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 12.
Live but unfinished in the first Android 12 Developer Preview, a new “Reduce Bright Colors” toggle appears in the…
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…
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 boxes in the sense that the rationale behind their suggestions isn’t explained or justified. This lack of…
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…
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 has recently demonstrated how to photograph frozen soap bubbles as well as a beautiful film showing melting snowflakes…
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…
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…
The latest OxygenOS update for the OnePlus Nord N10 5G brings network stability improvements, an updated GMS package which now sports version 2020.12 as well as the February security patch making it the first OnePlus device to do so.
OxygenOS 10.5.10 update changelog
The OxygenOS 10.5.10 update is rolling out to Global and European variants of the N10 5G and weighs in at 505 MB. The biggest…
