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Leica Discontinues the CL and TL2 Cameras

May 19, 2022
Leica appears to be discontinuing the CL and TL2 camera systems. Citing an overall decline in the compact and small sensor camera market, Leica appears to be ready to focus entirely on full-frame. Originally spotted by Leica Rumors, official-looking documentation from the company appears to confirm that it will be phasing out the CL- and TL2-system cameras. It is not clear where this…
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Photographer’s 1990s Passport Photos Reveal Lives of Vulnerable Ukrainians

May 19, 2022
Photographer Alexander Chekmenev was given a bizarre photo assignment in the 1990s: go door-to-door in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk and take passport photos of the city’s most vulnerable residents. Chekmenev dragged his portable white backdrop into the flats of poor elderly and infirm Ukrainians, where he realized that a wide shot showing the subject’s living quarters would…
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Lawnchair 12.1 Alpha adds Android 12’s At a Glance widget, more improvements

May 19, 2022
Lawnchair 12.1 is now available in Alpha and includes a number of improvements alongside the new At a Glance widget found in Android 12. Announced via the official Telegram feed, Lawnchair 12.1 is the first build based on Launcher3 from Android 12.1 or 12L. This should mean that Lawnchair will operate more like the Pixel Launcher but with all of the extra customization benefits that come with…
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Samsung has updated these devices to Android 12

May 19, 2022
Android 12 is still a very new version of the platform, but Samsung is launching the update for its Galaxy devices less than a month after Google’s own Pixel phones. More devices will be updated over the coming months, and Samsung has confirmed a preliminary list of…
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OnePlus Nord 2T goes official w/ MediaTek Dimensity 1300, 80W charging, more

May 19, 2022
The OnePlus Nord 2T has now officially been unveiled as a follow-up to last year’s mid-range Nord 2. Almost paying homage to the recently dropped OnePlus T-series mid-cycle refresh path, the Nord 2T includes incredibly modest updates and upgrades over its predecessor. Almost all of the same internals and base design have been retained. It starts with a 6.43-inch FHD+ 90Hz flat AMOLED display…
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