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Tesla (TSLA) reaches new highs, shorts are feeling the pain, but some high-profile ones are holding on

December 8, 2020
Tesla’s stock price (TSLA) is reaching new highs again today, and the shorts who betted against the company are feeling the pain this year. However, some high-profile Tesla short sellers are are holding on. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has often warned people not to bet against Tesla on the stock market. He went as far as predicting a “‘next level short burn of the century,” and it now looks like…
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More Google Photos filters coming to Pixel phones, including sunrise/sunset suggestions

December 8, 2020
At the tail end of September, Photos got a revamped editing experience on Android with new features. Notably, there’s a new tab that surfaces machine learning-derived “Suggestions.” Google Photos is now rolling out a slew of new sunset filters that are first coming to the Pixel.  The Suggestions tab is part of Google wanting “Photos [to do] most of the heavy lifting” when editing…
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Google and Billboard share the top 100 songs hummed to the Assistant

December 8, 2020
Earlier this year, at Google Search On, the Google Assistant gained “Hum to Search,” the ability to match songs based solely on your humming. In collaboration with Google, Billboard has released the top 100 songs that people have hummed to the Google Assistant. According to Google, the Assistant’s Hum to Search is capable of recognizing over 500,000 songs, regardless of whether you hum…
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Telephoto Reach With Various Digital Cameras

December 7, 2020
It’s common for photo writers to state, “A 100mm lens on a Micro Four Thirds camera has the equivalent reach of 200mm on full frame”. While the field of view is equivalent to 200mm FF, the reach is not necessarily equivalent. To understand reach, the important metric…
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Oppo Has Patented a Smartphone with a Removable Camera Module

December 7, 2020
Needing to use a lower-resolution front-facing smartphone camera for selfies and video calls might be a thing of the past if Oppo acts on a recently-filed patent. The design within features a rear camera module that separates from the main camera body. Oppo’s patent depicts how the rectangular module would detach from the rear of the camera and attach to the USB-C terminal at the bottom of the…
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