GamingNews

L.A. Thieves’ Kenny Williams on living the dream life as a pro Call of Duty esports player

February 12, 2021
The Call of Duty League started its opening matches Thursday, and they run through this weekend so that you can watch a lot of havoc on Valentine’s Day. The new league will run its full season through the summer as an online-only esports league. The league features 12 teams in city-based territories, including the brand new L.A. Thieves team taking over the berth from The Immortals. I spoke with…
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NewsPhotography

Tips for Making Beautiful Photos of Frozen Soap Bubbles

February 12, 2021
Photographer Jens Heidler, who was recently featured for his macro video of snowflakes melting in reverse, has published a 5-minute instructional video on how to create frozen soap bubbles for dazzling macro photos. The first half of Heidler’s video beautifully shows how…
MobileNews

Canon launches ‘Photo Culling’ iPhone app to intelligently keep your best photos and delete the rest

February 12, 2021
Canon is out with its take on a duplicate photo removal tool for specifically made for iPhone. But this one goes beyond just a duplicate finder. The idea with the new Photo Culling app is to use AI to easily find and keep your best photos while being able to quickly delete the rest. iPhone cameras keep getting better and that means it’s easier and easier for your photo library to rapidly grow.
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MobileNews

Insane Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra breaks cover w/ 120x zoom, rear display in camera housing, more

February 12, 2021
Although rumored and teased, the Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra has not yet actually launched, but a hands-on video leak has given us a glimpse at what looks like will be an utterly insane Android-powered smartphone. A hands-on video briefly appeared online courtesy of a Filipino YouTuber going by Tech Buff PH before being pulled. However, as is often the case, once the cat is out of the bag, the internet…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Cause of LG’s battery fires rumored to be found

February 12, 2021
A South Korean news agency is citing anonymous industry sources in the the cause of the atypical battery fires in the Bolt and Kona LG EV batteries. It was three months ago when the 2017-2019 Chevy Bolt EVs were recalled due to battery fires. It’s also been four months…
AI & RoboticsNews

Researchers propose platform for evaluating disease-forecasting AI methods

February 12, 2021
Since the start of the pandemic, there’s been an influx of papers on epidemic forecasting. Indeed, as of February, a search for “COVID forecasting” on Google Scholar yields over 14,000 results. But while many researchers compare their approaches against traditional modeling strategies, forecasts are highly sensitive to the implementation, which requires a well-defined benchmark. Researchers…
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