For his project Skin Deep, photographer Steven Burton shot portraits of current and former gang members and then used the power of Photoshop to reveal what they would look like without their face and body tattoos. This 4-minute video shows the reactions of the subjects seeing their ‘shopped portraits for the first time.
Many of the subjects are clearly moved when they see themselves without the…
A programmer who goes by the name Turtius has managed to install and run a Minecraft server on a Canon SL2 (also known as the EOS200D) DSLR camera. Turtius was working on reverse-engineering Canon’s network processor when he decided to try and see if it could be done.
It…
A new article published by Business Journal in Japan revisits Nikon’s current status in the country and cites a new report that found Nikon has fallen to fifth place in mirrorless cameras in the country with just 7.5% market share.
The story leans heavily on the idea that…
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said last year that we can expect significant ultrawide lens improvements in the iPhone 13, and a new supply-chain report echoes this.
One aspect of the report directly corroborates one of Kuo’s predictions: that the ultrawide lens will get auto-focus this year …
It might seem odd that this isn’t already the case, but as we explained last time, it’s not as big…
Android 11 with the full One UI 3.1 update is now rolling out early for the Galaxy Tab S6, giving the 2019 tablet a real shot in the arm and some added longevity.
With Samsung committing to updating certain devices for up to four years just recently, we’ve laid praise…
Google Store stops selling Cardboard VR headsets
March 3, 2021
The drawn-out death of VR on Android is now more or less complete as the Google Store has ceased selling its Google Cardboard DIY VR goggles.
Mobile VR solutions are not truly dead, but after Android 11 officially dropped support for the Daydream platform in late 2020, it…
Google is phasing out Chrome support for third-party cookies and plans to replace them with privacy-preserving alternatives. Once that has occurred, the company “will not build alternate identifiers to track individuals as they browse across the web, nor will we use them in our products.”
This explicit declaration comes as Google continues to “get questions about whether [it] will join…
After a short stint using a forked Android build as well as Google’s own Android Wear platform, Samsung settled on its Tizen platform for smartwatches, and it’s proven very successful. That’s why rumors of the company going back to Android are so odd, and now it’s…
Elon Musk: Tesla aims to release new version of Full Self-Driving Beta next month with wider access
March 3, 2021
Elon Musk says that Tesla aims to release new version of its Full Self-Driving Beta software with “Autosteer on city streets” next month, and it should come with a wider release to more customers.
Back in October 2020, Tesla started to push a Full Self-Driving Beta…
Razer is launching a new event called DevCon. This is the peripheral company’s program to generate more support for its product features. The DevCon will stream May 7 starting at 10 a.m. Pacific time on the Razer Twitch channel.
The idea behind the DevCon is to get more developers to “integrate Razer’s world-class ecosystem of hardware, software, and services,” according to a press…
