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Consumer Reports names OnePlus Nord N10 best budget phone, ignoring pathetic update policy

March 26, 2021
Consumer Reports just put out its yearly “Best Smartphones” list, crowning Apple’s iPhone 12 Pro Max as the best option. What about the affordable end of the spectrum? OnePlus managed to take that crown with its affordable Nord N10 and N100 models, but Consumer Reports forgot to mention the absolutely awful update policy that come with these phones. For many searching for a new smartphone…
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Sega’s Creative Assembly reveals Total War: Rome Remastered coming April 29

March 25, 2021
It’s a new day for the Roman empire. Sega Europe and Creative Assembly said that Total War: Rome Remastered is coming on April 29. The remaster of the original 2004 game (known as Rome: Total War before the company got its branding right) will be developed in a collaboration with Feral Interactive. The remaster will debut on Windows, Linux, and MacOS. Total War: Rome Remastered is part of a…
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Building a 16×20 Camera with a Giant Aerial Lens and Cardboard

March 25, 2021
A few years ago I built an ultra-large-format (ULF) camera that is 24 inches by 24 inches. While it was a pretty huge camera, it was a simple build it was just two square standards, one for the front and one from the back that were connected by a big bellow. There was no support base or focusing rails and I just support the two standards by using two tripods, so it was not the most stable camera.
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8 ways AI is transforming talent management in 2021

March 25, 2021
Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. The pandemic has transformed how people work, forcing human resources leaders to bet on AI and other new technologies and processes that support a more adaptive, flexible, and fluid…
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Xiaomi teases camera with liquid lens on upcoming Mi Mix

March 25, 2021
Xiaomi’s upcoming Mi Mix handset will include a camera with a liquid lens, the company teased in a pair of Weibo posts today. As its name implies, the lens typically includes a layer of liquid, and the lens’s focus and focal length are changed by applying an electrical voltage. Xiaomi says the lens will allow one camera to take everything from telephoto to macro shots as well as offer fast…
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