The night before WWDC 2019
And in-screen front facing cameras are a thing now.
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This week brings a doubleheader of tech events, with Apple's developer conference to start and E3 at the end. For all of the big news from WWDC 2019, you should tune in right here this afternoon at 1 PM ET/10 AM PT to find out what's going on with Apple -- and what the future holds for iTunes. But don't worry, Oppo and Xiaomi have made sure you won't have to wait for some big phone news.
Oppo and Xiaomi show off their under-display selfie cameras
Oppo VP Brian Shen shared a short video clip on Weibo of what appears to be a notch-free prototype smartphone lying on a desk. The camera app was launched, and despite the lack of a visible front-facing camera, the screen still seemingly showed a live view of the room's ceiling.
Not to be outdone, Xiaomi prez Lin Bin shared a video clip that was allegedly shot last month, in which an under-screen camera was added to a Mi 9 prototype. "No hole, no notch, no pop-up camera."
Google cloud outage knocks out Gmail, Discord and Snapchat
Google reported an outage with its Cloud Platform that made several sites and apps inoperable in some regions on June 2nd. However, because so many services rely on its cloud servers, the weirdness didn't only include Gmail and YouTube -- apps like Discord and Snapchat were unusable for many people on Sunday. The outage has been resolved, but there's no mention of a cause yet beyond "network congestion."
'Cuphead' will be available to play in Tesla cars
This weekend, Elon Musk went on a Tesla podcast and confirmed that soon his company's cars will have at least one more game to play on their in-dash systems: Cuphead. The Unity game engine has been ported to Tesla's infotainment setup and should bring with it more complex games than Asteroids or Lunar Lander. Once it's available, owners will still need a USB gamepad to plug in, and limited storage means there's only one level included.
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