Google is making Night Sight one of the main camera modes on Pixel phones

Think about the ways you most commonly take pictures with your phone. How often do you take pictures in bad lighting or at night? How often do you capture panoramas? Google appears to have realized that the former scenario is much more likely, and as a result, the company is promoting its Night Sight feature to the main list of camera modes — and moving panoramas an extra tap away.

According to 9to5Google, this has already happen in the leaked Android Q beta build that made its way onto the web yesterday. Night Sight takes the place of Panorama as the left-most mode.

So if the decision holds when Android Q ships, these are the modes you’ll be able to swipe between from the main viewfinder:

  • Night Sight
  • Portrait
  • Camera
  • Video
  • More…

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The New Celebrity Shoe Trend We Really Didn’t See Coming

Most of the shoe trends for summer 2019 we saw coming, such as strappy sandals and velcro sandals, however, there is one pair of shoes that we keep spotting on celebrity feet that has totally thrown us—colorful heels. Victoria Beckham has arguably kick-started this one thanks to the three-inch high stilettos from her own label are available in both neon green and pink. She has worn them to every event in her calendar this summer, from a football match at Old Trafford to a night with the Duchess of Cambridge to a wedding in Seville.

Wearing a colorful high heel is a color blocking trick that was really popular in 2011—however, the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow and Mandy Moore are revisiting this old styling trick. There are three colors that are really dominating this summer—an electric pink, marigold yellow, and highlighter green. 

Keep scrolling to see and shop the unlikely shoe trend celebrities are into this summer. 

Style Notes: At the Goop wellness summit in London, Gwyneth Paltrow wore a pair of yellow pumps with her clashing red top and trousers from Delpozo. The red sole perfectly ties the look together. 

Style Notes: Victoria Beckham wore her bright pink neon pumps with a white knot-print dress to a wedding in Seville earlier this summer. 

Style Notes: Many Moore wore a white suit with bright pink pumps to the couture shows in Paris this week. 

Style Notes: Victoria Beckham is a big fan of her bright pink pumps—and she wore them for a night with the Duchess of Cambridge with a white shirt and black trousers. 

Style Notes: VB’s signature pumps also come in neon green—and she wore them with jeans and a T-shirt to watch a football game in Manchester. 

Style Notes: Celine Dion personifies the word “extra,” and at the couture shows in Paris this week, she wore a pair of yellow-and-white pumps. 

Style Notes: Pink neon heels are also popular with the street style set.

This post originally appeared on Who What Wear UK.

US border agency cuts ties with breached surveillance contractor

US Customs and Border Protection has suspended all federal contracts with a surveillance contractor suspected of suffering a data breach, according to a report from The Washington Post. Perceptics, which sells license-plate scanners and other border control equipment, is now prohibited from contracting with CBP and all other federal agencies. CBP officials listed the cause of the suspension as “evidence of conduct indicating a lack of business honesty or integrity.”

The suspension appears to be connected to a breach first reported in May, which publicly leaked license plates, traveler pictures and other personal data collected at the border. According to CBP, the breach was the result of a federal contractor copying agency data onto its…

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The best Fourth of July tech deals we’ve seen so far

July Fourth is upon us. It’s a celebration of US independence, and if you’re like me, you’ll be spending it with family, eating lots of grilled food and staying up to watch the fireworks light up the sky at night.

Like most US holidays, this is also an opportunity to get a good deal on tech, too. Several retailers have shared a few of their July Fourth promos with us, and you’ll find what we think are the best ones below. We anticipate that even more will be popping up throughout the week, so keep it locked to this post to see new deals as we find them.

Image: Vizio

TV / home theater

Vizio’s 2019 lineup of AirPlay 2-compatible TVs is discounted at several retailers. Starting with the high-end option, its 65-inch…

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In Defense of Mayonnaise

The internet’s most hated condiment is entirely misunderstood—and you should enjoy some this Fourth of July.