Electric motorcycles have been increasing their North American market share for years, but largely in the sport bike and naked bike categories. Now cruiser motorcycle fans are finally getting something to cheer about as Curtiss Motorcycles begins taking orders for its first cruiser electric motorcycle known simply as Curtiss One.
But before you start cheering too hard, you might want to check…
Google has delivered quite a lot of new features in Android 12’s first developer preview, and we’re still finding everything that’s hiding beneath the surface. One tweak you don’t have to dive far to find, though, is a new “Reduce Bright Colors” button in Android…
4K media is widely available nowadays, and YouTube is absolutely full of it, thanks to 4K cameras on smartphones and mirrorless cameras, too. Now, the platform is allowing more people to see content in 4K, with YouTube for Android now streaming 4K content no matter the…
Google’s new AI ethics lead calls for more ‘diplomatic’ conversation
February 19, 2021
Following months of inner conflict and opposition from Congress and thousands of Google employees, Google today announced that it will reorganize its AI ethics operations and place them in the hands of VP Marian Croak, who will lead a new responsible AI research and engineering center for expertise.
A blog and six-minute video interview with Croak that Google released today announcing the news…
Research into AI- and machine learning model-driven methods for health care suggests that they hold promise in the areas of phenotype classification, mortality and length-of-stay prediction, and intervention recommendation. But models have traditionally been treated as black…
Hands-On with the Weird Fotosnaiper Soviet Sniper Camera
February 19, 2021
Photographer Mathieu Stern was browsing a flea market when he came across a Zenit Fotosnaiper, a Soviet-era camera rig that looks and feels more like a rifle. Stern jumped at the opportunity to have a copy of his own and to go hands-on with the camera.
The Zenit Fotosnaiper…
How a 16mm Motion Picture Camera Works, Revealed by Slow Motion
February 19, 2021
In a 7-minute video uploaded by The Slo Mo Guys, host Gav shows how an old-school handheld 16mm Russian film camera works thanks to detailed footage captured at 1,000 frames per second with a Phantom Flex 4K.
After showing how film is loaded into the camera (and what film specifically this particular model camera takes), Gav demonstrates how to adjust the frame rate and shows what that looks…
How to Easily Capture High-Detail Snowflake Photos at Home
February 19, 2021
Photographing snowflakes doesn’t have to be expensive. In this short 4.5 minute video from photographer Jens Heidler on his YouTube Channel Another Perspective, he teaches you how you can replicate these larger-than-life photos with even entry-level equipment.
Heidler…
Oppo Find X3 Neo leaks in renders, might actually be the Reno5 Pro+
February 19, 2021
Oppo is expected to bring the Find X3 Lite and Find X3 Neo alongside the Find X3 Pro, and it looks both non-flagships are already out on the market under different names. The Find X3 Lite was discovered to be a rebranded Oppo Reno5 Pro, and today leaked renders of the Find…
Xiaomi Mi 10T Lite 5G is now receiving stable Android 11 update (still based on MIUI 12)
February 19, 2021
Earlier this month Xiaomi started rolling out the stable Android 11 update for the Mi 10T and Mi 10T Pro, now their Mi 10T Lite 5G sibling is joining the party with a release on the Global Stable channel. This means that the Mi 10i 5G, which is essentially the same phone, should get the OTA update soon as well.
This update – V12.0.2.0.RJSMIXM – pushes the Android version up to 11, however…
